We're proud to announce Tumbleweed’s fall productions: The world premiere of Charley Daveler’s Strings Attached and Bram Stoker's Dracula: Adapted for the Stage by Evie Lewis.
These shows carry forward the focus on local artists, original programming, and community that Andrew Munz established as Tumbleweed's founding artistic director. We invite you to get involved, whether it’s on stage, in the audience, or as a supporter.
Strings Attached
Original puppet theatre
Show Dates
Sept. 25–27 and Oct. 1–3, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Written by Charley Daveler and directed by Lacey Lukas, Strings Attached is an original puppet play in two acts that's part workplace comedy, part theatrical horror, and part love letter to every artist who's ever been told they're the problem. When struggling playwright Austen Gibson reluctantly joins the prestigious Proscenium Athenaeum, she discovers her old college nightmares never really died…they just got a bigger budget. A hilarious and heartfelt satire about ambition, belonging, and the cost of "the show must go on."
No puppetry experience? No problem. A workshop before auditions gives you a chance to learn the craft and meet the show's colorful “cast members.”
Puppetry Workshop
August 7–8, 2026 | 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Auditions
August 14–15, 2026 | 5:30–8:00 p.m.
Auditions will be held in 30 minute time slots in groups of 5. Reserve a time slot using the form linked below, or first come, first serve. Callbacks on August 16th for human roles. Both PUPPETEERS and HUMAN roles available. Rehearsals begin the 19th of August.
Click here to sign up to audition.
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Adapted for the Stage by Evie Lewis
A Jackson Community Theater production
Show Dates
Oct. 29–31 and Nov. 5–7, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
This Halloween season, Tumbleweed Creative Arts and Jackson Community Theater invite you into the shadows. Local playwright and director Evie Lewis brings a haunting new adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic to the Pink Garter Theatre, co-directed by Josh Griffith. As Count Dracula leaves Transylvania for England, an ancient darkness infiltrates the lives of everyone he encounters – and those drawn into the fight must confront an evil older and more powerful than they can imagine. This immersive production embraces the gothic suspense, seduction, and psychological terror that have captivated audiences for more than a century.
Auditions
September 8–9, 2026 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
Rehearsals begin the week of September 21, 2026.
Click here to sign up to audition.