About us
Alchemy Theatre is a community theatre company based in Huntington, WV on a mission to leave the world better than we find it, by enriching our community with professional entertainment in an accessible space and empowering local artisans. We endeavor not just to create high quality theatre in a kind, safe, and supportive atmosphere, but to use our talents to make positive change in the world around us.
We're The Alchemists, striving to catalyze that Change we all wish to see in the world.
We hope you'll join us.
Please consider donating to help support our mission. Interested in becoming a show or season sponsor?Click here!
THe Geneva Kent Center for the Arts
We have a home! In February of 2023, Alchemy took up residence in the old Geneva Kent Elementary School. Through the generous help of local businesses, and the blood, sweat, and tears of community and company volunteers, Alchemy's Geneva Kent Center for the Arts is open for business! Our mission to provide an accessible space for local artisans is well on its way. We're beyond excited to show you our new black box theatre, costume and props shops, dance studio, Linda's Lounge, and more. If you or your company need a venue for performing arts classes, rehearsals, or shows please don't hesitate to get in touch!
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Season Sponsors
By definition, community theatre does not exist without the support of local businesses and individuals that wish to see the art thrive in their community. Alchemy wishes to humbly thank you all for your support, especially our 2024 season sponsors:
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Upcoming Productions
The Alchemists are busy cooking up the next production. Won't you join us?
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail
December 6, 2024 - December 8, 2024
Director: Jocelyn Jasko
A very special Friend-and-Relation tells Christopher Robin a story of a Christmas Eve very long ago (about last year) when Eeyore, the old gray donkey who lives by himself in the thistle corner of Hundred-Acre Wood, was absolutely miserable. It seems that he lost his tail and Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet got all of their friends and a search was organized. There is a great deal of fun and excitement, plus delightful songs, in the adventure that follows. Its theme, which concerns caring, sharing and the importance of cultivating friends, makes this a very special and enchanting musical, and illustrates, for all of us, a most HUMAN Condition, in the form of a silly old bear and friends.
A Cozy Christmas Festival
December 8, 2024 - December 8, 2024
Instead of a new play set in Cozy… we thought what better way to celebrate than to bring COZY to YOU?! Next year we will be introducing Alchemy Theatre’s COZY CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL! That’s right, Cozy lovers! Many of the events of the Cozy Christmas Festival in the past years will be brought to life, for real, in our now annual Christmas Festival!
The Crucible
February 14, 2025 - February 23, 2025
Director: Stephen Vance
In the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts, a servant girl accuses a farmer’s wife of witchcraft. One accusation spirals into many, uncovering a web of bigotry and deceit that changes their lives forever. Among the most produced plays since its 1953 debut, THE CRUCIBLE is both a gripping historical drama and an evergreen parable of contemporary society.
Opening Night 2025
March 21, 2025 - March 23, 2025
Director: Mark Smith
Not your ordinary theatre cabaret, all of your favorite hits with a twist!
All in the Timing
April 11, 2025 - April 19, 2025
Director: Mike Murdock
This critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun.
Footloose
May 30, 2025 - June 15, 2025
Director: Helen Freeman
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. But he’s not prepared for the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, who is determined to exercise control over the town’s youth. To the rockin’ rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated Top 40 score, augmented with dynamic new songs, Footloose celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people while guiding them with a warm heart and open mind.
Love's Labour's Lost
July 18, 2025 - July 27, 2025
Director: Richard Perloff
Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to swear off the company of women for three years in order to focus on study and fasting. Their subsequent infatuation with the Princess of France and her ladies makes them immediately reconsider their pact.
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
August 22, 2025 - August 24, 2025
Director: Brian Cook
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks is a touching and human comedy about a formidable retired woman, Lily Harrison, who hires an acerbic dance instructor, Michael Minetti, to give her private dance lessons —one per week for six weeks— in her gulf-front condo in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. What begins as an antagonistic relationship blossoms into an intimate friendship as these two people from very different backgrounds reveal their secrets, fears, and joys while dancing the Swing, Tango, Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha-Cha, and Contemporary Dance.
School House Rock Live
September 19, 2025 - September 28, 2025
Director: Cindy Westbrook
All the songs and stories you remember and love, LIVE on stage!
Alchemy Film Festival
October 18, 2025 - October 19, 2025
The inaugural film festival comes to Alchemy!
Little Shop of Horrors
November 7, 2025 - November 23, 2025
Director: Mike Murdock
A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years.
The Old Time Classics Radio Show
December 19, 2025 - December 21, 2025
Director: Mike Murdock
Your favorite old-time radio shows live on stage, this time for the holidays!
Christmas Toy School at the North Pole
December 19, 2025 - December 21, 2025
Director: Jocelyn Jasko
Toys, you know, don’t automatically know how to be the perfect plaything when Santa puts them in his toy sack. First, they have to attend North Pole Toy School! Jig and Saw, Ted E. Bear, Princess Ann, Glow Toy, and others have come to the toy school to hopefully graduate and receive their Christmas bows so they can be on Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve.
Past Productions
We Alchemists are a busy bunch! Click to see details and gallery links.
