Fells Point Corner Theatre (FPCT) has announced their 2025/26 season, and along with thrilling, laughs-inducing, and contemplative plays, audiences can expect community events and FPCT’s Salon Series, which acts as an incubator for new local work.
FPCT has served the community for 38 seasons, bringing myriad and diverse theatrical experiences to Baltimore. There have been acclaimed premieres, exciting local originals, and beloved audience favorites. Their new season lineup shows no signs of slowing down, as they continue to push the boundaries of live theater in Baltimore.
The 2025/2026 season will see three Main Stage productions. “Trouble in Mind” by groundbreaking playwright Alice Childress, “Dance Nation” by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Claire Barron, and “Miss Holmes Returns” a Baltimore premiere by Christopher M. Walsh, directed by FPCT’s managing director, Brad Norris.
MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS
“Trouble in Mind” runs from Nov. 7–30, 2025. Childress’ play first ran in 1955 and found critical and popular success. The story centers on a Black actress who has been cast in an anti-lynching play set to open on Broadway. The playwright, director, and stage manager, however, are each white, and they’re not as enlightened as they think, as the multi-generational Black actors in the cast know.
“As the rehearsal process unfolds, theatre conventions and racial politics collide, resulting in a surprisingly funny yet deeply piercing look at the entertainment industry,” reads the press release. The play’s theme remains unfortunately relevant in today’s times.
“Dance Nation” runs from Feb. 13–March 8, 2026. Barron’s off-Broadway hit about dance teen angst was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist and critical darling. Imagine somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plotting to take over the world! Their new routine is the vehicle, and the Nationals in Tampa Bay is the speedway in this play about ambition, growing up, and finding our souls. The blood, sweat, and tears get very real as the competition heats up in this drama about friendship, rivalry, and girls becoming women.
The New York Times declared Barron “insanely talented,” and described Dance Nation as possessing “the passionate ambivalence of early adolescence with such being-there sharpness and poignancy that you’re not sure whether to cringe, cry or roar with happiness.”
“Miss Holmes Returns” runs from April 24–May 17, 2026. FPCT is bringing back the original cast members from its wildly successful run of the Baltimore Premiere of “Miss Holmes” in 2024 for the sequel! Sharon Maguire and Emma Grace Dunbar return as the classic duo-with-a-twist, Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson, women in a Victorian-era England not quite ready for them to take on “men’s work.” They’ve now gained quite a reputation after playing the game for several years in the sequel, so when a nurse and activist must go on the run, accused of murder and threatened by sinister criminal figures? Naturally, she turns to Miss Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Dorothy Watson.
“We were just a couple weeks into rehearsal for the first one when Sharon and Emma found out that Chris (Walsh) had written a sequel,” Norris said. “From then on, I don’t think a week went by without the question ‘We’re gonna do the sequel, right?’ So we’re all pretty excited to step back into this world and have another adventure together.”
COMMUNITY EVENTS 2025/2026
Monologue Slam VI, Jan. 9, 2026, is the new year’s battle that takes place on South Ann Street and it’s all about clowning around while impressing the judges at this Annual Monologue Slam!
“The battle that’ll rattle your saddle! The main event with the kind of gear that’ll strike fear into William Shakespeare! Join us for year six of the rowdiest one-night only, winner-takes-all, overly-hyphenated, Monologue Slam competition!”
Winner takes home cash AND bragging rights!
FPCT Salon Series: Throughout the Season
The FPCT Board of Directors brings a series of workshops all season long with the goal of developing and showcasing new local works. The series reflects a commitment to developing new work and supporting local playwrights. Throughout the series, audiences can see works in progress, playwrights get feedback from performers and directors, and performances are free to attend.
Educational programs are also part of the theatre’s community events and operate throughout the season. They include a variety of theatre-related classes for all ages and are announced on a rolling bases as registration approaches.
FPCT makes their resources available to the local theatre and artistic communities. To that end, they regularly open their building up for artistic and community rentals when space is available. For information on renting space at the theater, visit their website.
For tickets and additional information about these performances, please visit their website or call (410) 878-0228. Flex passes and group discounts are available.
Fells Point Corner Theatre is located at 251 S. Ann Street in Upper Fells Point.
