Ensemble Stage Banner Elk | Theatre Schedule 2026
Ensemble Stage Banner Elk | Theatre Schedule 2026
A local not-so-secret treasure of the High Country, this 99-seat professional theatre is tucked in the Historic Banner Elk School located in downtown Banner Elk. Shows sell out quickly and the theatre has a loyal following! There are many great restaurants, cabin rentals and B&B's located within walking distance of the theatre. Taking in a show can be the perfect compliment to a weekend getaway to the mountains. Here is the lineup for summer 2026. To purchase tickets, visit the website HERE
Burn by John Muggleton
2026 Show schedule:
June 12, 13, 16, 19, 20 @ 7:30pm
June 14, 21 @ 2pm
The story follows three old friends—Robert, Samira, and David—who reunite after the death of their fourth friend, Paul, a famed horror writer. Robert's wife, also a novelist, disappeared five years prior, a mystery that still haunts him. They are met by Eve, Paul's estranged daughter, whom they have never met. What begins as a warm reunion quickly devolves as Eve starts to reveal unsettling, private details about their pasts, leading to chaos and the unveiling of cold secrets.
Love & Baseball
2026 Performance Dates:
July 17, 18, 21, 24, 25 @ 7pm
July 19, 26 @ 2pm
A chance meeting creates sparks between Will and Michele, but like the pristine moments of an unforgettable baseball game, love is also a sport of luck, skill, and timing. Three meetings, over four years, bring together Will, a struggling filmmaker, and Michele, a razor-sharp philosophy teacher. Their romance is born in short bursts with uncommon honesty, resulting in the pain and passion that is created when idealized love meets real life.
Looped
2026 Performance Dates:
August 14, 15, 18, 21, 22 @ 7pm
August 16, 23 @ 2pm
LOOPED depicts an actual 1965 recording session with an intoxicated Tallulah Bankhead. Bankhead, who is considered to be film’s original “bad girl,” was renowned for her promiscuity and deep sultry voice. Bankhead is asked to dub a single line from her final movie “Die! Die! My Darling!,” in a sound studio. The recording session ends up lasting 8 hours. During which, Tallulah antagonizes the film editor assigned to the job, displaying all of the personality and attitude that she is famous for.
Hound of the Baskervilles
2026 Performance Schedule:
Sept: 11, 12, 15, 18, 19 @ 7pm
Sept 13, 20 @ 2pm
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles
Alice in the Hundred Acre Wood
2026 Performance Dates:
June 20, July 11, 25
August 8
When Winnie the Pooh hires Alice to solve the case of Christopher Robin's kidnapping, she arrives in the Hundred Acre Wood to find a very anxious Piglet, a terribly unfocused Tigger and a very Eeoyre-y Eeoyre. Will Alice find the culprit? Will she be able to bring Christopher Robin home? This literary mashup will have audiences laughing as they follow clues and help Alice crack the case!
