About Eastbound Theatre
Your Community Theatre
Eastbound Theatre is the MAC’s vibrant community theatre committee. Led by seasoned professionals and an enthusiastic team, EBT provides an array of diverse offerings:
- 3 Main Full Stage Productions: including farce, drama, romance, or mystery every September, February, and June. Season Ticket Packages Available beginning in August
- Original One-Act Festival: In partnership with the Westport Community Theatre, EBT hosts a two-weekend festival of original one-act plays each summer.
- Plays in Development: showcasing staged readings of new works before an audience, followed by discussions with the playwright, director, and cast.
- Shakespeare in Eisenhower Park: In its inaugural year, this initiative featured “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to enthusiastic audiences. This summer, 2026, it’s “The Tempest”.
EBT’s repertoire spans from classic Shakespearean plays such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” to popular hits like “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown.” They also bring fresh and innovative plays to the stage, like “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” and reimagine classics, demonstrated by the immersive, in the-round production of “A Streetcar Named Desire”. Besides, EBT is dedicated to nurturing new talent through the East/West PlayFest of one-act plays and the Plays in Development series.
EBT Season’s Main Stage Productions
Three full stage productions are planned each year – fall, winter and spring.
East/West PlayFest
The PlayFest is a two weekend, two venue festival of original, short plays. Eastbound Theatre collaborates with Westport Community Theatre in curating, casting and presenting the events each summer.
2026 performance dates
Milford Saturday and Sunday, July 11-12 at 4 pm
Westport Friday and Saturday, July 17-18 at 7:30 pm
Plays in Development
This series presents staged readings before an audience with playwright/director/cast talk-backs – helping authors hone their work.
Casting Calls, Call for Directors, Call for One-Act Scripts
Active open calls are listed in the relevant section above or in the Theatre Menu drop down.