Arizona Theatre Company announced its 57th season, with plans to showcase an array of productions for audiences of all ages, from gripping mysteries to heartwarming love stories to joyful musicals.

ATC, which recently moved its Valley home from Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix to Tempe Center for the Arts, will open its 2024/2025 season with the thriller “Dial M for Murder,” newly adapted for a modern audience by Jeffrey Hatcher, according to a press release.

Matt August, ATC’s Kasser Family artistic director, stated in the release that the year ahead in Arizona will be challenging on a number of fronts, and the company hopes to be a “bastion of relief, joy and communion” for ATC audiences.

“This season offers a place for people to put their emotions, and leave their anxieties and find each other as neighbors and as a community. It’s a space to laugh, to love, to remember, to unite and to find peace. I am excited for ATC to be an agent for civic wellness with this thrilling season of plays and musicals,” August stated.

Following its premiere production, ATC’s holiday extravaganza, “Scrooge!,” returns for its second year to welcome the holiday season. Created by Oscar and Grammy-winning and Tony-nominated composer Leslie Bricusse, this musical spectacular is quickly becoming a cherished holiday tradition in Arizona, the release added. 

Kicking off 2025, ATC will open “Blues in the Night,” a toe-tapping musical revue weaving together the lives of three women as they share their stories of love, heartbreak and triumph through 26 of the best Blues songs.

The season continues with the world premiere production of “Bob & Jean: A Love Story” by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan. Inspired by the courtship of his own parents, Schenkkan forges a story of love amidst adversity during the tumult of World War II, according to the release. 

Finally, “Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B” by Kate Hamill closes out the season with a modern “gal-pal” twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective duo. This adventure comedy takes our dynamic duo through hijinks as they uncover multiple murder mysteries plotted by a cunning supervillain.

Subscriptions, including season tickets and flex passes that allow patrons to choose the shows that fit their schedules, are available now, and can be purchased online at atc.org, or by calling the ATC box office at 833-282-7328. Single tickets will go on sale in late July.

For information about ATC's 57th Season, visit www.atc.org/seasons/2024-2025-season/.