VALDOSTA — Theatre Guild Valdosta is already working on its new stage season which opens later this month.

“Broadway on Ashley” opens the Guild 2015-16 season. The downtown theatre group revisits several past musicals.

The show will include solo and ensemble performances. Some numbers will feature dancers.

“Broadway on Ashley” will feature songs from the musicals “Nunsense,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Gypsy,” “The Sound of Music,” “Oklahoma,” “South Pacific,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Company,” “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

It plays July 30 through Aug. 2 and Aug. 6-8. Tickets go on sale Aug. 16.

“Broadway on Ashley” is the first show in a diverse Main Stage season.

Theatre Guild’s 2015-16 season includes Main Stage performances, Stage 2 productions, and the children’s Gingerbread Players shows.

MAIN STAGE

SEE HOW THEY RUN, by playwright Phillip King. Synopsis: “So swift is the action, so involved the situations, so rib tickling the plot in this London hit that at its finish audiences are left as exhausted from laughter as though they had run a foot race. Galloping in and out of the four doors of an English vicarage are an American actor and actress (he is now stationed with the Air Force in England), a cockney maid who has seen too many American movies, an old maid who ‘touches alcohol for the first time in her life,’ four men in clergyman suits presenting the problem of which is which, for disguised as one is an escaped prisoner, and a sedate bishop aghast at all these goings on and the trumped up stories they tell him.” Plays Oct. 1-4, 8-10. Auditions: Aug. 3, 4.

A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, playwright Leslie Darbon’s stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel. Synopsis: “The ‘Announcement’ is in the local paper, stating time and place of a murder to occur in Miss Blacklock’s early Victorian house. However, the victim is not one of the several occupants, temporary and permanent, but an unexpected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic Agatha Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death, and a determined inspector grimly following the twists and turns.” Plays Feb. 4-7, 11-13. Auditions: Dec. 7, 8.

LEAVING IOWA, by playwrights Tim Clue & Spike Manton. Synopsis: “The story of Don Browning, a middle-aged writer, who returns home and decides to finally take his father’s ashes to his childhood home, as requested. But when Don discovers Grandma’s house is now a grocery store, he begins traveling across Iowa searching for a proper resting place for his father. This father-and-son road trip shifts from the present to Don’s memories of the annual, torturous vacations of his childhood. Ultimately, Don’s existential journey leads him to reconcile his past and present at an unpredictable but perfect final destination.” Plays May 26-29, June 2-4. Auditions: April 11, 12.

STAGE 2

THE GUYS, by playwright Anne Nelson. Synopsis: “Less than two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, New Yorkers are still in shock. One of them, an editor named Joan, receives an unexpected phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost most of his men in the attack. He’s looking for a writer to help him with the eulogies he must present at their memorial services. Nick and Joan spend a long afternoon together, recalling the fallen men through recounting their virtues and their foibles, and fashioning the stories into memorials of words. In the process, Nick and Joan discover the possibilities of friendship in each other and their shared love for the unconquerable spirit of the city. As they make their way through the emotional landscape of grief, they draw on humor, tango, the appreciation of craft in all its forms — and the enduring bonds of common humanity. ‘The Guys’ is based on a true story.” Plays Aug. 14-16.

SHAKESPEARE’S SEVEN DEADLY, featuring selections by William Shakespeare. Synopsis: “If there’s one thing in Western Culture that is more enduring than the words of William Shakespeare, it’s sin. Amongst the sins, there are seven which are qualified as the most deadly. Come see what happens when the best in the west meets the worst of the cursed.” Plays Dec. 18-20.

DEARLY BELOVED, based on the novel by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Synopsis: “‘Dearly Beloved’ is a collection of thoughts of individuals attending a wedding. These include friends and family as well as members of the wedding party. Some selections will be happy, some cynical, and many will be conflicted. Something like real marriages and life in general. The thoughts of the mother of the bride, the father of the bride, an uncle, the soon to be mother-in-law, an aunt, a friend of the groom, and the bride and groom themselves all give different looks at marriage.” Plays Feb. 19-21.

THE SPOON RIVER PROJECT. More details to be announced later.

GINGERBREAD PLAYERS

A SEUSSIFIED CHRISTMAS CAROL, by playwright Peter Bloedel. Synopsis: “A whimsical reinvention of Dickens’ most beloved Christmas story in wacky rhymed couplets. With zoot fruited juices and binka bird geese, from Bed-Headed Fred to Timmy Loo Hoo, this tale of glorious holiday cheer is similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with — if he ever had his way with the story.” Plays Dec. 4-6, 11-13. Auditions: Oct. 5, 6.

THE SOMEWHAT TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD, by playwright Mary Lynn Dobson. Synopsis: “It sure is hard to be humble when you’re a swashbuckling, egocentric superhero. But our gallant guy-in-green tries his best as he swaggers through ‘The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood,’ a frantically funny, Monty Pythonesque retelling of the classic. This time around, the legendary legend, in his never-ending quest to aid the needy, encounters a lovely damsel-in-distress (oddly obsessed with skin conditions); an ever-scheming sheriff who would rather bowl a strike than hit a bull’s-eye; a gold-hoarding, bad-guy monarch wannabe; and a good-natured ‘Town’s Guy’ who manages to make his way into every scene, whether he belongs there or not. Combine them with an expandable band of spoon-wielding Merry

Men whose collective IQs equal

six, and you’ve got an irreverent jaunt through Sherwood Forest …” Plays April 8-10, 15-17. Auditions: Feb. 8, 9.

All Theatre Guild Valdosta shows and auditions occur at The Dosta Playhouse, 122 N. Ashley St., Downtown Valdosta. More information: Visit www.theatreguildvaldosta.com.