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ABOUT US

Founded in 1977, Laughing Stock Theater Company is one of the oldest theater producing companies in southern Idaho. Formerly known as the nexStage theater, Laughing Stock has had a long commitment to producing professional productions in addition to providing high quality theater education to the valley's youth 

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MISSION

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To provide quality theatrical productions and arts education to the Wood River Valley, while also furnishing an outlet for community involvement.

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VISION

Our vision is to continue to produce professional and/or semi-professional theater that encourages bringing in diverse artists from all over the country while also providing a home for our local actors, directors and designers.

MEET OUR TEAM

Our team at Laughing Stock Theater Company is made up of passionate individuals who are dedicated to bringing the best theatrical experiences to our community. From our actors to our directors, designers, and technicians, we work together to create productions that inspire, entertain, and challenge our audiences.

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Patsy Wygle

Patsy Wygle moved to Sun Valley with her late husband Keith Moore after spending 29 years in New York City. While there, she performed Off-Broadway (It’s Only a Play), on television (Law and Order: SVU, One Life to Live, All My Children) and several films.  In 2003, she received her Masters in Educational Theatre from NYU.  Beginning in 1988, she and Keith came to the Valley once a year to work with Laughing Stock Theatre, which her sister Kathy founded in 1976. She has enjoyed working with other local theaters: Sam Hunter’s Lewiston (Boise Contemporary Theatre), “Heroes of the 4th Dimension and Cabaret (The Spot), the Sondheim Tribute with The Liberty Theatre and many shows at Company of Fools.  She is now the Artistic Director of Laughing Stock and Sun Valley Shakespeare in the Park. 

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Megan Mahoney

Megan first walked through the doors of Laughing Stock Theater when she was 12 years old, in Idaho for the summer and performing in the Main Street Cabaret at nexStage theater. Megan completed her Musical Theater training at CAP21 Conservatory Program in New York City and went on to earn her BA in Nonprofit Theater Management from University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has performed professionally in  New York City, around the country, and overseas in a variety of productions before settling down in Sun Valley after taking a job at Sun Valley Community School. Megan currently runs the Middle School Drama program at the school, in addition to teaching and directing at Laughing Stock, and running her own wedding planning and flower preservation business, Megan Mahoney Creative. Catch her onstage and off at all of the theater companies in town. 

PAST PRODUCTIONS

1977

Plaza Suite

Nearly Everything...

About Christmas But...

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1978

A Thousand Clowns

Exit the Body

Sunshine Boys

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1979

Mame

Play it Again, Sam

Anything Goes

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1980

God

How the Other Half Lives

A Funny Thing Happened... Forum

The Mousetrap

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1981

LUV

Cactus Flower

Guys & Dolls

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1982

Dark Moon and Full Noon

Cowboy

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1983

Vanities

Private Wars

Sexual Perversity in Chicago

Ravenswood

Crimes of the Heart

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1984

Dames at Sea

Black Comedy

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1985

The Four Poster

California Suite

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1986

Lone Star

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1988

The Robber Bridegroom

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1989

Bedroom Farce

Campers

Musical Comedy Murders 1940

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1991

Oklahoma!

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1992

Damn Yankees

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1993

Bells are Ringing

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1995

The Unexpected Guest

The King and I

1996

Harvey

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1997

Mame

The Odd Couple

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1998

Annie

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1999

'night, Mother

Oliver

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2000

Four Play

Twelfth Night

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2001

Time Flies

Man of La Mancha

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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2002

Cabaret

Taming of the Shrew

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2003

The Sound of Music

The Bible (abridged)

Main Street Cabaret

Alls Well That Ends Well

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2004

Main Street Cabaret II

Rumors

Carousel

As You Like It

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2005

Nunsense

Main Street Cabaret III

Merry Wives of Windsor

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2006

Art

Main Street Cabaret IV

A Christmas Carol

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2007

The Nerd

Arsenic and Old Lace

Main Street Cabaret V

A Christmas Carol

Much Ado About Nothing

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2008

Light Up the Sky

Main Street Cabaret VI

The Complete Works... Shakespeare

A Christmas Carol

Much Ado About Nothing

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2009

Main Street Cabaret VII

A Christmas Carol

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2010

Main Street Cabaret VIII

Complete Works...Shakespeare

And Then There Were None

A Christmas Carol

The Hobbit

The Goat

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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2011

Main Street Cabaret IX

Black Coffee

A Christmas Carol

Pinocchio

Romeo and Juliet

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2012

Main Street Cabaret X

The Bible, Complete Word of God

Mousetrap

Phantom Toll Booth

Twelfth Night

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2013

Main Street Cabaret XI

A Christmas Carol

The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

The Tempest

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2014

A Christmas Carol

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2016

A Christmas Carol

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2018

Shrew!

A Christmas Carol

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2019

Comedy of Errors

A... My Name Will Always Be Alice

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2021

A... My Name Will Always Be Alice

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2022

A Christmas Carol

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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2023

Twelfth Night

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2024

Valentine's Cabaret

Much Ado About Nothing

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