Founded in November 2014, Flashback Theater Co. (FbTC) is known for its professional programming and commitment to developing the region’s performing arts talent. 

Flashback Theater Co. operates in Pulaski county but also attracts audience members and artists from the following counties: Wayne, McCreary, Russell, Rockcastle, Casey, and Adair. (*Denotes Professional Ensemble Member)

Flashback is currently in it’s twelfth season of productions.

Season 11 | 2024-25

Count Dracula by Ted Tiller, based on the novel by Bram Stoker
October 2024
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Cornelia Dozier Cooper Theater at The Center for Rural Development
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
December 2024
Directed by Thomas Alvey
Somerset First United Methodist Church
When We Get Good Again by James McLindon
February 2025 | Fringe Series
Directed by Billy Christopher Maupin
Flashback Theater Co.
The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare
May 2025
Directed by Jenny Cleberg
Stoner Little Theater

Season 10 | 2023-24

The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath
October 2023 | Fringe Series
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Stoner Little Theater
The 39 Steps Adapted by Patrick Barlow
Adapted from the novel by John Buchan

December 2023
Directed by Jade Ellis
Flashback Black Box
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Adapted by Steve Cleberg
February 2024
Directed by Steve Cleberg
Stoner Little Theater
Brother Wolf by Preston Lane & Laurelyn Dossett
May 2024
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Stoner Little Theater
The Comedy of Errrors by William Shakespeare, adapted by Steve Cleberg
July 2024 | Somerstage Series
Directed by Amber Frangos
Joe Ford Amphitheater

Season 9 | 2022-23

The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson
February 2023
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Flashback Black Box
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim & Hugh Wheeler
May 2023
Directed by Billy Christopher Maupin
Stoner Little Theater
As You Like It by William Shakespeare, adapted by Steve Cleberg
July 2023 | Somerstage Series
Directed by Amber Frangos
Joe Ford Amphiteater

Season 8 | 2021-22

ALL TOGETHER NOW!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre
By Music Theatre International
November 2021 | Special Event
Co-Production with The Center for Rural Development
Directed by Billy Christopher Maupin
Cornelia Dozier Cooper Theater at The Center for Rural Development
Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)
by John K. Alvarez, Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald

December 2021 | Fringe Series
Directed by Bradley Shane Gilmore
Flashback Black Box
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
February 2022
Directed by Jade Ellis
Flashback Black Box
Mary: Her Story by Amber Frangos & Maria McNeil Phelps
May 2022
Directed by Amber Frangos, Music Direction by Amanda Balltrip
Stoner Little Theater
The American Parade by Steve Cleberg
July 2022 | Somerstage Series
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Joe Ford Amphitheater

Season 7 | 2020-21

Harriett Simpson Arnow’s The Dollmaker adapted by Betty Peterson
July 2021 | Somerstage Series
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Joe Ford Amphitheater
The Lady’s Not for Burning by Christopher Fry
July 2021 | Somerstage Series
Directed by Amber Frangos
Joe Ford Amphitheater

Season 6 | 2019-20

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
February 2020
Directed by Jade Doris Ellis
Flashback Black Box
Hazard County by Allison Moore
Directed by Bradley Shane Gilmore & Sommer Schoch
Lake Cumberland Farmer’s Market

Season 5 | 2018-19

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
December 2018
Directed by Jade Ellis
Flashback Black Box
Boats Against the Current by William H. McCann
February/March 2019
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Flashback Black Box
A pirate pauses to listen, you can see several other pirates behind her
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance
June 2019
Directed by Sommer Schoch, Music direction by Theresa Jean Kibby
Flashback Black Box
American Hero by Bess Wohl and Local Shorts
August 2019
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Flashback Black Box

Season 4 | 2017-18

Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
March 2018
Directed by Ron Kidd, Music direction by Amanda Balltrip
Stoner Little Theater
Rosies: The Women Who Riveted the Nation by Amber Frangos
May 2018
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Flashback Black Box

Season 3 | 2016-17

A Nightmare on Backstreet by Ricky W. Glore
October 2016
Directed by Sommer Schoch, Music direction by Maria McNeil Phelps
Joe Ford Amphitheater
Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)
December 2016
by John K. Alvarez, Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald
Cooper Community Arts Center
Around The World in 80 Days by Mark Brown
February/March 2017
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Stoner Little Theater

Season 2 | 2015-16

Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
October 2015
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Cooper Community Arts Center
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
February/March 2015
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Cooper Community Arts Center

Season 1 | 2014-15

Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton
Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton
February 2015
Directed by Sommer Schoch
Cooper Community Arts Center
And The Tide Shall Cover the Earth by Norma Cole
And The Tide Shall Cover The Earth by Norma Cole
August 2015
Directed by Sommer Schoch
The Center for Rural Development