Opens February 20th, 2026!

OBT’s production of

Sweeney Todd

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

A Musical Thriller

Opens February 20th and runs through March 8th, 2026
Fridays and Saturdays 7:00 PM, Sundays 2:00 PM

@ The Hales Center for the Performing Arts
(on the campus of Southwestern Oregon Community College)

Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony’s, (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere. Stephen Sondheim’s and Hugh Wheeler’s (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world.

An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up… and the carnage has only just begun!

Extremely popular with opera companies and in concert presentation, Sweeney Todd is equally effective as an intimate chamber musical. Featuring two unforgettable star turns and some of the most chilling music ever written for the stage, this masterpiece is sure both to thrill and delight audiences.

Music & Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
Book by: Hugh Wheeler
Produced by: On Broadway Thespians
Directed by: Jane Stebbins
Assistant Directed by: Julianna Seldon