The Fulton Theatre strives to produce theatre that will serve our entire community.

To that end, we have created a Content Guide so that all warnings associated with each production may be reviewed by patrons.

Though we do not typically have permission to change the intellectual property as licensed by rights-holders, this page is a living document and we will hone information in accordance with each director’s vision and specific choices.

24/25 Season

MAINSTAGE SERIES

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
If this were a film, it would be rated PG-13
Language: hell, asshole, damn, shit
Adult Behavior: divorce, infidelity, drinking, strip poker, smoking marijuana, open marriage
Sexuality: sexual innuendos, kissing, teen pregnancy, mentions of sex
Other: fat-shaming, mentions of suicide, mental illness

Frozen
If this were a film, it would be rated PG
Adult Behavior: drinking, kissing
Violence: head injury, unconsciousness due to blunt force of ice, fatal injury, mentions of murder, punching
Other: implied death of parents, mentions of death, magic & sorcery

Jesus Christ Superstar
If this were a film, it would be rated PG-13
Language: damned
Adult Behavior: wine, drinking, and being drunk, insinuated prostitution
Violence: angry mobs, fighting, mentions of war, multiple mentions of blood, murder, crucifixion, torture
Other: biblical content, suicide

Anastasia
If this were a film, it would be rated PG
Language: damn, hell
Adult Behavior: drinking
Violence: gun violence, assault, obvious danger, mentions of murder

Cats
If this were a film, it would be rated PG
Language: hell
Adult Behavior: mentions of drinking

ELLEN ARNOLD GROFF STUDIO SERIES

Deathtrap
If this were a film, it would be rated R for violence
Language: bitch, wretch, damn, hell, shit, bastard, goddamn, faggot, whore, slut
Adult Behavior: mentions of smoking marijuana, mentions divorce, weaponry (guns, knives, axes, maces), alcohol, kissing, a kiss shared between members of the same sex
Violence: murder, violent threats, choking, vivid gore, head bashed in with wood onstage, heart attack on stage, gun firing a blank, gunshot, crossbow bolt in chest (also being used to stab)
Sexuality: compares murder to an aphrodisiac, mentions of gang-bang, mentions of hookers
Other: mentions of vomiting, misogyny, fat-shaming, mentions of suicide

Who’s Holiday
If this were a film, it would be rated R
Language: fuck, shit, ass, hell, damn, bitch, bastards, skanks, whores
Adult Behavior: drinking, smoking a marijuana-like product, mentions using drugs
Violence: domestic abuse, murder
Sexuality: sexual innuendos, descriptions of sex, pregnancy, mentions of bestiality, mentions of lesbian sex
Other: derogatory use of the word “queer”, derogatory use of the word “Jew”, implied homophobic slur, insults alcoholics, derogatory use of the word “ghetto”, mental illness, mentions of pain medicine, mentions of menstruation, mentions being locked up by father, mentions of starvation, racism (father), mentions boobs, repeated lighthearted homophobia, fatphobia, dog death and consumption

The Irish and How They Got That Way
If this were a film, it would be rated PG 13
Language: dick, damned, bitch, paddy (slur)
Adult Behavior: drinking, political unrest
Violence: mentions of war, fighting, mentions of punching and beating
Other: vivid mentions of famine, starvation, death, poverty, mentions of childbirth, malaria 

Forever Plaid
If this were a film, it would be rated PG
Adult Behavior: cigar props present, mentions of bars
Other: occasional mentions of sickness, death, vomiting (very tame), gun prop

EICHMANN FAMILY SERIES

Family Series productions are appropriate for all audiences – all ages welcome!- but some of our youngest audience members might react to scary sounds or “bad guys.” Children are welcome to take lobby breaks during these shows and we encourage our audiences to participate in the storytelling.