Scharmann Theatre | Jamestown Community College

Spring 2026 show: Biloxi Blues

JCC Uncommoners present Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," directed by Adam Hughes. Set during World War II, "Biloxi Blues" follows a young recruit, Eugene Morris Jerome, as he navigates boot camp life, friendship, and self-discovery under the watchful eye of his eccentric drill sergeant. The play offers humor, heart, and a timeless look at growing up during uncertain times.

Tickets will be available in January for our showtimes:

Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 14 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 at 2 p.m.
Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m.
Friday, March 20 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 21 at 7 p.m.

About Scharmann Theatre

The Scharmann Theatre is a 361-seat venue for the performing arts in the Sheldon Center on the Jamestown Campus of Jamestown Community College. Yearly programming includes:

Performances and auditions (plays, devised performances, musicals, concerts)
Workshops (playwriting, acting, devised theatre, improv, play development)

The Scharmann Theatre is a place for students and community members alike to create, experiment, collaborate, and perform. Are you ready to let your creative voice shine? Contact us to see how you can get involved.

History of Scharmann Theatre

In 1956, Robert Lee Scharmann came to JCC to teach English and drama. Within months of his arrival, Scharmann began doing plays. The first few were at various sites around Jamestown, but not long after he moved into a small college theater in the abandoned elementary school that was being renovated as the first instructional building on JCC’s Falconer Street campus.

Scharmann’s personality and direction called forth brilliant collegiate productions and established theater as a preeminent student and cultural activity. Theater became so central to JCC that the trustees decided to include a full proscenium theater in the college’s building plans in 1968, and to name it the Robert Lee Scharmann Theatre after his death on May 10, 1976.

A generous bequest from Robert Scharmann allows for support of special theater projects. These have included residencies, visits from national and international theater companies, and awards for JCC’s students.

Technical Specifications

Sound: Yamaha CL-5; Dante networking; Beringer Sound Board for on-stage productions
Microphones: Shure ULXD4Q – 2 units – 8 mics – Shure ULXP4 – 16 units (wireless handheld and lavalier/earpiece available)
Communications: Hollyland 6-unit, wireless com system
Theatre Lighting: 12 movers (9 moving par wash, 3 Chauvet Rogue spots), ETC Color Source Junior Spot (8), Springtree LED Fresnel (6), LED par (24 - Mega-Lite & Springtree), various ETC ellipsoidals and other lights, both LED and non-LED
Effects: Foggy Snow Machine, Hazers, Epson Projector
Lighting Console: ETC ION
Stage Dimensions: Proscenium opening – 29'; proscenium height – 14'6"; upstage wall to plaster line – 26'-36'; plaster line to edge of thrust – 10', grid height 39'; max batten height 38'2"; batten to deck lowest point 47.5"; average batten length 38'2"; wing space 14' both stage left and right
Fly Gallery: Double purchase; 39 line sets; 210 dimmers – stage (3) pin; 3 line sets of electrics; 1 proscenium electric (fixed); 1 FOH electric set; cove electric – 8 dimmers vertical (4 L & 4 R) and 18 dimmers horizontal; maximum weight capacity of arbor – 450 pounds
Drops/Soft Goods/Risers: 1 black scrim; cyc curtain; movie screen; fiber optic star drop; 2 black travelers; Burgundy main – fly; 3 sets black legs; 3 black teasers; 6", 12", and 18" tabletop risers; 3 stair choir risers – 6 sections
Pianos: 1 Yamaha 88 grand piano; 1 upright piano
Green Room: Off stage left with private bathroom
Scenic Shop: Off stage right, fully equipped 25' wide x 27' deep x 40' high
Box Office: A box office in the Scharmann lobby serves as on-site, day-of ticket sales for events
Scaffolding: 16 ft moving scaffolding
Full Costume and Props Shop: 3rd floor of Sheldon Building
Accessibility: Wheelchair lift for stage; headsets for hearing impaired

Uncommoners Productions

2026 Biloxi Blues
2025 Lear, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
2024 Tales of Wonder, Decadal: A Devised Theatre Piece, Our Stories (Emerging Artists), Hamlet
2023 Something Rotten
2022 Heathers: The Musical
2021 Pumpboys and Dinettes
2020 La Cage aux Folles
2019 She Kills Monsters, The Last Five Years, West Side Story
2018 Speech and Debate, Newsies
2017 Paragon Springs, Hairspray
2016 Crimes of the Heart, Cabaret
2015 All My Sons, South Pacific
2014 Wait Until Dark, Les Miserables
2013 Sylvia, Anything Goes
2012 The Glass Menagerie, Legally Blonde: The Musical
2011 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2010 Of Mice and Men, Tommy
2009 Dangerous Corner, The Producers
2008 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Peter Pan
2007 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, She Loves Me
2006 White Liars/Black Comedy, Kiss Me Kate
2005 No Sex Please, We're British, Aida
2004 (The Punk) Antigone, Hair
2003 Picnic, Jekyll and Hyde
2002 Rookery Nook, The Pajama Game
2001 The Crucible, Cabaret
2000 All in the Timing, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1999 Company, Grease
1998 Jesus Christ Superstar, The Children's Hour
1997 They’re Playing Our Song, Dracula
1996 Songs of Broadway, I Am a Camera, The Curious Savage
1995 Pump Boys and Dinettes, Songs of Broadway
1994 Little Miss Sunshine, Macbeth
1993 Noise Off, Into the Woods
1992 Hedda Gabler, Threads
1991 The Tree and Me, The Theft of Light, Lysistrata
1990 Wait Until Dark, Major Barbara
1989 A Chorus Line, Little Shop of Horrors
1988 Ghosts, Fifth of July
1987 Maydays, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1986 The Apple Tree, Jesus Christ Superstar
1985 Gemini, The Rimers of Eldritch
1984 Whose Life is it Anyway?
1983 West Side Story
1982 A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981 Something's Afoot
1980 A Little Night Music
1979 The House of Blue Leaves
1976 Godspell, The Fantasticks
1971-72 Fiddler on the Roof, Loot, The Crucible, Adaptation, Canterbury Tales
1970-71 Summertree, This Property is Condemned, Black Comedy, The Glass Menagerie, Impromptu, The Sandbox, Fumed Oak, Funny Thing