North American Tour • 2026-2027

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About the Show

Life, uh, finds a way.

Two actors. One Foley artist. A comedy 65 million years in the making. Hold On To Your Butts is Recent Cutbacks' shot-for-shot live parody of the greatest dinosaur movie of all time — recreated with cardboard cutouts, hilarious impersonations, and live sound effects.

Part comedy, part love letter, entirely unpredictable. Whether you've seen the movie a hundred times or not at all, Butts will make you laugh, gasp, and question everything you thought you knew about theater (and dinosaurs).

★★★★★

“A CHAOTIC MASTERPIECE”

Stage to Page

★★★★★

“A Non-Stop Laugh fest”

Theatre Weekly

CRITIC’S PICK

“painfully funny… a pure joy from start to finish”

Time Out

On Tour

Dates & Venues

USA — Fall/Winter 2026/27
Sept 16 – Oct 4 Denver, CO Galleria Theater Get Tickets
Oct 6 – 11 Des Moines, IA Des Moines Performing Arts — Temple Theater Get Tickets
Oct 17 Dallas, TX Wyly Theatre Get Tickets
Oct 29 Dubuque, IA Heritage Center Get Tickets
Oct 31 – Nov 1 Minneapolis, MN Dudley Riggs Theatre Get Tickets
Jan 12 Boston, MA Wilbur Theatre Get Tickets
Jan 14 Philadelphia, PA Ensemble Arts Philly Get Tickets
Jan 15 – 16 Pittsburgh, PA Greer Cabaret Theatre Get Tickets
Canada — Winter 2027
Jan 20 St. Albert, AB The Arden Theatre Get Tickets
Jan 21 Camrose, AB Camrose PAC — Cargill Theatre Get Tickets
Jan 23 Medicine Hat, AB Esplanade — Main Theatre Get Tickets
Jan 26 Revelstoke, BC Revelstoke PAC Get Tickets
Jan 28 Cranbrook, BC Key City Theatre Coming Soon
Jan 31 Chilliwack, BC Chilliwack Cultural Centre — HUB International Theatre Get Tickets
Feb 2 Courtenay, BC Sid Williams Theatre Get Tickets
Feb 6 Kingston, ON Kingston Grand Theatre — Regina Rosen Auditorium Get Tickets
Feb 9 Brantford, ON Sanderson Centre Get Tickets
Feb 10 Guelph, ON River Run Centre — Main Stage Get Tickets
Feb 11 Burlington, ON Burlington PAC Get Tickets
Feb 13 Halifax, NS Dalhousie Arts Centre — Rebecca Cohn Theatre Get Tickets
Feb 14 Annapolis Royal, NS King's Theatre Coming Soon
Feb 17 Charlottetown, PE Confederation Centre of the Arts — Sobey Family Theatre Get Tickets
Feb 18 Saint John, NB Imperial Theatre Get Tickets
Feb 19 Truro, NS Marigold Cultural Centre Coming Soon
Feb 20 Windsor, NS Mermaid Imperial PAC Get Tickets
USA — Spring 2027
Mar 4 Indianapolis, IN Schrott Center for the Arts Get Tickets
Mar 6 Milwaukee, WI Wilson Theater Coming Soon
Mar 12 – 13 Overland Park, KS Polsky Theatre Get Tickets
Apr 1 Tracy, CA Grand Theatre Center Get Tickets
Apr 3 Rancho Cucamonga, CA Lewis Family Playhouse Get Tickets
Apr 7 – 10 La Jolla, CA UC San Diego — The Loft Get Tickets

WATCH

Cast & creative

The Company

Created by

Recent Cutbacks

Performed by

Jay Dunn & Natalie Rich

Foley by

Kelly Robinson

A cappella arrangements by

Kelsey Didion

Developed by

Nick Abeel, Blair Busbee & Kyle Schaefer

Lighting design by

James Appleby

Stage management & company management by

Dorian Malloy

Exclusive tour booking by

Broadway & Beyond Theatricals

Produced by

CitySalt Theatricals & Recent Cutbacks

Directed by

Kristin McCarthy Parker

BRING BUTTS TO YOUR CITY

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