For its 10th anniversary season, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts has lined up one must-see show after another.

“WICA steps into its 10th year with an amazing theatre season of Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, brand new adaptations of classics and a Broadway musical,” said production director Deana Duncan.

WICA will kick off the season by tackling the Tony Award-winning play “Art.”

The play dissects the notions of art – a topic discussed for ages.

Next, WICA will be the first theater in the United States to produce “Little Women” based on the script by Emma Reeves. The show has played to sold-out houses in England for two years.

For their third production, WICA recruited theater legend David Ossman to direct “Seven Keys to Baldpate.”

Jason Dittmer directs Anton Checkov’s “Three Sisters,” which is widely regarded as one of the best plays written in the 20th century.

WICA closes the season with the colorful spectacle of “Cabaret.” It will be a less glamourous production than the 1970s movie version, but nonetheless entertaining.

“It’s a season not to be missed, full of talent, potential, and beautiful stories,” Duncan said.

“As Oscar Wilde once said, ‘I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.’ We celebrate the past 10 years and begin the journey of the next 10,” she said.

A new, exciting series will debut this year. The “Double Feature” series is a two-part program. The audience will come together in the afternoon to watch a movie and return at night to a special concert featuring the film’s score.

Favorites such as the local artist series and family series will also return.

Friends and supporters of WICA got a first glimpse at the season offerings Saturday evening at the season opener party.

The lead actors of “Art” gave the audience a sneak preview of what to expect when they read a scene from the play.

The cast of the various other plays were also introduced. The Blue Matter Jazz Combo played while everyone celebrated with wine, a Mediterranean buffet and cake.

And WICA continues the celebration. Mark your calendar for Saturday: The community is invited to attend WICA’s 10th Anniversary Benefit Auction on Sept. 16 at the Whidbey Institute’s Thomas Berry Hall.

WICA’s gala event begins at 5 p.m. with a champagne service, appetizers, music and a silent auction.

Seating for dinner, prepared by Island Chef Tim Goeken, begins at 6:15 p.m. and is followed by a live auction.

Auction items donated by local businesses, restaurants and artists include invitations to special events and parties, theater excursions to Seattle and New York, vacations in London and Bali and many other exciting items.

Tickets to the event are $100 per person, and the evening’s bidding ranges are from $50 to $4,000.