<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/august/bte-40-season.html" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><story>news-slider</story><pubDate>07/29/2026</pubDate><title>BTE Celebrates 40th Season with Classic Plays Beginning Nov. 12</title><caption>Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the MAC’s Playhouse Theater.</caption><description>Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional equity theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), will present three classic plays: "Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women,” “Dial M for Murder” and “One Man, Two Guvnors” as part of its 40th season.</description><author>Jesus Cortez</author><quote/><image><img src="https://cod.edu/news/img/2026/bte-performance-900x600.jpg" alt="Two actors in dresses sitting on a couch"/></image><video/><tags><tag>Arts</tag><tag>Community</tag><tag>Events</tag></tags></item>