Cookie Queens(2026)

Four Girl Scouts, ages 5 to 12, chase their cookie-selling goals during a single high-stakes season in this candid, funny, and surprisingly moving documentary — a coming-of-age story hiding inside America's biggest bake sale.

Director Alysa Nahmias (an Emmy winner for Art & Krimes by Krimes) turns the $800 million Girl Scout Cookie business into a lens on ambition, resilience, and growing up.

The film premiered at Sundance and won the Audience Award at SXSW before landing a theatrical release — with an unlikely pair of executive producers: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, herself a former Girl Scout.

Doors open 30 minutes before show begins.

Pay-What-You-Can ($10 suggested)

Rated G

Runtime: 91 minutes

Presented with support from Shepherdstown-based Girl Scout Troop 15099. We can't promise that they will not be selling cookies at this special screening. :-)

The historic Shepherdstown Opera House is a cozy vaudeville-era theater that seats 100 people. Advance reservations encouraged to ensure seating. General Admission. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

Popcorn, candy, soft drinks, beer & wine available for purchase (no outside food or drinks please). Lobby, theater & restroom are wheelchair accessible.

Hearing-impaired? Download the app AudioFetch on your phone (iPhone or Android) for use with Bluetooth-enabled hearing aids.

More information available on OperaHouseLive.com.