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| | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
By Bertoldt Brecht
Directed by Tobias Anderson and Michael Streeter
Jan 19 – Feb 4, 2024
Brecht's shudderingly accurate parallel between Hitler and his henchmen on the one hand and the old crime lords of Chicago on the other is a vigorous eye opener. The Cauliflower Trust in Chicago is in need of help and turns to a racketeer by the name of Arturo Ui to begin a "protection" campaign. His henchmen look astonishingly like Goebbels and Goring. Their activities include "accidental" fires and a St. Valentine's Day massacre. | Purchase tickets |
| | The How and The Why
By Sarah Treem
Directed by Kathleen Worley
Mar 8 – Mar 24, 2024
Evolution and emotion collide in Sarah Treem’s thought-provoking and sharp play about science, family, and survival of the fittest. On the eve of a prestigious conference, an up-and-coming evolutionary biologist wrestles for the truth with an established leader in the field. This intimate and keenly perceptive play explores the difficult choices faced by women of every generation. | Purchase tickets |
| | Everybody
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Riley Parham
May 10 – May 26, 2024
This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living. | Purchase tickets |
| | The Drag
By Mae West
Directed by Ravyn Jazper-Hawke
Sept 9 – Sept 22, 2024
Mae West’s examination of drag culture mixed with drawing room comedy. Funny and flamboyant, the play creates an unusual love triangle topped with a decadent parade and celebration of drag. | Purchase tickets |
| | Sweeney Todd
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
A Musical Thriller
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Tony Bump
Oct 18 – Nov 10, 2024
An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, seeks vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett's luck sharply shifts when Todd's thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up... and the carnage has only just begun! | Purchase tickets |
| | Fezziwig’s Fortune
By Josie Seid and Sara Jean Accuardi
Directed by Josie Seid
Dec 6 – Dec 22, 2024
This play lifts Mr. Fezziwig from the pages of A Christmas Carol to tell a story all his own. Set after the jubilant Christmas ball where we meet young Scrooge’s benevolent employer in Dickens's tale, this story looks past Fezziwig’s merry smile to find a man who may be in need of a Christmas miracle all of his own. Fezziwig’s Fortune is an origin story about family, forgiveness, and the importance of what ties us together. | Purchase tickets |