Intriguing premieres, contemporary hits and new plays on the cutting edge.
IN THE NEXT ROOM or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl directed by Casey Stangl Sep 26 - Oct 17
Broadway’s latest mega-hit is set in the Victorian era, just before its corseted women shed their inhibitions. A new electric invention has been introduced to the medical world. Dr. Givings, one of its early champions, marvels at the effect it has on patients suffering from “female hysteria,” while in the adjoining room, his own wife yearns for another kind of intimacy. This funny, tender and illuminating play has generated excitement from East Coast to West.
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION by Annie Baker directed by Sam Gold Jan 9 - 30
Pretend to be a baseball glove. Write down your darkest secret, and lie on the floor while someone reads it out loud. Have an entire conversation using only the word ‘goulash.’ Welcome to Marty Kreisberg’s acting class! In a small Vermont town, a divorced and depressed carpenter, a flirty former actress, a pouty 16-year- old, and Marty’s hippie husband are all a bit bored with life and looking for an outlet. But are they ready for what her exercises reveal about them and their classmates? This Off-Broadway comedy triumph was extended twice by popular demand.
THE WEIR by Conor McPherson Mar 13 - Apr 3, 2011
Proclaimed as “exceptional …the most exciting evening in theatrical London!” by The Guardian, this Olivier Award winner was also a New York hit, running for eight months on Broadway. When a group of hard-drinking Irishmen get together in a local pub on a stormy night, their amazing yarns prove to be both funny and spine-tingling. Especially as they compete for the attention of a mysterious young woman. But she outdoes them, spinning her own haunting story of love and loss that keeps them—and the audience—simply spellbound.
COMPLETENESS by Itamar Moses directed by Pam MacKinnon Apr 17 - May 8, 2011
How does a computer scientist hook up with a molecular biologist? He uses the algorithm method, of course. But when Elliot offers to build a computer program to help Molly with her latest research project, they discover that megabytes and microbes might not be compatible—and even the most sophisticated algorithm may freeze in the face of life’s infinite possibilities. From the author of Bach at Leipzig, a 21st-century romantic comedy about the timeless confusions of love.
Julianne Argyros Stage seating chart.
