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The Women

The Women

Our 554th Production

By Clare Boothe Luce 
Directed by Loretta Lucy Miller 
September: 18th, 19th, 20th, 25th, 26th, 27th; October: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 2026 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
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Contented, kindly Mary Haines, a well-off woman living in New York City, is the envy of her friends, boasting a wholesome, happy marriage, adorable children, and a comfortable home. Unfortunately, she is living in a fool’s paradise…which her tactless friend, the gossip-hungry Sylvia Fowler, discovers, when a favored manicurist spills the beans: Mary’s husband Stephen Haines has been nabbed by Crystal Allen, a sultry, gold-digging man-eater, who sets her traps behind the perfume counter at Saks Fifth Avenue. Mary’s painful dilemma is created: keep silent, keep her marriage, and condone her husband’s cheating ways….or divorce him, making way for a rival to step into her place?


TBA!

TBA!

Our 555th Production

Directed by Annie Hnatko 
November 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 2026 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
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A rock musical set in New York City’s East Village in the early 1990s. Following a group of impoverished young bohemians artists, musicians, and performers struggling to pay bills and survive in the shadow of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and create art. The story centers on a filmmaker and an HIV-positive musician navigating love and loss alongside friends: an addict, a drag queen, and a performance artist.


Be Here Now

Be Here Now

Our 556th Production

By Deborah Zoe Laufer 
Directed by Jane Jennings 
January 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 2027 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
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After losing her teaching job, Bari returns home depressed. Strange headaches bring ecstatic experiences that make her feel alive and in love, until she learns they are killing her. She must choose between a short, joyful life or a longer, miserable one.


Venus In Fur

Venus In Fur

Our 557th Production

By David Ives 
Directed by Chris Wunder 
March 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 2027 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
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In this two-character play, a playwright struggles to cast his lead until an unexpected actress arrives late to audition. As they read, the audition turns into a charged exploration of power, and the line between performance and reality begins to blur.


BUG

BUG

Our 558th Production

By Tracy Letts 
Directed by Josh Tull 
April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, May 1, 2, 2027 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
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In a seedy Oklahoma motel room, a lonely waitress, Agnes, begins a relationship with a mysterious drifter, Peter, who believes he’s a victim of a government experiment involving microscopic insects. Their intense connection spirals as Peter’s paranoia about government control and bugs infects Agnes, leading to a claustrophobic and violent descent into madness.


Moon Man Walk

Moon Man Walk

Our 559th Production

By James Ijames 
Directed by Alyssia Sims 
June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 2027 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
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A young man learns the truth about his absent father after he travels home to attend his mother’s funeral. This magical journey through space and time takes us literally to the moon and back and explores the Black family in the age of mass incarceration.


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