SEASON NINE: HEREDITY
2022/23
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS:
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2022-23 Season Mainstage Series:
by Matt Schatz
Directed by Brendan Ragan
October 21 – November 27, 2022
Siblings Mordy and Jane have a problem. Their dreadful, centenarian grandfather is an emotional and financial tax on the family, and he just won’t die. Scheming almost entirely via sarcastic and misspelled text messages, the siblings hatch an outrageous plan to relieve their family of their grandfather’s burden. Zany, twisted and inventive, this dark comedy reminds us it’s much easier to write what we could never say face to face. Tickets and Information >>
by Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by Summer Wallace
January 6 – February 12, 2023
As birders, John and his daughter Caitlyn adore spending tender autumn days attempting to catch glimpses of elusive birds. But as seasons, the climate, and global politics change, the two find their connection as rare as a red-headed Woodpecker. In a lyrical and endearing family portrait, Birds of North America unfolds in delicate, detailed layers like the scattered leaves of each passing year. Tickets and Information >>
By Jacqueline Goldfinger
Directed by Brendan Ragan
March 24 – April 23, 2023
A World Premiere
When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of his tour, he’s faced with a sobering decision: address his alarming PTSD with Virtual Reality therapy, or risk losing access to his family forever. Can this new technology re-calibrate the brains and bodies of wounded soldiers? This electric, vivid, one-man drama studies the power of healing and finding strength in vulnerability. Tickets and Information >>
THAT MUST BE THE ENTRANCE TO HEAVEN
By Franky D. Gonzalez
Directed by Kathleen Capdesuñer
June 10 – July 10, 2022
A World Premiere
Glory. Survival. Legacy. Citizenship. Four Latino boxers all chase a world title to achieve their personal versions of heaven. But to get there, they must battle each other, their own battered bodies, and the universe itself. All four men walk the line between life and death in this poignant, poetic collision of combat and cosmos.
2022-23 Special Engagements:
Written and performed by J. Elijah Cho
September 7-11, 2022
What compels an actor to play a character that they probably shouldn't? In this sidesplitting roast, J. Elijah Cho cleverly answers that question by exploring Mickey Rooney's infamous yellowface performance of Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Tickets and Information >>
Presented by Summer Wallace
May 3-7, 2023
Back for the fourth time and returning to an in-person experience, the Modern Works Festival is a playwriting contest, reading festival and celebration of women in theatre. Tickets and Information >>