2019/2020 SEASON
SUMMER SERIES
MAIN SERIES
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT
2019/20 At A Glance
by Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Natalie Novacek
May 31 – June 30, 2019
Zoe is called into her professor's office to discuss her paper about slavery's effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power. Tickets
By Stacey Gregg
Directed by Summer Wallace
Starring Amber McNew
July 26 – August 25, 2019
For Kes, falling in love for the first time happened online. But the exhilarating fantasy quickly turns into a terrifying reality when the young teen is accused of criminal conduct. Inspired by real cases of ‘gender fraud,’ Scorch is a touching and provocative story of love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen.
By Larissa FastHorse
November 8 – December 15, 2019
Is it possible for a troupe of all-white teaching artists to create a culturally sensitive pageant to celebrate Native American Heritage Month? Subversive, absurd and endearing, The Thanksgiving Play is a blistering satire that hilariously dissects political correctness, just in time for the holidays.
By Ike Holter
Directed by Brendan Ragan
January 10 – February 16, 2020
A year after his assumed death, a man shows up in his former Chicago apartment alive, well, and ready to fix what went wrong with the people who have been mourning him. In this wry, darkly comedic dissection of the millennial transition to adulthood, a miracle reunion turns calamitous as the past catches up with the present.
By Cory Finley
March 13 – April 19, 2020
Matt and Anna’s relationship seems to be blossoming until the sewers under their apartment begin to speak. Deftly mixing the comedic, mysterious and macabre, The Feast is a delicate study of the psychological condition, and how we hurt and heal the ones we love.
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