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Schedule changes and additions are common in the course of a season, so readers are encouraged to contact theatres directly for updated information.
This year's Top 10 list touts an impressive eight newcomers to the annual tally of most-produced plays at TCG member theatres. (This snapshot reflects info reported to us by theatres at press time, and covers productions from October 2010 through September 2011; the most recently reported production information can be viewed throughout the year at www.tcg.org/profiles.) All but The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (up one production from last year) and To Kill a Mockingbird (appearing again after a year's hiatus) show up on the list this year for the very first time.
This season's winner, The 39 Steps, is scheduled to play at a whopping 23 TCG theatres--more than twice as many as last year's chart-topper, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's boom. The influx of new work is epitomized by runner-up Circle Mirror Transformation (15), which premiered only a year ago. Also notable is a double whammy for playwright Tracy Letts.
As usual, we've omitted from our calculations works by those inevitable over-achievers Shakespeare (who's on for no fewer than 115 productions) and Dickens (whose A Christmas Carol will work its magic in at least 35 stagings), as well as holiday shows such as The Santaland Diaries (11). That means the popularity of a new holiday production, A Christmas Story (13), adapted by Philip Grecian, isn't reflected in the list; neither are a rash of seven various adaptations of Peter Pan. A tabulator's final note: The Twilight craze seems to have finally reached the stage, spawning a notable nine Dracula-inspired productions--including one fang-baring rock opera!--Lauren Rosenfield
SEASON PREVIEW 2010-11
ALABAMA
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery, (334) 271-5353, www.asf.net
The House at Pooh Corner, adapt: Bettye Knapp from A.A. Milne; dir: Nancy Rominger. Thru Oct 22.
The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years, Pearl Cleage; dir: Susan V. Booth. Thru Oct 3. Co-production with Alliance Theatre, GA.
Peter Pan, James M. Barrie; lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Carolyn Leigh; music: Mark Charlap; dir: Geoffrey Sherman. Nov 19-Dec 31.
Bear Country, Michael Vigilant; music: James Conely; dir: Tim Rhoze. Jan 13-23.
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare; dir: Geoffrey Sherman. Feb 2-May 21.
The Flagmaker of Market Street, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder; dir: Hana Sharif. Feb 4-Mar 19.
Blood Divided, Jeffry Chastang; music: James Conely; dir: Nancy Rominger. Feb 18-Mar 20.
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare; dir: Diana Van Fossen. Mar 9-May 21.
Moonlight and Magnolias, Ron Hutchinson; dir: Geoffrey Sherman. Apr 8-May 29.
Menopause the Musical, Jeanie Linders. Jul 8-24.
ALASKA
Cyrano's Theatre Company, Anchorage, (907) 274-2599, www.cyranos.org
The Seafarer, Conor McPherson; dir: Krista Schwarting. Oct 1-17.
Assimilation, Jack Dalton; dir: Ed Bourgeois. Oct 22-Nov 20.
The Winter Bear, Anne Hanley. Oct 28-Nov 22.
Native Playwrights Project. Nov 1-3.
This Is Where We Came In, Alan Ayckbourn; dir: Janet Stoneburner. Dec 4-22.
Harold and Maude, Colin Higgins; dir: Dick Reichman. Jan 21-Feb 27.
Camino Real, Tennessee Williams; dir: Erma Duricko. Mar 10-27.
Becky's New Car, Steven Dietz; dir: Schatzie Shaffers. Apr 8-May 1.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, book: Rachel Sheinkin; lyrics and music: William Finn: dir: Teresa Pond. May 13-Jun 26.
Red White and Tuna, Jul 1-Aug 21.
Exit the King, lonesco. Sep 8-Oct 2.
Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre, Fairbanks, www.fstalaska.org
Season TBA
Perseverance Theatre, Douglas, (907) 463-TlXS, www.perseverancetheatre.org
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker; dir: Brandon Demery. Oct 8-31.
This Wonderful Life, Steve Murray; dir: Terry Cramer. Dec 3-26.
The Blue Bear, adapt: Ryan Conarro, Greg Emetaz, Leon Ingulsrud, Luan Schooler, Takahiro Yamamoto; dir: Leon Ingulsrud. Jan 14-Feb 6.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde. Mar 11-Apr 10.
ARIZONA
Actors Theatre of Phoenix, (602) 252-8497, www.actorstheatrephx.org
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Matthew Wiener. Oct 29-Nov 14.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Michael Grady, Matthew Wiener (also dir); lyrics and music: Alan Ruch. Dec 4-24.
This, Melissa James Gibson; dir: Ron May. Jan 21-Feb 6.
Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?, Josh Kornbluth. Mar 4-20.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker; dir: Paul Barnes. Apr 22-May 8.
Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson/Phoenix, (520) 622-2823/(602) 256-6995, www.arizonatheatre.org
Backwards in High Heels, Lynnette Barkley, Christopher McGovern (also music); dir: Scott Schwartz. Thru Oct 24. Co-production with Asolo Repertory Theatre, FL, San Jose Repertory Theatre, CA, and the Cleveland Playhouse, OH.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, August Wilson; dir: Lou Bellamy. Oct 16-Nov 28. Co-production with Penumbra Theatre Company, MN.
Woody Guthrie's American Song, adapt: Peter Glazer; lyrics and music: Woody Guthrie; dir: Randal Myler. Nov 27-Jan 16.
Ten Chimneys, Jeffrey Hatcher; dir: David Ira Goldstein. Jan 22-Mar 6.
Lost in Yonkers, Neil Simon; dir: Samantha K. Wyer. Feb 26-Apr 10.
The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam; music: Roberta Carlson; dir: David Ira Goldstein. Apr 9-May 22.
Borderlands Theater, Tucson, (520) 882-7406, www.borderIandstheater.org
Arizona: Wo Roosters in the Desert, Kara Hartzler; dir: Barclay Goldsmith. Oct 7-24.
A Tucson Pastorela, Borderlands Pastorela writers; music: Jim Klingenfus; dir: Eva Tessler. Dec 16-19.
Oedipus El Rey, Luis Alfaro; dir: Eva Tessler. Feb 17-Mar 5.
Slumber of Reason, Latina Dance Project; music: Wes Hambright; dir: Tim Perez. Apr 8-10.
White Tie Ball, Martin Zimmerman; dir: Barclay Goldsmith. Apr 28-May 15.
Childsplay, Inc, Tempe, (480) 350-2822, www.childsplayaz.org
A Year with Frog and Toad, book and lyrics: Willie Reale; music: Robert Reale; dir: David P. Saar. Thru Oct 16.
Ferdinand the Bull, adapt: Karen Zacarias; music: Debra Wicks La Puma; dir: Andres Alcala. Thru Apr 8.
New Kid, Dennis Foon; dir: Anthony Runfola. Oct 25-May 27.
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, Allison Gregory; dir: David P. Saar. Nov 14-Dec 24.
Go, Dog. Go!, adapt: Steven Dietz, Allison Gregory; music: Michael Koerner; dir: David P. Saar, Jan 23-Mar 6.
The Imaginators, Dwayne Hartford; dir: Patricia Black. Apr 9-17.
The Borrowers, adapt: Charles Way; dir: Dwayne Hartford. Apr 30-May 22.
Invisible Theatre Company, Tucson, (520) 882-9721, www.invisibletheatre.com
Moonlight & Magnolias, Ron Hutchinson; dir: Betsy Kruse Craig. Thru Oct 3.
2 Across, Jerry Mayer; dir: Gail Fitzhugh. Nov 9-28.
Carter a La Carte, Scott Carter. Dec 3-5.
FIRST TAKES: The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy, Scott Carter (also dir). Dec 6-7.
FIRST TAKES: Look May, We're Dancing, Janet Neipris; dir: Gail Fitzhugh. Dec 10-12.
FIRST TAKES: Wetback, Elaine Romero; dir: Samantha Wyer. Dec 11-12.
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy!, Steve Solomon; dir: Andy Rogow. Jan 15-16.
Miracles, Frank Higgins; dir: Susan Claassen. Feb 1-20.
A Conversation with Edith Head, Paddy Calistro, Susan Claassen. Mar 3-5.
PAINTING THE TOWN RED! A Celebration
Honoring 40 Years of Greatness!, Susan
Claassen (also dir). Apr 9-10.
Premiere!, Dale Wasserman; dir: James Blair. May 3-22.
Sizzling Summer Sounds Cabaret, dir: Susan Claassen. Jun 15-Jul 15.
Southwest Shakespeare Company, Mesa, (480) 644-6500, www.swshakespeare.org
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare; dir: Jared Sakren. Nov 27-Dec 18.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare;
dir: Don Bluth. Jan 6-22.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde.
Mar 3-19.
Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare. Apr 14-30.
Valley Youth Theatre, Phoenix, (602) 253-8188, www.vyt.com
Pinkalicious, book and lyrics: Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann; lyrics and music: John Gregor; dir: Bobb Cooper. Oct 1-17.
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail, adapt, lyrics and music: Dr. James Rodgers; dir: Bobb Cooper. Dec 3-23.
Alice in Wonderland. Feb 4-20.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day, adapt and lyrics: Judith Viorst;
music: Shelly Markham; dir: Bobb Cooper.
Apr 1-17.
Annie, Thomas Meehan; lyrics: Martin Charnin;
music: Charles Strouse; dir: Bobb Cooper.
Jun 10-26.
ARKANSAS
The Arkansas Arts Center Children's
Theatre, Little Rock, (501) 372-4000,
www.arkarts.com
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, adapt: Timothy
Mason. Thru Oct 3.
The Giant and the Beanstalk, Alan Keith Smith.
Oct 22-Nov 7.
Junie B. in Jingle Belts, Batman Smells!,
adapt: Allison Gregory. Dec 3-19.
The Jungle Book, adapt: Alan Keith Smith.
Jan 21-Feb 6.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake, adapt: Bradley
Anderson. Mar 11-27.
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom,
adapt: Louis Sachar. Apr 29-May 15.
Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock,
(501) 378-0405, www.therep.org
Evita, lyrics: Tim Rice; music: Andrew Lloyd
Webber; dir: Cliff Fannin Baker. Thru Oct 3.
Hamlet, Shakespeare; dir; Robert Hupp.
Oct 26-Nov 14.
A Christmas Story, adapt: Philip Grecian;
dir: Nicole Capri. Nov 30-Dec 26.
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry;
dir: Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj. Jan 18-Feb 6.
Hairspray, lyrics: Marc Shaiman (also music),
Scott Wittman; dir: Michael Barnard. Apr 5-May 8.
Co-production with Phoenix Theatre, AZ.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Robert Hupp. Jun 7-26.
TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, (479) 571-2728,
www.theatre2.org
Every Christmas Story Ever Told, John K.
Alvarez, Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald.
Dec 10-26.
Sundown Town, Kevin Cohea. Feb 4-20.
reasons to be pretty, Neil LaBute. Apr 15-May 1.
Arkansas New Play Fest. May 20-22.
CALIFORNIA
A Noise Within, Glendale, (818) 240-0910,
www.anoisewithin.org
Measure for Measure, Shakespeare;
dir: Michael Murray. Thru Dec 5.
Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward; dir: Damaso
Rodriguez. Oct 2-Dec 17.
Great Expectations, adapt: Neil Bartlett from
Dickens; dir: Geoff Elliott, Julia Rodriguez-Elliott.
Oct 23-Dec 19.
Noises Off, Michael Frayn; dir: Geoff Elliott,
Julia Rodriguez-Elliott. Jan 21-30.
The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare;
dir: Michael Michetti. Feb 26-May 14.
Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Tennessee
Williams; dir: Michael Murray. Mar 12-May 28.
The Chairs, lonesco; dir: Julia Rodriguez.
Apr 2-May 21.
Actors Co-Op Hollywood, (323) 462-8460,
www.actorsco-op.org
Merrly We Roll Along, book: George Furth; lyrics
and music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Richard Israel.
Thru Oct 24.
God's Favorite, Neil Simon; dir: Greg Zerkle.
Oct 8-Nov 14.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Doris Baizley, Dec 8-19.
King Lear, Shakespeare; dir: Marianne Savell.
Feb 25-Apr 3.
The Traveling Lady, Horton Foote; dir: Stephen
Rothman. May 6-Jun 12,
The Actors' Gang, Culver city,
www.theactorsgang.com
Season TBA
African-American Shakespeare, San Francisco,
www.african-americanshakes.org
lph ... lphigeneia at Aulis, adapt: Colin Teevan from Eurpides; dir: Dylan Russell. Thru Oct 16. Co-production with BRAVA! for Women in the Arts, CA.
Cinderella, company members. Dec 3-19.
Twelfth Night--jazz version, Shakespeare; music: Marcus Shelby; dir: L. Peter Callender. Apr 1-May 1.
American Conservatory Theater,
San Francisco, (415) 749-2228, www.act-sf.org
Scapin, adapt: Bill Irwin (also dir), Mark
O'Donnell. Thru Oct 17.
Three Sisters, Chekhov; dir: Marco Barricelli.
Oct 13-23.
The Lover and The Collection, Pinter;
dir: Manoel Felciano, Carey Perloff. Oct 14-23.
Wild Kate, Karen Hartman; dir: Warren David
Keith. Oct 21-Nov 6.
Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, Tarell Alvin
McCraney; dir; Mark Rucker. Oct 29-Nov 21.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Carey Perloff, Paul
Walsh; music: Karl Lundeberg; dir: Domenique
Lozano. Dec 2-26.
Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris; dir: Jonathan
Moscone. Jan 20-Feb 13.
The Homecoming, Pinter; dir: Carey Perloff.
Mar 3-27.
Litter, Peter Nachtrieb; dir: Mark Rucker. Mar 3-19.
No Exit, adapt: Paul Bowles from Sartre;
dir: Kim Collier. Apr 7-May 1.
Talking Pictures, Horton Foote; dir: Craig Slaight.
Apr 21-30.
Measure for Measure, Shakespeare; dir: Carey
Perloff. May 12-28.
Tales of the City, book: Jeff Whitty; lyrics and
music: John Garden, Jake Shears; dir: Jason
Moore. May 17-Jul 19.
The Antaeus Company, North Hollywood,
www.antaeus.org
Season TBA
Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley,
(510) 843-4822, www.auroratheatre.org
Palomino, David Cale (also dir). Oct 29-Dec 5.
Collapse, Allison Moore; dir: Jessica Heidt. Jan 28-Mar 6. Co-production with Curious Theatre, CO, and Kitchen Dog Theater, TX.
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Tennessee Williams; dir: Torn Ross, Apr 1-May 8.
Metamorphosis, adapt: David Farr, Gisli Orn Gardarsson from Franz Kafka; dir: Mark Jackson. Jun 10-Jul 17.
B Street Theatre, Sacramento, www.bstreettheatre.org
Season TBA
BATS Improv, San Francisco, www.improv.org
Season TBA
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley,
(510) 647-2949, www.berkeleyrep.org
Compulsion, Rinne Groff; dir: Oskar Eustis.
Thru Oct 24. Co-production with Yale Repertory
Theatre, CT, and the Public Theater, NY.
The Great Game: Afghanistan, Richard Bean,
Lee Blessing, David Edgar, David Greig, Amit
Gupta, Ron Hutchinson, Stephen Jeffreys,
Abi Morgan, Ben Ockrent, Simon Stephens, Colin
Teevan, Naomi Wallace, Joy Wilkinson;
dir: Nicolas Kent, Indhu Rubasingham.
Oct 22-Nov 7.
The Composer Is Dead, Lemony Snicket; music:
Nathaniel Stookey; dir: Tony Taccone.
Nov 26-Jan 15.
The Last Cargo Cult, Mike Daisey; dir: Jean-
Michele Gregory. Jan 11-Feb 20.
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,
Mike Daisey; dir: Jean-Michele Gregory.
Jan 20-Feb 27.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Liesl Tommy.
Feb 25-Apr 10. Co-production with La Jolla
Playhouse, CA, and Huntington Theatre
Company, MA.
The Three Sisters, Chekhov; trans: Sarah Ruhl;
dir: Les Waters. Apr 8-May 22.
A New Show for Rita Moreno, Tony Taccone;
dir: David Galligan. May 13-Jun 12.
Brava Theater Center, San Francisco,
(415) 647-2822, www.brava.org
lph ... lphegenia At Aulis, adapt: Colin Teevan
from Eurpides; dir: Dylan Russell. Thru Oct 16.
Co-production with African-American
Shakespeare Company, CA.
Reluctant, Joel Israel; dir: Meiyin Wang.
Oct 23-Nov 13.
Truffaldino Says No (The Kitchen Series),
Ken Slattery; dir: Matthew Graham Smith. Dec 6.
The Arabian Nights, dir: Mary Zimmerman.
Dec 11-30.
Gush. Jan 13-29.
The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the
Garden (The Kitchen Series), Federico Garcia
Lorca; dir: Mina Morita. Feb 21.
The Oldest Profession, Paula Vogel; dir: Evren
Odcikin. Mar 12-Apr 9.
The Skin of Our Teeth (The Kitchen Series),
Thornton Wilder; dir: Matthew Graham Smith.
Apr 18.
The Importance of Being Earnest (The Kitchen
Series), Oscar Wilde; dir: Matthew Graham Smith.
Jun 13.
Broadway By the Bay, Burlingame,
www.broadwaybythebay.org
La cage aux folles, book: Harvey Fierstein; lyrics and music: Jerry Herman. Thru Oct 3. Broadway by the Year, Nov 18-21.
California Repertory Company, Long Beach,
(562) 985-5526, www.calrep.org
Waiting for Lefty: Seeing Red, adapt and dir:
Kim Rubenstein from Clifford Odets. Thru Oct 16.
The Night of the Tribades, Per Olov Enquist;
trans: Ross Shideler; dir: Henryk Baranowski.
Nov 20-Dec 11.
Hyacinth Macaw, Mac Wellman; dir: Jim Martin.
Feb 18-Mar 12.
The Pool of Bethesda, Allan Cubitt; dir: Joanne
Gordon. Apr 29-May 14.
California Shakespeare Theater, Berkeley,
(510) 548-9666, www.calshakes.org
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare;
dir: Jonathan Moscone, Thru Oct 17.
California Theatre Center, Sunnyvale,
(408) 245-2978, www.ctcinc.org
Miss Nelson Is Missing, adapt, book, lyrics and
music: Joan Cushing; dir: Gayle Cornelison.
Oct 5-Nov 8.
Hansel and Gretel, Gayle Cornelison.
Oct 18-Nov 5.
Amelia Earhart--Flights of Fancy, Will
Huddleston (also dir). Nov 15-23.
The Elves and the Shoemaker, Gayle Cornelison.
Nov 29-Dec 18.
Madeline's Christmas, adapt and lyrics: Kirkeby
Jennifer; music: Mier Shirley; dir: Will Huddleston.
Dec 6-17.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day, book and lyrics: Judith Viorst;
music: Shelly Markham; dir: Will Huddleston.
Jan 5-Feb 26.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Gayle
Cornelison. Jan 18-29.
I Don't Want to Go to Bed, Gayle Cornelison.
Jan 31-Feb 19.
Most Valuable Player, Mary Hall Surface.
Feb 28-Mar 12.
King of the Golden River, James Still; dir: Will
Huddleston. Mar 14-Apr 2.
Puss in Boots, Gayle Cornelison. Apr 4-16.
The Frog Prince, Gayle Cornelison. Apr 30-May 20.
Center for New Performance at CalArts,
Valencia, (661) 253-7800, www.calarts.edu
Ola Mafaalani Workshop, Ola Mafaalani (also dir).
Oct 1-Nov 15.
Martin Acosta Workshop, Martin Acosta (also
dir). Mar 1-20.
Macbeth, adapt: Stephen Dillane, Travis Preston
(also dir) from Shakespeare; music: Vinny Golia.
Apr 25-Jun 22.
Center REPertory Company, walnut creek,
www.centerrep.org
She Loves Me, book: Joe Masteroff; lyrics and
music: Jerry Bock; dir: Robert Barry Fleming.
Thru Oct 10.
Dracula, John Balderston, Hamilton Deane;
dir: Michael Butler. Oct 22-Nov 20.
Becoming Britney, book, lyrics and music: Molly
Bell, Daya Curley (also dir). Oct 28-Nov 14.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Cynthia Caywood,
Richard L. James; dir: Scott Denison. Dec 9-19.
Boeing Boeing, adapt: Beverly Cross from Marc
Camoletti; dir: Michael Butler. Jan 27-Feb 26.
To Kill a Mockingbird, adapt: Christopher Sergel;
dir: Michael Butler. Mar 31-Apr 30.
The Lady with All the Answers, David Rambo;
dir: Scott Denison. Apr 28-May 15.
Blues In the Night, Sheldon Epps; dir: Robert
Barry Fleming. May 19-Jun 25.
Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles,
(213) 628-2772, www.centertheatregroup.org
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams;
dir: Gordon Edelstein. Thru Oct 17. Co-production
with Long Wharf Theatre Company, CT.
Leap of Faith, book: Janus Cercone, Glenn Slater
(also lyrics); music: Alan Menken;
dir: Rob Ashford. Thru Oct 17.
Venice, lyrics: Eric Rosen (also book and dir),
Matt Sax (also music). Oct 7-Nov 14. Co-production
with Kansas City Repertory Theatre, MO.
Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, lyrics and
music: Randy Newman; dir: Jerry Zaks.
Nov 10-Dec 19.
Next to Normal, book and lyrics: Brian Yorkey;
music: Tom Kitt; dir: Michael Greif.
Nov 23-Jan 2. Co-production with Second Stage
Theatre Company, NY.
Jamie Adkins' Circus INcognitus, Jan 15-23.
The Author, Tim Crouch. Feb 16-27.
The Cripple of Inishmaan, Martin McDonagh;
dir: Garry Hynes. Apr 5-May 1. Druid Theare,
Ireland, and Atlantic Theater Company, NY.
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza; trans:
Christopher Hampton. Apr 17-May 29.
Juan and John, Roger Guenveur Smith.
May 17-29.
Les Miserables, lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer;
music: Claude-Michel Schonberg. Jun I4-Jul 31.
The Method Gun, Kirk Lynn. Jun 14-26.
This, Melissa James Gibson; dir: Daniel Aukin.
Jul 31-Aug 28.
The Chance Theater, Anaheim, (714) 777-3033,
www.chancetheater.com
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Edward Albee;
dir: Marya Mazor. Thru Oct 24.
The Secret Garden, book and lyrics: Marsha
Norman; music: Lucy Simon; dir: Casey Long,
KC Wilkerson. Nov 19-Dec 26.
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Jeff Goode;
dir: Oanh Nguyen. Nov 30-Dec 21.
Cinnabar Theater, Petaluma, (707) 763-8920,
www.cinnabarthedter.org/
Travels with My Aunt, adapt: Giles Havergal;
dir: Ken Rata. Thru Oct 17.
Dracula & The Medium, Eric Overmyer;
music: Gian Carlo Menotti; dir: Beth Craven,
Elly Lichenstein. Nov 5-21.
Woody Guthrie's American Song, adapt: Peter
Glazer; music: Woody Guthrie; dir: Beth Craven.
Dec 21-Jan 16.
Ernest In Love, adapt: Anne Croswell; music: Lee
Pockriss; dir. Elly Lichenstein. Mar 25-Apr 17.
Enchanted April, adapt: Mathew Barber;
dir: Beth Craven. May 27-Jun 18.
The Colony Theatre Company, Burbank,
(818) 558-7000, www.colonytheatre.org
Bell, Book and Candle, John Van Druten.
Oct 20-Nov 21.
Moonlight and Magnolias, Ron Hutchinson.
Feb 2-Mar 6.
The All Night Strut, Fran Charnas. Mar 30-May 1.
Cornerstone Theater Company, Los Angeles,
(213) 613-1700, www.cornerstonetheater.org
The Founding Myth of West Hollywood, book:
Tom Jacobson; lyrics: Shishir Kurup; music:
Deborah La Puma; dir: Michael John Garces.
Oct 14-Nov 7.
The Watts Project, Lynn Manning; dir: Guillermo
Avilez-Rodriguez, Juliette Carrillo. Apr 27-May 22.
CounterPULSE, San Francisco, (180) 083-8300,
www.counterpulse.org
Eating Dance, Sri Susilowati, Robam Lom Arom
Prumsodun Ok. Oct 14-17.
Mission Suhani, Devendra Sharma. Oct 28-31.
Ampey! by Adia Whitaker, Adia Whitaker. Nov 11-21.
Crowded Fire, San Francisco, www.crowdedfire.org
The Secretaries, The Five Lesbian Brothers;
dir: Marissa Wolf. Thru Oct 9.
Cultural Odyssey, San Francisco,
www.culturalodyssey.org
Season TBA
The Cutting Ball Theater, San Francisco,
(180) 083-8300, www.cuttingball.com
Andromache, dir: Amy Clare Tasker. Oct 3.
Epicoene, or The Silent Woman, Ben Jonson;
dir: Michael Sexton. Dec 5.
Bone to Pick & Diadem, Eugenie Chan; dir: Rob
Melrose. Jan 14-Feb 13.
The Braggart Soldier, dir: Evren Odcikin. Jan 30.
Lady Grey (in ever lower light) and other
plays, Will Eno; dir: Rob Melrose. Mar 11-Apr 10.
The False Suitor, trans: Anne Crowe, George
Crowe. Apr 3.
Tontlawald, Eugenie Chan; dir: Paige Rogers.
May 6-7.
Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night, Andrew
Saito; dir: Rob Melrose. May 20-21.
Madam Ho, Eugenie Chan; dir: Rob Melrose.
May 27-28.
Ozma of Oz, adapt: Rob Melrose; music: David
Levison. Jun 10-11.
The Insect Play, Josef Capek, Karel Capek;
dir: Bennett Fisher. Jun 12-12.
Tender Loin, Annie Elias (also dir). Jun 24-25.
Deaf West Theatre, North Hollywood,
www.deafwest.org
Season TBA
Dell'Arte International, Blue Lake,
(707) 668-5663, www.dellarte.com
Independent Eye in Rash Acts III, Conrad
Bishop, Elizabeth Fuller. Oct 16-18.
The Musicians of Bremen, adapt: Dell'Arte
Company; music: Tim Gray; dir: Michael Fields.
Nov 26-Dec 19.
Bluff, Joe Krienke, Stephanie Thompson, Lauren
Wilson; dir: Michael Fields. Jan 6-16.
Dell'Arte Company Cabaret, dir: Michael Fields.
Feb 25-27.
Inverted Alba--A Fable and Roundelay After
Images by Garcia Lorca, adapt: Ronlin Foreman
(also dir), Laura Munoz, Richard Newman, Joan
Schirle; music: Andrew Waggoner. Apr 18-30.
2011 Mad River Festival. Jun 23-Jul 23.
Diversionary Theatre, San Diego,
(619) 220-0097, www.diversionary.org
Sextet, book, lyrics and music: Nicolas Reveles;
dir: Cynthia Stokes. Thru Oct 3.
Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins, Brian Christopher
Williams; din: Shana Wride. Oct 28-Nov 21.
Santa Claus Is Coming Out, Jeffrey Solomon;
dir: Joe Brancato. Dec 4-21.
Fair Use, Sarah Gubbins; dir: James Vasquez.
Feb 10-27.
Dance/Theatre 2011, dir; Peter G. Kalivas.
Mar 10-12.
Dooley, William Di Canzio; dir; Rosina Reynolds.
May 5-29.
East West Players, Los Angeles, www.eastwestplayers.org
Season TBA
Ensemble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara,
(805) 965-5400, www.ensembletheatre.com
The Housewives of Mannheim, Alan Brody;
dir: SuzAnne Barabas. Oct 7-31.
The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam;
dir: Jenny Sullivan. Dec 2-26.
Opus, Michael Hollinger; dir: Brian Shnipper.
Feb 3-27.
Ghosts, Ibsen; dir: Jonathan Fox. Mar 31-Apr 24.
The Fantasticks, book and lyrics: Tom Jones;
music: Harvey Schmidt. Jun 2-26.
foolsFURY Theater, San Francisco,
(800) 838-3006, www.foolsfury.org
Port Out, Starboard Home, Sheila Callaghan.
Nov 11-Dec 12.
FURY Factory, various. Jun 7-27.
Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles, (323) 663-1525,
www.fountaintheatre.com
The Train Driver, Athol Fugard; dir: Stephen
Sachs. Thru Nov 28.
A House Not Meant to Stand, Tennessee
Williams; dir: Simon Levy. Jan 15-Mar 27.
Bakersfield Mist, Stephen Sachs; dir: Stephen
Sachs. Apr 9-May 29.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, August Wilson.
Jun 11-Jul 31.
Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles,
(310) 208-5454, www.geffenplayhouse.com
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Kate Whoriskey.
Thru Oct 17. Co-production with Intiman
Theatre, WA.
Hershey Felder in Maestro: The Art of Leonard
Bernstein, Hershey Felder; music: Leonard
Bernstein; dir: Joel Zwick. Nov 2-Dec 12.
The Break of Noon, Neil LaBute; dir: Jo Bonney.
Jan 25-Mar 6. Co-production with MCC
Theater, NY.
The Escort, Jane Anderson; dir: Lisa Peterson.
Mar 29-May 8.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Randall Arney.
May 31-Jul 10.
Golden Thread Productions, San Francisco,
www.goldenthread.org
Season TBA
International City Theatre, Long Beach,
(562) 436-4610, www.ictlongbeach.org
When Garbo Talks, Buddy Kaye (also lyrics),
Richard D. Kaye; music: Mort Garson;
dir: Jules Aaron. Oct 12-Nov 14.
Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein,
adapt: Frank Galati; music: Stephen Flaherty;
dir: caryn desai. Jan 18-Feb 20.
Southern Comfort, Kathleen Clark.
Mar 15-Apr 10.
Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco,
www.theintersection.org
Season TBA
The Jewish Theatre of San Francisco,
San Francisco, www.tjt-sf.org
Season TBA
LA. Theatre Works, Venice, (310) 827-0809,
www.latw.org
Enron, Lucy Prebble; dir: Martin Jarvis.
Oct 20-24.
A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry;
dir: Lou Bellamy. Nov 17-21.
The Graduate, adapt: Terry Johnson; dir: John
Rubinstein. Dec 8-12.
The School for Scandal, Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. Jan 12-16.
Becky Shaw, Gina Gionfriddo; dir: Brendon Fox.
Feb 9-13.
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller; dir: Eric
Simonson. Mar 16-20.
The Three Sisters, Chekhov; dir: Dakin
Matthews. Apr 13-17.
Dracula, adapt: Charles Morey from Bram Stoker.
May 18-22.
Lobby Hero, Kenneth Lonergan. Jun 15-19.
New Jerusalem, David Ives. Jul 13-17.
Laguna Playhouse, Laguna Beach,
www.lagunaplayhouse.com
Season TBA
La Jolla Playhouse, (858) 550-1010,
www.lajollaplayhouse.com
Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin,
book: Christopher Curtis (also lyrics and music),
Thomas Meehan; dir: Michael Unger.
Thru Oct 17.
Notes from Underground, adapt: Bill Camp,
Robert Woodruff (also dir); trans: Richard Pevear,
Larissa Volokhonsky. Thru Oct 24.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Liesl Tommy.
Nov 16-Dec 19. Co-production with the Huntington
Theatre Company, MA, and Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, CA.
Little Miss Sunshine, book and dir: James
Lapine; lyrics and music: William Finn.
Feb 15-Mar 27.
Lamb's Players Theatre, Coronado,
www.lambsplayers.org
The Glory Man, Dennis Hassell; dir: Robert
Smyth. Oct 1-Nov 14.
Lamb's Players Festival of Christmas, Kerry Meads (also dir). Nov 30-Dec 30.
An American Christmas, Robert Smyth (also dir). Dec 12-26.
Fiddler on the Roof, book: Joseph Stein; lyrics: Sheldon Harnick; music: Jerry Bock. Feb 4-Mar 20.
Servant of Two Masters: The Musical, book and lyrics: David McFadzean. May 27-Jul 10.
The Screwtape Letters, Jul 22-Sep 4.
Lamplighters Music Theatre, San Francisco, www.lamplighters.org
Annual Champagne Gala & Auction, music: Arthur Sullivan. Nov 7-Nov 7.
The Yeomen of the Guard, book: W.S. Gilbert; music: Arthur Sullivan; dir: Barbara Heroux. Jan 28-Feb 20.
Trial by Jury/Engaged, book: W.S. Gilbert; music: Arthur Sullivan; dir: Barbara Heroux, Bruce Hoard. Mar 11-Mar 13.
The Latino Theater Company, Los Angeles, www.thelatc.org
The Reckoning, Kimba Henderson; dir: Ben Guillory. Thru Oct 24.
La Victima, EI Teatro de la Esperanza; dir: Jose Luis Valenzuela. Thru Oct 31.
Calligraphy, Velma Hasu Houston; dir: Jon Lawrence Rivera. Nov 12-Dec 12.
La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin, adapt: Evelina Fernandez from Nican Mipohua. Dec 9-10.
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, San Francisco, (415) 474-8800, www.LHTSF.org
Joyful Noise: A Gospel Celebration of Christmas, Marc Paquette, Stanley E. Williams. Dec 10-31.
Fabulation; or The Re-Education of Undine, Lynn Nottage; dir: Ellen Sebastian Chang. Mar 3-20.
Magic Theatre, Inc, San Francisco, (415) 441-8822, www.magictheatre.org
The Brothers Size, Tarell Alvin McCraney; dir: Octavio Solis. Thru Oct 17. Co-production with Marin Theatre Company, CA, and A.C.T., CA.
Or, Liz Duffy Adams; dir: Loretta Greco. Nov 4-Dec 5.
What We're Up Against, Theresa Rebeck; dir: Loretta Greco. Feb 2-Mar 6.
The Lily's Revenge, Taylor Mac; dir: various Bay Area Artists. Apr 21-May 22.
Marin Shakespeare Company, San Rafael, (415) 499-4488, www.marinshakespeare.org
Three plays to be announced. Jul 1-Sep 25.
Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, (415) 388-5208, www.marintheatre.org
In the Red and Brown Water, Tarell McCraney; music: Zane Mark; dir: Ryan Rilette. Thru Oct 3.
9 Circles, Bill Cain; dir: Kent Nicholson. Oct 14-Nov 7.
Happy Now?, Lucinda Coxon; dir: Jasson Minadakis. Nov 11-Dec 5.
Seagull, adapt: Libby Appel from Chekhov; trans: Allison Horsley; dir: Jasson Minadakis. Jan 27-Feb 20.
Fuddy Meers, David Lindsay-Abaire; dir: Ryan Rilette. Mar 31-Apr 24.
Tiny Alice, Edward Albee; dir: Jasson Minadakis. Jun 2-26.
Mo'oielo Performing Arts Company,
San Diego, (619) 3427395, www.moolelo.net
Yellow Face, David Henry Hwang; dir: Seema Sueko. Oct 6-31.
Stick Fly, Lydia Diamond; dir: Robert Barry Fleming. Feb 23-Mar 10.
Native Voices at the Autry, Los Angeles, (323) 667-2000, www.autrynationalcenter.org
The Bird House, Diane Glancy; dir: Stephan Wolfert. Oct 7.
The Frybread Queen at the Autry National Center Intertribal Arts Market, Carolyn Dunn; dir: Jere Hodgin. Nov 4-7.
Tombs of the Vanishing Indian, Marie Clements; dir: Seema Sueko. Nov 9.
The Frybread Queen, Carolyn Dunn. Mar 4-20.
Time Immemorial Developmental Production, adapt: Allison Warden from Jack Dalton. Jun 11-19.
2011 Festival of New Plays at the Autry National Center, three new plays by Native American playwrights; dir: various. Jun 11-12; Jun 18-19.
New Conservatory Theatre Center,
San Francisco, (415) 861-8972, www.nctcsf.org
Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins, Brian Christopher Williams; dir: Dennis Lickteig. Thru Oct 24.
A Perfect Ganesh, Terrence McNally; dir: Arturo Catricala. Oct 5-Dec 19.
Tom Orr's Dirty Little Show Tunes, dir: F. Allen Sawyer. Dec 3-Jan 16.
Regrets Only, Paul Rudnick; dir: Andrew Nance. Feb 25-Apr 10.
The Busy World Is Hushed, Keith Bunin; dir: Dennis Lickteig. Mar 25-May 1.
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Moises Kaufman; dir: Ed Decker. May 27-Jul 10.
North Coast Repertory Theatre, solana Beach, (858) 481-1055, www.northcoastrep.org
Gee's Bend, Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder; dir: Yvette Freeman. Oct 13-Nov 7.
2 Pianos 4 Hands, Ted Dykstra, Richard Greenblatt; dir: Bruce Sevy. Jan 12-Feb 6.
The Drawer Boy, Michael Healey; dir: David Elienstein. Feb 23-Mar 20.
King o' the Moon, Tom Dudzick; dir: Matt Thompson. Apr 13-May 8.
My Name Is Asher Lev, adapt: Chaim Potok from Aaron Posner; dir: David Elienstein. Jun 1-26.
Five Course Love, Gregg Coffin; dir: Rick Simas. Jul 13-Aug 7.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles, (310) 477-2055, www.odysseytheatre.com
Tales from Hollywood, Christopher Hampton; dir; Michael Peretzian. Oct 16-Dec 19.
Adding Machine, the musical, book: Jason Loewith, Joshua Schmidt (also music). Jan 8-Mar 20.
The Old Globe, San Diego, (619) 234-5623, www.theoldglobe.org
Brighton Beach Memiors and Broadway Bound,
Neil Simon. Thru Nov 7.
Welcome to Arroyo's, Kristoffer Diaz. Thru Oct 31.
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller. Jan 22-Feb 27.
Groundswell, Kyle Donnelly. Mar 12-Apr 17.
Rafta, Rafta ..., Ayub Khan-Din. Mar 19-Apr 24.
Life of Riley, Alan Ayckbourn. Apr 30-Jun 5.
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts. May 7-Jun 12.
PCPA Theaterfest, Santa Maria,
(805) 922-8313, www.pcpa.org
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, adapt: Adrian Mitchell from C.S. Lewis; music: Shaun Davey; dir: Mark Booher. Nov 5-Dec 23.
Peter Pan, lyrics: Carolyn Leigh; music: Mark Charlap; dir: Patricia M. Troxel. Nov 4-Dec 23.
The 39 Steps, adapt; Patrick Barlow from Hitchco*ck; dir: Mark Booher. Feb 10-Mar 6.
Pride and Prejudice, adapt: Joseph Hanreddy, J. R. Sullivan; dir: Roger DeLaurier. Apr 14-May 8.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from Hitchco*ck; dir: Mark Booher. Jun 6-Jul 3.
Hairspray, book; Thomas Meehan, Mark O'Donnell; lyrics: Marc Shaiman (also music),
Scott Wittman. Jun 16-Jul 31.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare. Jul 15-Aug 21.
My Fairytale, book: Phillip LaZebnik; lyrics and music: Stephen Schwartz; Aug 12-Sep 25.
Caroline, or Change, book and lyrics: Tony Kushner; music: Jeanine Tesori. Aug 26-Sep 18.
PlayGround, San Francisco, www.playground-sf.org/
Season TBA
Playwrights Foundation, san Francisco, www.playwrightsfoundation.org/
Season TBA
Reprise Theatre Company, Los Angeles, (310) 825-2101, www.reprise.org
They're Playing Our Song, booh; Neil Simon; music: Carole Bayer Sager (also lyrics), Marvin Hamlisch; dir: Lonny Price. Thru Oct 10.
Gigi, booh and lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner; music: Frederick Loewe; dir: David Lee. Feb 15-27.
Kiss Me, Kate, book: Bella Spewack, Sam SpewacK; lyrics and music: Cole Porter; dir: Michael Michetti. May 10-22.
San Diego Repertory Theatre, (619) 544-1000, www.sdrep.org
The Road to Mecca, Athol Fugard; dir: Todd Salovey. Thru Oct 17.
Storyville, adapt and dir: Ken Page; book: Ed Bullins; lyrics and music: Mildred Kayden. Nov 13-Dec 12.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Sam Woodhouse. Feb 5-Mar 6.
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Sam Woodhouse. Mar 19-Apr 17.
Let Me Down Easy, Anna Deveare Smith. Apr 27-May 15. Co-production with La Jolla Playhouse, CA.
Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts
Festival. May 1-Jun 1.
San Francisco Mime Troupe, www.sfmt.org Season TBA
The SF Playhouse, San Francisco, (415) 677-9596, www.sfplayhouse.org
The Sunset Limited, Cormac McCarthy: dir: Bill English. Thru Nov 6.
TBA. Nov 16-Jan 8.
Harper Regan, Simon Stephens; dir: Amy Glazer. Jan 25-Mar 5.
Wirehead, Matthew Benjamin, Logan Brown; dir: Susi Damilano. Mar 15-Apr 23.
Reborning, Zayd Dohrn; dir: Josh Costello. May 3-Jun 11.
Alcestis, Aaron Loeb; dir: Bill English. Jun 21-Sep 3.
San Jose Stage Company, san Jose, www.thestage.org
Season TBA
ShadowLight Productions, san Francisco, www.shadowlight.org
Kharagiozis, adapt: Leonidas Kassapides. Oct 31.
Shotgun Players, Berkeley, www.shotgunplayers.org
Season TBA
Sonoma County Repertory Theater,
Sebastopol, (707) 823-0177, www.the-rep.com
Fat Pig, Neil LaBute; dir: Susannah Martin. Thru Oct 24.
A Christmas Carol, adapt; Jon Tracy. Dec 1-19.
Cyrano, adapt; Jo Roets from Edmond Rostand. Jan 19-Feb 20.
Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl. Mar 16-Apr 17.
Shirley Valentine, Willy Russell. May 11-Jun 12.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridqed), Jess Borgeson, Adam Long, Daniel Singer. Jul 6-Jul 24.
Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare. Aug 17-Sep 4.
Evermore, Gary Wright. Sep 21-Oct 23.
South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, (714) 708-5555, www.scr.org
Misalliance, Shaw; dir: Martin Benson. Thru Oct 10.
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Casey Stangl. Thru Oct 17.
Becky Shaw, Gina Gionfriddo; dir: Pam MacKinnon. Oct 22-Nov 21.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, John Olive; dir: Anne D'Zmura. Nov 5-21.
A Christmas Carol, adapt; Jerry Patch from Dickens; dir: John-David Keller. Nov 27-Dec 26.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker; dir: Sam Gold. Jan 9-30.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare; dir: Mark Rucker, Jan 21-Feb 20.
Lucky Duck, Feb 11-27.
The Weir, Conor McPherson. Mar 13-Apr 3.
TBA. Apr 1-May 1.
TBA. Apr 17-May 8.
14th Annual Pacific Playwrights Festival. Apr 29-May 1.
Three Days of Rain, Richard Greenberg; dir: David Emmes. May 13-Jun 12.
The Emperor's New Clothes, May 20-Jun 5.
Stages Theatre Center, Los Angeles, www.stagestheatrecenter.com
Season TBA
Theatre of Yugen, San Francisco, (415) 621-7978. www.theatreofyugen.org
NOHkids Cycle, Greg Giovanni; dir: Jubilith Moore. Thru Oct 3.
Theatre West, Los Angeles, (213) 851-7977, www.theatrewest.org
Waiting for Lefty, Clifford Odets; dir: Charlie Mount. Thru Oct 10.
Jack and the Beanstalk, book and lyrics: Lloyd J Schwartz (also dir); music: Ben Lanzarone. Oct 9-Feb 26.
Goodbye, Louie ... Hello!, Allan Manings; dir: Howard Storm. Oct 29-Dec 5.
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury; dir: John Gallogly. Feb 4-Mar 13.
The Ugly Duckling, lyrics and music: Adryan Russ; dir: Barbara Mallory Schwartz, Lloyd J. Schwartz (also book). Mar 6-Jul 9.
TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, (650) 463-1960, www.theatreworks.org
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts. Oct 6-31.
A Christmas Memory, book: Duane Pool; lyrics; Carol Hall; music: Larry Grossman. Dec 1-26.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from Hitchco*ck. Jan 19-Feb 13.
The North Pool, Rajiv Joseph. Mar 9-Apr 3.
Snow Falling on Cedars, adapt: Kevin McKeon. Mar 30-Apr 24.
[title of show], book: Hunter Bell; lyrics and music: Jeff Bowen. Jun 1-26.
Watts Village Theater Company, Los Angeles, www.wattsvillagetheatercompany.org
Clover & Cactus, Carlos Morton, Beto O'Byrne. Dec 4-18.
Black Words on White Pages, Feb 4-27.
TAB, Lynn Manning. May 1-29.
Co-production with Cornerstone Theater Company, CA.
Meet Me @ Metro 2. Sep 1-30.
The Western Stage, Salinas, (831) 755-6816.
www.westernstage.com
Real Women Have Curves, Josefina Lopez; dir: Susanne Burns. Thru Oct 3.
Footloose, adapt: Walter Bobbie, Dean Pitchford (also lyrics); book: Tom Snow; dir: Jeff McGrath. Thru Oct 16.
The Foreigner, Larry Shue; dir: William Wolak. Oct 22-Nov 14.
A Mexican Christmas Carol, Juan Antonio Ramos; dir: Lorenzo Aragon, Jon Selover. Nov 20-Dec 5.
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga, www.theatricum.com
Season TBA
Z Space, San Francisco, (415) 437-6775, www.zspace.org
Sins Invalid. Oct 8-10.
Burning Libraries. Nov 4-14.
2010 Winter Concert. Dec 4-5.
The Companion Piece, Beth Wilmurt; dir: Mark Jackson. Jan 18-Feb 20.
4th Home Season. Feb 28-Mar 6.
The Islanders, Andrew Sean Greer. Mar 10-13.
Schick Machine. Mar 14-27.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker. Apr 4-17.
COLORADO
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Theatre, (720) 898-7200, www.arvadacenter.org
Sunset Boulevard, dir: Rod Lansberry. Thru Oct 10.
School House Rock--Fall 2010, Oct 7-Dec 19.
A Christmas Carol--The Musical, dir: Rod Lansberry. Nov 23-Dec 23.
Fiat Stanley, Spring 2011, dir: Millie McBride. Feb 17-May 14.
Cabaret, dir: Christy Montour-Larson. Mar 22-Apr 17.
The Lady with All the Answers, dir: Bev Newcomb Madden. Apr 26-May 29.
Hairspray, dir: Rod Lansberry. Jun 21-Jul 17.
Curious Theatre Company, Denver, (303) 623-0524, www.curioustheatre.org
Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Dee Covington. Thru Oct 16.
Astronomical Sunset, Robert Lewis Vaughan; dir: Chip Walton. Nov 4-Dec 4.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker; dir: Christopher Leo. Jan 20-Feb 26.
Homebody/Kabul, Tony Kushner; dir: Chip Walton. Mar 17-Apr 16.
A Number, Caryl Churchill; dir: Christy Montour-Larson. May 12-Jun 18.
On an Average Day, John Kolvenbach; dir: Lee Massaro. Jun 29-Jul 23.
Denver Center Theatre Company, Denver, (303) 893-4100, www.denvercenter.org
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from Hitchco*ck; music: Steven Cahill; dir: Art Manke. Thru Nov 14.
The House of the Spirits, Caridad Svich; dir: Jose Zayas. Thru Oct 23.
Dracula, Charles Morey; music: Gary Grundei; dir: Gavin Cameron-Webb. Oct 1-31.
Reckless, Craig Lucas; dir: Scott Schwartz. Nov 12-Dec 18.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Richard Hellesen; music: David de Berry; dir: Gregg Coffin, Bruce K. Sevy. Nov 26-Dec 24.
Map of Heaven, Michele Lowe; dir: Evan Cabnet. Jan 14-Feb 26.
The Catch, Ken Weitzman; dir: Lou Jacob. Jan 21-Feb 26.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare; music: Gregg Coffin; dir: Kent Thompson. Jan 28-Feb 26.
Traces, The 7 Fingers, les 7 doigts de la main. Mar 11-May 14.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Seret Scott. Mar 18-Apr 30.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Bruce K. Sevy. Apr 1-May 7.
OpenStage Theatre & Company, Fort Collins, (970) 221-6730, www.openstagetheatre.org
Brilliant Traces, Cindy Lou Johnson; dir: J. Brooke Flanagan. Thru Oct 10.
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Steven Dietz; dir; Judith Allen. Oct 15-Nov 14.
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Tom Mula; dir: Denise Burson Freestone. Nov 19-Dec 19.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Reduced Shakespeare Company; dir: Brenna Freestone. Jan 7-Feb 13.
A Picasso, Jeffrey Hatcher; dir: Emelie Borello. Feb 18-Mar 20.
Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Peter Anthony. Apr 16-May 28.
King Lear, Shakespeare; dir: Peter Anthony. Jun 3-Jul 3.
Theatre Aspen, Aspen, www.theatreaspen.org
Season TBA
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Storrs, (860) 486-4226, www.crt.uconn.edu
Othello, Shakespeare; dir: Dale Rose. Oct 7-17.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guirgis; dir: Kristin Wold. Oct 28-Nov 7.
A Flea in Her Ear, adapt: David lves from Georges Feydeau; dir: Art Manke. Dec 2-11.
Pride and Prejudice, Joseph Hanreddy, J.R. Sullivan; dir: Helene Kvale. Feb 24-Mar 6.
A Dream Play, adapt and dir: Joseph Jonah Therrien from Strindberg. Mar 24-Apr 3.
Urinetown, lyrics; Mark Hollman (also music), Greg Kotis (also book); dir: Paul Mullins. Apr 14-30.
Elm Shakespeare Company, New Haven, www.elmshakespeare.org
Season TBA
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, www.theoneill.org
Season TBA
HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford, (888) 548-9144, www.hartbeatensemble.org
Youth Play Institute, ensemble. Oct 1-Nov 15.
Ebeneeza: A Hartford Holiday Carol, adapt and dir: ensemble; music; Kevin Lamkins. Dec 1-31.
Youth Play Institute, ensemble. Feb 1-Mar 15.
FtipSide, Julia Rosenblatt; music: Kevin Lamkins; dir: Gregory Tate. Apr 15-May 31.
Youth Play Institute, ensemble. May 15-Jun 30.
6th Annual Plays In the Parks, ensemble. Jul 1-Aug 1.
Hartford Stage, (860) 527-5151,
www.hartfordstage.org
Antony & Cleopatra, Shakespeare; dir: Tina Landau. Oct 7-Nov 7.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Michael Wilson from Dickens; dir: Michael Wilson. Nov 26-Dec 30.
Snow Falling on Cedars, adapt: Kevin McKeon; dir: Jeremy B. Cohen. Jan 13-Feb 6.
Divine Rivalry, Michael Kramer; dir: Michael Wilson, Feb 24-Mar 20.
Gem of the Ocean, August Wilson; dir: Hana S. Sharif. Mar 31-Apr 24.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from Hitchco*ck; dir: Jeremy B. Cohen. May 12-Jun 5.
Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, (203) 787-4282, www.longwharf.org
Ella: The Musical, Jeffrey Hatcher; dir: Rob Ruggiero. Thru Oct 17.
The Train Driver, Athol Fugard; dir: Gordon Edelstein. Oct 27-Nov 21.
Shirley Valentine, Willy Russell; dir: Gordon Edelstein. Dec 2-Jan 2.
The Old Masters, Simon Gray; dir: Michael Rudman. Jan 19-Feb 13.
Agnes Under the Big Top, Aditi Brennan Kapil; dir: Eric Ting. Mar 2-Apr 3.
Italian American Reconciliation, John Patrick Shanley; dir: Eric Ting, Apr 27-May 22.
Shakespeare on the Sound, Rowayton, www.shakespeareonthesound.org
Season TBA
Westport Country Playhouse, (203) 227-4177, www.westportplayhouse.org
The Diary of Anne Frank, Francis Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Wendy Kesselman. Thru Oct 16.
Beyond Therapy, Christopher Durang; dir: John Rando. Apr 26-May 14.
The Circle, W. Somerset Maugham. Jun 7-25.
Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Terrence McNally; dir: Mark Lamos. Jul 12-30.
Suddenly Last Summer, Tennessee Williams; dir: David Kennedy. Aug 23-Sep 10.
Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, (203) 432-1234, www.yalerep.org
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, lyrics: Todd Almond (also music), Adam Bock (also book); dir: Anne Kauffman. Thru Oct 9.
A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee; dir: James Bundy. Oct 22-Nov 13.
Notes from Underground, adapt: Bid Camp, Robert Woodruff (also dir); trans: Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky; music: Michael Attias. Nov 7-20. Co-production with Theatre for a New Audience, NY.
Bossa Nova, Kirsten Greenidge; dir: Evan Yionoulis. Nov 26-Dec 18.
The Piano Lesson, August Wilson; dir: Liesl Tommy. Jan 21-Feb 19.
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare; dir: Shana Cooper. Mar11-Apr 2,
Autumn Sonata, trans: Wendy Weckwerth; dir: Robert Woodruff. Apr 15-May 7.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Arena Stage, (202) 488-3300, www.arenastage.org
Oklahoma!, book and lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; music; Richard Rodgers; dir: Molly Smith. Oct 23-Dec 26.
Every Tongue Confess, Marcus Gardley; dir: Kenny Leon. Nov 9-Jan 2.
Let Me Down Easy, Anna Deavere Smith; dir: Leonard Foglia. Dec 31-Feb 13. Co-production with Second Stage Theatre, NY.
The Arabian Nights, Mary Zimmerman (also dir). Jan 14-Feb 20. Co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, CA, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, MO, and Lookingglass Theatre Company, IL.
At Home at the Zoo, Edward Albee; dir: Mary Robinson. Feb 25-Apr 24.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee; dir: Pam MacKinnon. Feb 25-Apr 10. Co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, IL.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage. Apr 22-Jun 5.
A Time to Kill, adapt: Rupert Holmes from John Grisham. May 6-Jun 19.
Folger Theatre, (202) 544-7077, www.folger.edu/theatre
Henry VIII, Shakespeare; dir: Robert Richmond. Oct 12-Nov 21.
The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare; music: Jesse Terrill; dir: Aaron Posner. Jan 25-Mar 6.
Cyrano, adapt: Michael Hollinger (also trans), Aaron Posner (also dir) from Edmond Rostand. Apr 26-Jun 5.
Ford's Theatre, (202) 434-9548, www.fords.org
Sabrina Fair, Samuel A. Taylor; dir: Stephen Rayne. Oct 1-24.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Michael Wilson from Dickens; dir: Michael Baron. Nov 20-Jan 2.
The Carpetbagger's Children, Horton Foote; dir: Mark Ramont, Jan 21-Feb 13.
Liberty Smith, Eric R. Cohen, Marc Madnick; lyrics: Adam Abraham (also book); music: Michael Weiner (also book); dir: Matt August. Mar 23-May 21.
GALA Hispanic Theatre, www.galatheatre.org
Season TBA
Kennedy Center-Theater for Young Audiences, www.kennedy-center.org
TBA, Shakespeare; dir: Ethan McSweeny. Jun 21-Jul 24.
The Kennedy Center, Arlington, (202) 467-4600, www.kennedy-center.org
Rumplestiltskin, Oct 9-10.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Kelli O'Hara, Oct 15.
Three Sisters, Chekhov; dir: Declan Donnellan.
Oct 19-20.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare; dir: Declan Donnellan. Oct 22-23.
Locomotion, adapt: Jacqueline Woodson;
dir: Jennifer Nelson. Oct 23-31.
Hair, book and lyrics: James Rado, Gerome
Ragni; music: Galt MacDermot; dir: Diane Paulus.
Oct 26-Nov 21.
Susurrus, David Leddy (also dir). Oct 28-Nov 2.
A Life in Three Acts, Mark Ravenhill. Oct 28-30.
Hard Hearted Hannah and Other Stories, Oct 30 31.
Of All the People in the World, Nov 4-10.
One Small Step, Nov 6-7.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Tammy Grimes, Nov 6.
Midsummer fa play with songs], David Grieg
(also dir). Nov 10-13.
Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred), book and
lyrics: Marcy Heisler; music: Zina Goldrich;
dir: Matthew Gardiner. Nov 26-Dec 19.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Norm Lewis, Dec 10.
South Pacific, book: Oscar Hammerstein II (also lyrics), Joshua Logan; music: Richard Rodgers;
dir: Bartlett Sher. Dec 14-Jan 16.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Sutton Foster, Jan 14.
American Scrapbook: A Celebration of Verse,
Jason Williamson; dir: Kathleen Amshoff.
Jan 29-Feb 6.
The Cripple of Inishmaan, Martin McDonagh;
dir: Garry Hynes. Feb 8-12.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Ashley Brown, Mar 25.
Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Alexander
Gemignani, Apr 1.
Doktor Kaboom!, Apr 2-10.
Fragments, dir: Peter Brook, Marie Heline
Estienne. Apr 14-17.
The Cat Who Went to Heaven, lyrics and music:
Nancy Harrow; dir: Will Pomerantz. Apr 30-May 1.
Follies, book: James Goldman; lyrics and music:
Stephen Sondheim; dir: Eric Schaeffer. May 7-Jun 5.
I Wish You Love, Dominic Taylor; dir: Lou Bellamy. Jun 11-19. Co-production with Penumbra Theatre Company, MN.
Wicked, book: Winnie Holzman; lyrics and music: Stephen Schwartz; dir: Joe Mantello. Jun 15-Aug 21.
Next to Normal, book and lyrics: Brian Yorkey; music: Tom Kitt; dir: Michael Greif. Jun 28-Jul 9.
Shakespeare Theatre Company,
(202) 547-1122, www.shakespearetheatre.org
All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare; dir: Michael Kahn. Thru Oct 24.
Candide, adapt: Leonard Bernstein from Voltaire; dir: Mary Zimmerman. Nov 30-Jan 2. Co-production with the Goodman Theatre, IL.
Cymbeline, Shakespeare; dir: Rebecca Bayla Taichman. Jan 18-Mar 6.
An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde; dir: Keith Baxter. Mar 8-Apr 12.
Old Times, Pinter; dir: Michael Kahn. May 17-Jul 3.
The Studio Theatre, (202) 332-3300, www.studiotheatre.org
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker; dir: David Muse. Thru Oct 17.
Songs of the Dragon Flying to Heaven, Young Jean Lee; dir: Natsu Onoda Power. Thru Oct 24.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Serge Seiden.
Nov 10-Dec 19.
Mojo, Jez Butterworth; dir: Chris Gallu. Dec 1-26.
Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet, Tarell Alvin McCraney; dir: Timothy Douglas. Jan 15-Feb 20.
Tynan, adapt: Colin Chambers, Richard Nelson from John Lahr; dir: Paul Mullins. Jan 19-Feb 6.
Walworth Farce, Enda Walsh; dir: Matt Torney. Apr 6-24.
The New Electric Ballroom, Enda Walsh; dir: Matt Torney. Apr 13-May 1.
Palomino, David Cale (also dir). Jun 15-Jul 3.
POP!, Maggie-Kate Coleman, Anna K. Jacobs; dir: Keith Alan Baker, Jul 13-Aug 7.
Theater J, (202) 777-3210,
www.theaterj.org
Something You Did, Willy Holtzman.
Thru Oct 3.
The Odd Couple, Neil Simon. Oct 23-Nov 28.
Oy Vey in a Manger, The Kinsey Sicks.
Dec 18-Jan 2.
Return to Haifa, adapt: Boaz Galron. Jan 15-20.
The Chosen, adapt: Aaron Posner. Mar 8-27.
Co-production with Arena Stage, DC.
Photograph 51, Anna Ziegler. Mar 23-Apr 24.
The Moscows of Nantucket, Sam Forman.
May 11-Jun 12.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company,
(202) 393-3939, www.woollymammoth.net
House of Gold, Gregory S. Moss: dir: Sarah
Benson. Nov 1-28.
A Girl's Guide to Washington Politics, the
Second City (also dir). Dec 8-Jan 9.
Oedipus El Rey, Luis Alfaro; dir: Michael John
Garces. Feb 7-Mar 6.
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,
Mike Daisey; dir: Jean-Michele Gregory.
Mar 21-Apr 10.
Bootycandy, Robert O'Hara (also dir).
May 30-Jun 26.
Young Playwrights' Theater,
www.yptdc.org
On tour:
New Writers Now!, various young playwrights.
Oct 4-May 23.
Express Tour, various young playwrights.
Oct 25-Dec 10.
On tour:
New Play Festival, various young playwrights.
Apr 11-13.
Young Playwrights' Workshop Presents, various
young playwrights. Apr 25-27.
FLORIDA
American Stage Theatre Company,
St. Petersburg, (727) 823-7529,
www.americanstage.org
The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam;
din Alden Vasquez. Thru Oct 10.
Opus, Michael Hollinger; dir: Karla Hartley.
Nov 3-28.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, August Wilson;
dir: Karla Hartley. Jan 19-Feb 13.
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?, Edward Albee;
dir: Chris Swan. Mar 9-Apr 3.
Rent, Jonathan Larson; dir: Garry Bruel.
Apr 13-May 8.
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,
Terrence McNally; dir: Karla Hartley. Jun 1-26.
A Steady Rain, Keith Huff; dir: Victoria Coady.
Jul 20-Aug 14.
Asolo Repertory Theatre, Sarasota,
(941) 351-8000, www.asolo.org
Antigone Now, Melissa Cooper. Oct 4-30.
Co-production with FSU/Asolo Conservatory
for Actor Training, FL.
Two Gentlemen of Verona (FSU/Asolo
Conservatory Production), Shakespeare.
Nov 2-21.
Bonnie & Clyde the musical, book; Ivan
Menchell; lyrics: Don Black; music; Frank
Wildhorn; dir: Jeff Calhoun. Nov 12-Dec 19.
reasons to be pretty (FSU/Asolo Conservatory
Production), Neil LaBute. Jan 4-23.
La Bete, David Hirson; dir: Michael D. Edwards.
Jan 5-Feb 20.
Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose.
Jan 12-Mar 26.
Boeing Boeing, Mark Camoletti; trans: Beverley
Cross, Francis Evans. Jan 19-Mar 23.
The Lady from the Sea (FSU/Asolo
Conservatory Production), Ibsen. Feb 22-Mar 13.
Las Meninas (The Waiting Women), Lynn
Nottage; dir: Michael D. Edwards. Mar 16-May 15.
Deathtrap, Ira Levin. Mar 30-May 14.
Tartuffe (FSU/Asolo Conservatory Production),
Apr 12-May 1.
The Innocents, Steven Drukman. Apr 15-May 14.
Gershwin Alone, Hershey Felder. May 19-Jun 5.
Beethoven, as I Knew Him, Hershey Felder. Jun 8-12.
Marilyn: Forever Blonde!, Greg Thompson.
Jun 18-Jul 10.
Florida Stage, West Palm Beach,
(561) 585-3433, www.floridastage.org
Cane, Andrew Rosendorf. Oct 27-Nov 28.
Goldie, Max & Milk, Karen Hartman. Dec 15-Jan 16.
Ghost-Writer, Michael Hollinger. Mar 2-Apr 3.
The Cha-Cha of a Camel Spider, Carter W. Lewis.
May 4-Jun 5.
Florida Studio Theatre, Sarasota,
www.floridastudiotheatre.org
Season TBA
GableStage, Coral Gables, (305) 445-1119,
www.gablestage.org
A Behanding in Spokane, Martin McDonagh.
Oct 16-Nov 21.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts. Feb 26-Mar 27.
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah
Ruhl. Apr 30-May 29.
Masked, Ilan Hatsor. Jul 2-31.
The Brothers Size, Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Aug 22-Sep 25.
Hippodrome State Theatre, Gainesville,
www.thehipp.org
Season TBA
Jobsite Theater, Tampa, (813) 229-7827,
www.jobsitetheater.org
Einstein's Dreams, adapt: David Gardiner, Ralf Remshardt from Alan Lightman; dir: Kari Goetz. Thru Oct 3.
Mindgame, adapt: Anthony Horowitz; dir: David
Jenkins. Oct 21-Nov 17.
The Odd Couple, Neil Simon; dir: Chris Holcom.
Feb 3-20.
Yellowman, Dael Orlandersmith; dir: Karla
Hartley. Mar 10-27.
reasons to be pretty, Neil LaBute; dir: David
Jenkins. May 12-29.
The Taming of the Shrew, adapt and dir: David
Jenkins from Shakespeare. Jul 21-Aug 7.
Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter, (561) 575-2223,
www.jupitertheatre.org
Twelve Angry Men, adapt: Sherman L. Sergel
from Reginald Rose; dir: Frank Galati. Nov 4-14.
Academy, adapt: Andrew Kato from John
Mercurio; dir: Andrew Kato. Dec 9-19.
The Sound of Music, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II;
music: Richard Rodgers; dir: Marc Robin. Jan 13-30.
Jolson at the Winter Garden, Mike Burstyn,
Bill Castellino (also dir). Feb 24-Mar 13.
Crazy for You, lyrics: Ira Gershwin; music: George
Gershwin; dir: Mark Martino. Mar 31-Apr 17.
Palm Beach Dramaworks, west Palm Beach,
(561) 514-4042, www.palmbeachdramaworks.org
Candida, Shaw; dir: J. Barry Lewis. Oct 8-Nov 21.
George Bernard Shaw Overview, Shaw. Oct 11-19.
Mrs. Warren's Profession--reading, Shaw. Nov 1-2.
Freud's Last Session, Mark St. Germain;
dir: William Hayes. Dec 17-Feb 6.
August Strindberg Overview, Strindberg.
Dec 27-Jan 4.
Miss Julie, Strindberg. Jan 24-25.
Dinner with Friends, Donald Marquiles;
dir: William Hayes. Feb 25-Apr 17.
August Wilson Overview, August Wilson.
Feb 28-Mar 8.
Radio Golf, August Wilson. Mar 28-29.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Martin
McDonagh; dir: J. Barry Lewis. May 6-Jun 19.
The PlayGround Theatre, Miami shores,
www.theplaygroundtheatre.com
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, adapt:
Stephanie Ansin, Fernando Calzadilla from Lewis
Carroll; music: Luciano Stazzone; dir: Stephanie
Ansin. Nov 3-Dec 19.
The Love of Three Oranges, adapt and dir:
Stephanie Ansin from Carlo Gozzi; trans: Dr, John
Louis DiGaetani; music: Luciano Stazzone.
Jan 12-Feb 6.
The Red Thread, Stephanie Ansin (also dir),
Fernando Calzadilla; music: Luciano Stazzone.
Apr 13-May 27.
Red Barn Theatre, Key West, (305) 296-9911,
www.redbarntheatre.com
Funny Gay Males and Friends, Jaffe Cohen,
Danny McWilliams, Eddie Sarfaty, Bob Smith.
Nov 23-27.
Greetings!, Tom Dudzick; dir: Joy Hawkins.
Dec 14-Jan 15.
Sister Robert Anne's Cabaret Class,
Dan Goggin. Jan 25-Feb 26.
Becky's New Car, Steven Deitz; dir: Joy Hawkins.
Mar 8-Apr 9.
reasons to be pretty, Neil LaBute; dir: Carole
MacCartee. Mar 20-Apr 5.
Short Attention Span Theatre, various.
Apr 19-May 21.
Stageworks Theatre, Tampa,
www.stageworkstheatre.org
Season TBA
The Waterfront Playhouse, Key west,
(305) 294-5015, www.waterfrontplayhouse.org
Broadway--Let's Twist Again! A gender-bending concert., dir: Danny Weathers.
Nov 19-Nov 20.
Lend Me a Tenor, Ken Ludwig; dir: Danny
Weathers. Dec 16-Jan 8.
Randy Thompson and the Stars of Aqua Idol,
dir: Danny Weathers. Jan 14.
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet; dir: George
Gugleotti. Jan 27-Feb 12.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jeffrey Lane; lyrics
and music: David Yazbek; dir: Danny Weathers.
Mar 3-26.
The New Century, Paul Rudnick; dir: Rich
Simone. Apr 5-23.
Terri White at the San Carols Institute,
dir: Bobby Peaco, Terri White. Apr 16.
Red, White and Tuna, Ed Howard, Joe Sears,
Jaston Williams; dir: Cameron Murray. May 5-21.
GEORGIA
7 Stages, Atlanta, (404) 523-7647,
www.7stages.org
Go Ye Therefore & A Theatrical Baptism,
Lisa Shattuck; dir: Ashley Sparks. Oct 21-24.
The Story of Tea and Crossing the Line,
dir: Dijana Milosevic. Nov 4-6. Co-production
with Dah Tetar, Belgrade.
A Krampus Christmas, Dec 17-23.
Dracula (Part 1), lyrics: Naomi Lavender,
Rob Thompson; music: Sam McPherson,
Rob Thompson. Feb 4-13.
The Colour of Her Dreams, Michael Haverty
(also dir). Apr 21-May 8.
Mr. Universe, Jim Grimsley; dir: Del Hamilton.
May 19-Jun 12.
Actor's Express, Atlanta, (404) 607-7469,
www.actors-express.com
Albatross, Lee Nowell; dir; Freddie Ashley.
Oct 21-Nov 20.
Every Christmas Story Ever Told, John
Alvarez, Michael Carlton, Jim Fitzgerald; dir: Clint
Thompson. Dec 1-23.
Broadsword, Marco Ramirez; dir: Freddie Ashley.
Jan 13-Feb 12.
See What I Wanna See, trans: Takashi Kojima;
lyrics and music: Michael John LaChiusa;
dir: Melissa Foulger. Mar 17-Apr 16.
The Judas Kiss, David Hare: dir: David Crowe.
May 12-Jun 11.
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, (404) 733-5000,
www.alliancetheatre.org
Twist, William F. Brown; lyrics: and music: Tena
Clark, Gary Prim; dir: Debbie Allen. Thru Oct 3.
Sammy & Me, Wendy Dann, Eric Jordan Young;
dir: Wendy Dann. Oct 1-24.
The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of
Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First
One Hundred Years, Pearl Cleage; dir: Susan
V, Booth. Oct 20-Nov 14. Co-production with
Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
Middle School the Musical, Rosemary Newcott
(also dir). Oct 23-30.
The Second City: Miracle on 1280 Peachtree
Street, the Second City. Nov 5-Dec 12.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: David H. Bell from
Dickens; dir: Rosemary Newcott. Nov 26-Dec 24.
Bring It On: The Musical, book: Jeff Wjitty;
lyrics: Amanda Green, Lin-Manuel Miranda (also
music); music: Tom Kitt; dir: Andy Blankenbuehler.
Jan 15-Feb 20.
Carapace, David Mitchell Robinson. Feb 11-Mar 6.
Honk!, book and lyrics: Anthony Drewe; music:
George Stiles; dir: Rosemary Newcott. Mar 5-20.
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; dir: Susan V.
Booth. Apr 13-May 8.
Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta,
(404) 873-3991, www.puppet.org
Charlotte's Web, adapt: Joseph Robinette;
dir: Michael Haverty. Thru Oct 31.
The Ghastly Dreadfuls: Demi-Omnibus,
Jon Ludwig, Jason von Hinezmeyer. Oct 14-31.
The Nightingale, adapt: Figures of Speech
Theatre of Freeport, ME. Nov 2-14.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, adapt: Jon
Ludwig (also dir). Nov 18-Jan 2.
Randel McGee & Groark, adapt: Randel McGee.
Jan 4-16.
The Body Detective, Jon Ludwig (also dir).
Jan 20-Mar 13.
There's a Dinosaur in the Closet, adapt: Coad
Canada Puppets of North Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Feb 1-13.
A November Day: A War Story, adapt:
Thingumajig Theatre of West Yorkshire, England.
Feb 15-20.
Coyote Sings, adapt: Magical Moonshine Theatre
of Vallejo, CA. Feb 22-Mar 6.
The Dragon King, adapt: Tanglewood
Marionettes of Ware, MA. Mar 8-20.
The Stinky Cheese Man, adapt: Paul Mesner
Puppets of Kansas City, MO. Mar 22-Apr 10.
Beauty and the Beast, adapt: Jon Ludwig
(also dir). Apr 7-May 29.
Suspended Animation, adapt; The Huber
Marionettes of Cookeville, TN. Apr 15-17.
Xperimental Puppetry Theater (XPT), various.
May 19-22.
Dad's Garage Theatre Company, Atlanta,
(404) 523-3141, www.dadsgarage.com
The Two Gentlemen of Labowski, dir: Kevin
Gillese. Thru Oct 23.
invasion: Christmas Carol, adapt: Dad's Garage
Improve ensemble. Nov 26-Dec 23.
Pop Tart. Feb 25-Mar 19.
Scarlett's Web. Apr 15-May 7.
Slaughter Camp. Jun 3-25.
V.I.P. Room. Jul 8-30.
Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Roswell,
(770) 641-1260, www.get.org
Ramona Quimby, adapt: Len Jenkin. Oct 25-Nov 13.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
book: Rachel Sheinkin; lyrics and music: William
Finn; dir: Alan Kilpatrick. Nov 4-21.
Tokens of Affection, Topher Payne (also dir).
Jan 6-23.
And Then They Came for Me: Remembering
the World of Anne Frank, James Still; dir: Peter
Hardy. Feb 14-Apr 1.
Inherit the Wind, Jerome Lawrence, Robert
Edwin Lee; dir: Robert J. Farley. Feb 24-Mar 13.
Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits Vol. 1,
Gerard Alessandrini; dir: Don Farrell.
Apr 7-24.
Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta,
(404) 264-0020, www.gashkespeare.org
Odyssey--A Journey Home, adapt and dir:
Richard Garner. Oct 5-31.
Henry V, Shakespeare. Oct 6-30.
A Christmas Story, Philip Grecian; dir: Drew
Fracher. Dec 7-24.
Horizon Theatre Company, Atlanta,
(404) 584-7450, www.horizontheatre.com
Night Blooms, Margaret Bladwin; dir: Karen
Robinson. Thru Oct 24.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello
from David Sedaris; dir: Jeff Adler.
Nov 25-Jan 2.
Madeline's Christmas, adapt: Jennifer Kirkeby
from Ludwig Bemelmans; dir: Spring Mason.
Dec 13-Jan 2.
The New American Shakespeare Tavern,
Atlanta, www.shakespearetavern.com
Season TBA
Out of Hand Theater, Atlanta, (404) 522-6194,
www.outofhandtheater.com
The Break Up, Out of Hand.
Oct 7-May 22.
The SHOW!, Out of Hand; dir; Barry Carman.
Oct 10-Nov 10.
The One Day Play, Out of Hand. Nov 14.
The Water Project, Out of Hand; dir: Adam
Fristoe. Apr 13-27. Co-production with the
Lunatics (Netherlands).
Synchronicity Theatre, Atlanta,
(404) 484-8636, www.synchrotheatre.com
The Storytelling Ability of a Boy, Carter Lewis;
dir: Rachel May. Oct 22-Nov 21.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,
Barbara Robinson; dir: Justin Anderson.
Dec 11-Jan 2.
101 Humiliating Stories, Lisa Kron; dir: Lawrence
Keller, Rachel May. Mar 1-31. Co-production with
PushPush Theatre, GA.
Brand New Kid, Katie Count; dir: Daniel Hilton,
Kat Mew. Mar 5-Apr 3.
Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Lauren Gunderson;
dir: Rachel May. Mar 9-Apr 3.
Theatre in the Square, Marietta,
(770) 422-8369, www.theatreinthesquare.com
How I Became A Pirate, Alyn Cardarelli,
Steve Goers; dir: Thom Jenkins, Clint Thornton.
Thru Oct 10.
Conversations with My Wife, Leonard Gross;
dir: Heidi Cline. Thru Oct 31.
A Tuna Christmas, Ed Howard (also dir),
Joe Sears, Jaston Williams. Nov 16-Jan 2.
Sanders Family Christmas, Alan Bailey, Gary
fa*gin, John Foley, Connie Ray; dir: Karen Howell,
Alan Kilpatrick. Nov 23-Jan 2.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Clint Thornton. Jan 19-Feb 20.
The Little Foxes, Lillian Hellman; dir: Fred
Chappell. Mar 9-Apr 10.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker;
dir: Susan Reid. Apr 27-May 29.
Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta,
www.theatricaloutfit.org
Season TBA
Youth Ensemble of Atlanta, Atlanta,
www.fhyea.org
Season TBA
HAWAII
Honolulu Theatre for Youth, (808) 839-9885,
www.htyweb.org
The Dinosaur Show, Steve and Kathy Hotchner;
dir: Eric Johnson. Aug 23-Nov 16.
Navigator, Susan Soon He Stanton; dir: Harry
Wong III. Oct 5-Dec 18.
Theory of Mind, Ken LaZebnik; dir: Eric Johnson.
Jan 7-Feb 22.
The New Sense-Sational Show, Oisin O'Sullivan,
Sandra Payne; dir: Enda Breadon. Jan 10-Feb 26.
Apollo to the Moon, Mary Hail Surface; dir: Kevin
Reese. Jan 24-Feb 26.
Where Do Things Go?, various; dir: Eric Johnson.
Mar 21-May 26.
IDAHO
Boise Contemporary Theater, (208) 331-9224,
www.bctheater.org
The Krumblin Foundation, Joe Conley Golden,
Tom Willmorth; dir: Ann Price. Oct 6-30.
Tru, Jay Presson Alien; dir: Drew Barr.
Nov 23-Dec 18.
Norway, Samuel D. Hunter; dir: Matthew Cameron
Clark. Jan 26-Feb 19.
The Velocity of Autumn, Eric Coble. Apr 6-30.
Company of Fools, Hailey, (208) 578-9122,
www.companyoffools.org
Who's Afraid of Virgnia Woolf?, Edward Albee;
dir: K.O. Olgivie. Oct 13-30.
Moonlight and Magnolias, Ron Hutchinson;
dir: John Glenn. Dec 14-31.
Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Runl; dir: Denise
Simone. Feb 16-Mar 5.
Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise,
(208) 336-9221, www.idahoshakespeare.org
Season TBA Thru Oct 1.
ILLINOIS
About Face Theatre, Chicago,
www.aboutfacetheatre.com
XYZ Festival of New Works. Oct 1 31.
FLOAT, Patricia Kane. Nov 11 -Dec 12.
Pony, Sally Oswald. Apr 18-Jun 5.
The hom*osexuals, Phillip Dawkins. Jun 13-Jul 24.
Adventure Stage Chicago, Chicago,
www.adventurestage.org
Season TBA
American Theatre Co, Chicago,
www.atcweb.org
Season TBA
The Building Stage, Chicago,
www.buildingstaqe.com
Season TBA
Chicago Dramatists, (312) 633-0630,
www.chicagodramatists.org
The Invasion of Skokie, Steve Peterson;
dir: Richard Perez. Thru Oct 10.
Bordello, Aline Lathrop; dir: Meghan McCarthy.
Jan 27-Mar 6.
Hickorydickory, Marisa Wegrzyn; dir: Russ
Tutterow. May 5-Jun 13.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
(312) 595-5600, www.chicagoshakes.com
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare; dir: Gale
Edwards. Thru Nov 14.
CPS Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, adapt and
dir: Kirsten Kelly from Shakespeare. Oct 29-30.
As You Like It, Shakespeare; dir: Gary Griffin.
Jan 5-Mar 6.
Short Shakespeare! Macbeth, Shakespeare;
dir: David H. Bell. Jan 18-Mar 5.
On tour:
Funk It Up About Nothin', The 0 Brothers
(also dir). Feb 11-Apr 9.
The Cripple of Inishmaan, Martin McDonagh;
dir: Gary Hynes. Mar 8-Mar 27.
Co-production with Druid Theatre Company,
Ireland.
Black Watch, Gregory Burke; dir: John Tiffany.
Mar 29-Apr 10. Co-production with National
Theatre of Scotland.
The Madness of George III, Alan Bennett;
dir: Penny Meiropolus. Apr 13-Jun 12.
Citadel Theatre Company, Lake Forest,
www.citadeltheatre.org
Season TBA
Collaboraction, Chicago, (312) 226-9633,
www.collaboraction.org
1001, Jason Grote; dir: Seth Bockley.
Sep 9-Oct 10.
Guinea Pig Soto, Brett C. Leonard; dir: Anthony
Moseley. Mar 21 Apr 17.
11th Annual Sketchbook Festival.
Jun 18-Jul 3.
Court Theatre, Chicago, (773)753-4472,
www.courttheatre.org
The Comedy of Errors, adapt and dir: Sean
Graney from Shakespeare. Thru Oct 17.
Home, Samm-Art Williams; dir: Ron OJ Parson.
Nov 11-Dec 12.
Three Tall Women, Edward Albee; dir: Charles
Newell. Jan 13-Feb 13.
Orlando, adapt: Sarah Ruhl from Virginia Woolf;
dir: Jessica Thebus. Mar 10-Apr 10.
Porgy & Bess, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin,
Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward; dir: Charles
Newell. May 12-Jun 12.
First Folio Theatre, Clarendon Hills,
(630) 986-8067, www.firstfolio.org
The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story,
adapt: David Rice; dir: Michael Goldberg.
Oct 6-Nov 7.
Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward; dir: Alison Vesely.
Feb 2-Mar 6.
The Woman in Black, adapt: Stephen Mallatratt;
dir: Alison Vesely. Mar 30-May 1.
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare; dir: Nick
Sandys. Jul 6-Aug 7.
Free Street Theater, Chicago, (773) 772-7248,
www.freestreet.org
To Kill a Teenager (part 2-Maslow's Hierarchy
of Needs), Free Street Ensemble; dir: Ron
Bieganski. Jan 29-Feb 25.
TBA, Free Street Ensemble; dir: D-Nick Stockman.
Apr 28-May 14.
Goodman Theatre, Chicago,
www.goodmantheatre.org
The Seagull, Chekhov. Thru Oct 24.
Candide, Thru Oct 24.
A Christmas Carol, Dickens. Nov 19-Dec 31.
Trinity River Plays, Regina Taylor. Jan 15-Feb 20.
Mary, Thomas Bradshaw. Feb 5-Mar 6.
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza. Mar 5-Apr 10.
EI Nogalar, Tanya Saracho. Mar 26-Apr 24.
Stage Kiss, Sarah Ruhl. Apr 30-Jun 5.
Chinglish, David Henry Hwang. Jun 18-Jul 24.
The House Theatre of Chicago, Chicago,
www.thehousetheatre.com
Season TBA
The Hypocrites, Chicago, (773) 989-7352,
www.the-hypocrites.com
K., adapt and dir: Greg Allen from Franz Kafka.
Nov 4-Dec 5.
Pirates of Penzance, adapt and dir: Sean Graney;
book: W.S. Gilbert; lyrics: Arthur Sullivan;
music: Kevin O'Donnell. Dec 16-Jan 30.
Woyzeck, adapt and dir: Sean Graney
from Georg Buchner. May 1-Jul 1.
Co-production with About Face, IL, and
Collaboraction, IL.
Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago,
(312) 337-0665, www.lookingglasstheatre.org
Peter Pan, adapt and dir: Amanda Dehnert from
J.M. Barrie. Oct 20-Dec 12.
Ethan Frome, Laura Eason (also dir).
Feb 23-Apr 24.
The Last Act of Lilka Kadison, Nicola Behrman,
David Kersnar, Abbie Phillips; dir: David Kersnar,
Jun 1-Jul 22.
MPAACT, Inc, Chicago, www.mpaact.org
Season TBA
The NeO-Fliturists, Chicago,
www.neofuturists.org
Season TBA
Next Theatre Company, Evanston,
www.nexttheatre.org
Season TBA
NightBlue Theater, Lemont,
www.nightbluetheater.com
Season TBA
Northlight Theatre, Skokie, www.northlight.org
Season TBA
Piven Theatre Workshop, Evanston,
(847) 866-8049, www.piventheatre.org
Three Sisters, adapt: Sarah Ruhl from Chekhov;
dir: Joyce Piven. Oct 16-Nov 21.
Redmoon Theater, Chicago, www.redmoon.org
Season TBA
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Chicago,
(773) 404-7336, www.remybumppo.org
Night and Day, Tom Stoppard; dir: James
Bohnen. Thru Oct 31.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde;
dir: Shawn Douglass. Nov 24-Jan 9.
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Edward Albee;
dir: James Bohnen. Mar 30-May 8.
Silk Road Theatre Project, Chicago,
www.srtp.org
Scorched, Wajdi Mouawad; trans: Linda Gaboriau;
dir: Dale Heinen. Oct 6-Nov 7.
Yellow Face, David Henry Hwang; dir: Steve
Scott. Mar 2-Apr 3. Co-production with Goodman
Theatre, IL.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago,
(312) 335-1650, www.steppenwolf.org
Detroit, Lisa D'Amour; dir: Austin Pendleton.
Thru Nov 7.
Steppenwolf for Young Adults Presents: To Kill
a Mockingbird, adapt: Christopher Sergei from
Harper Lee; dir; Hallie Gordon. Oct 12-Nov 12.
The Etiquette of Vigilance, Robert O'Hara;
dir: Timothy Douglas. Oct 27-Nov 14.
The Old Masters, Sam Marks; dir: Daniel Aukin.
Oct 28-Nov 14.
The North Plan, Jason Wells; dir: Kimberly
Senior. Oct 29-Nov 14.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee;
dir: Pam MacKinnon. Dec 3-Feb 6. Co-production
with Arena Stage, DC.
Sex with Strangers, Laura Eason; dir: Jessica
Thebus. Jan 20-May 15.
Steppenwolf for Young Adults Presents:
Samuel J & K, Mat Smart; dir: Ron OJ Parson.
Feb 22-Mar 13.
Hot L Baltimore, Lanford Wilson; dir: Tina
Landau. Mar 24-May 29.
Middletown, Will Eno; dir: Les Waters.
Jun 16-Aug 14.
Teatro Vista, Chicago, www.teatrovista.org Season TBA
Theater Wit, Chicago, www.tbeaterwit.org Season TBA
Timeline Theatre Company, Chicago,
(773) 281-8463, www.timelinetheatre.com
Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan; dir: Louis Contey.
Thru Oct 10.
Mastering the Art, William Brown (also dir),
Doug Frew. Oct 27-Dec 19.
In Darfur, Winter Miller; dir: Nick Bowling.
Jan 19-Mar 20.
The Front Page, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur;
dir: Nick Bowling. Apr 13-Jun 12.
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago,
(773) 871-3000, www.VictoryGardens.org
At Home at the Zoo, Edward Albee; dir: Dennis
Zacek. Oct 1-31
The Boys Room, Joel Drake Johnson; dir: Sandy
Shinner. Jan 21-Feb 20.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker;
dir: Dexter Bullard. Feb 25-Apr 10.
Tree, Julie Herbert; dir: Andrea J. Dymond.
Apr 1-May 1.
The Gospel According to James, Charles Smith;
dir: Chuck Smith, May 14-Jun 12.
Writers' Theatre, Glencoe, (847) 242-6000,
www.writerstheatre.org
She Loves Me, Joe Masteroff; book: Jerry Bock;
lyrics: Sheldon Harnick; dir: Michael Halberstam.
Thru Nov 21.
Travels with My Aunt, adapt: Giles Havergal
from Graham Greene; dir: Stuart Carden.
Nov 9-Mar 27.
Do the Hustle, Brett Neveu; dir: William Brown.
Jan 25-Mar 20.
Heartbreak House, Shaw; dir: William Brown.
Apr 19-Jun 26.
The Detective's Wife, Keith Huff; dir: Gary
Griffin. May 24-Jul 31.
INDIANA
Bloomington Playwrights Project,
(812) 323-3020, www.newplays.org
AwareFest: A Green World, Trace Crawford,
Michael Healey, Israel Horovitz, Wendy MacLeod,
Jon Marans, Erdin Shultz-Bever, Joseph Walker,
Craig Wright. Oct 1-16.
Artifice, Anne Flanagan. Dec 3-18.
Kissing Frogs, book: Josh Sohn; lyrics: Jeremy
Schonfeld (also music). Feb 4-19.
Miles Away, Christine Whitley. Apr 8-23.
Stilt the River Runs, Barton Bishop.
May 20-Jun 4.
Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis,
(317) 635-5252, www.irtlive.com
Holes, Louis Sachar; dir: David Bradley.
Thru Nov 6.
Mary's Wedding, Stephen Massicotte; dir: James
Still. Nov 3-Dec 4.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Tom Haas; dir:
Richard J. Roberts. Nov 22-Dec 26.
The Diary of Anne Frank, adapt: Wendy
Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert
Hackett; dir: Janet Allen. Jan 18-Feb 24.
Fire in the Garden, Ken Weitzman. Feb 12-27.
In Acting Shakespeare, James DeVita.
Feb 17-Mar 13.
The Gospel According to James, Charles Smith;
dir: Chuck Smith. Mar 22-Apr 10.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck. Apr 20-May 14.
IOWA
New Ground Theatre, davenport,
www.newgroundtheatre.org
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; dir: Derek
Bertelson. Oct 15-24.
The Gift of the Magi, Peter Ekstrom, O'Henry;
dir: Lora Adams. Dec 10-19.
Sleuth, Anthony Shaffer. Jan 20-30.
And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson,
Jim Leonard Jr.; dir: Patti Flaherty. Mar 10-20.
Original Quad Cities, dir: Chris Jansen. May 5-15.
Riverside Theatre, Iowa City, (319) 338-7672,
www.riversidetheatre.org
[title of show], book: Hunter Bell; lyrics and
music: Jeff Bowen; dir: Ron Clark. Thru Oct 3.
Boom, Peter Sinn Nachtreib; dir: Bruce Wheaton.
Oct 29-Nov 21.
The Tag Sale Project, Maggie Conroy; dir: Ron
Clark. Nov 26-28.
All My Sons, Arthur Miller; dir: Mark Hunter.
Jan 28-Feb 20.
Walking the Wire: Monologues at Riverside--OMC!, dir: Ron Clark, Jody Hovland. Mar 4-13.
The Syringa Tree, Pamela Gien; dir: Sean
Christopher Lewis. Apr 1-17.
Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival,
Shakespeare. Jun 17-Jul 10.
KANSAS
William Inge Center for the Arts,
Independence, (620) 332-5491,
www.ingecenter.org
Readings of New Works by Inge House
Playwrights in Residence. Nov 11.
KENTUCKY
Actors Theatre of Louisville, (502) 584-1205,
www.actorstheatre.org
Fifth Third Bank's Dracula, adapt and
dir: William McNulty. Thru Oct 31.
The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam;
dir: Sean Daniels. Oct 5-30.
A Christmas Story, Philip Grecian;
dir: Sean Daniels. Nov 9-28.
Barefoot in the Park, Neil Simon;
dir: Marc Masterson. Nov 16-Dec 18.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Barbara Field;
dir: Sean Daniels. Dec 7-23.
It Takes a 'Ville!, the Second City, Tom Flanigan,
Ed Furman; dir: Mick Napier. Jan 4-Feb 6.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, August Wilson;
dir: Ron OJ Parson. Jan 18-Feb 13.
BOB, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb. Feb 27-Apr 2.
Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Louisville,
www.kyshakes.org
Season TBA
Lexington Children's Theatre,
(859) 254-4546, www.lctonstage.org
I Dedicate This Ride: The Making of Isaac
Murphy, Frank X. Walker; dir: Bill Caise.
Thru Oct 3.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, adapt: J. D.
Jordan; dir: Vivian Snipes. Oct 10-17.
River Rat and Cat, Y York; dir: Larry Snipes.
Oct 23-24.
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, adapt:
Allison Gregory; dir: Jeremy Kisling. Nov 27-Dec 5.
The Neverending Story, adapt: David S. Craig
from Michael Ende; dir: Vivian Snipes. Dec 12-19.
Cows Don't Fly and other known facts, adapt:
Larry Snipes, Vivian Snipes (also dir). Jan 23-30.
Anne Frank and Me, Cherie Bennett; dir: Jeremy
Kisling. Mar 5-6.
The Princess Who Lost Her Hair, Jeremy
Kisling; dir: Octavia Biggs. Mar 13-20.
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type, lyrics: James
E. Grote (also adapt), George Howe (also music);
dir: Larry Snipes. May 1-15.
Walden Theatre, Louisville, (502) 589-0084,
www.waldentheatre.org
Camino Real, Tennessee Williams; dir: Julane
Havens. Thru Oct 2.
The Learned Ladies, Moliere; dir: Charlie Sexton.
Oct 21-30.
The Disappearance of Daniel Hand, Dan O'Brien;
dir: Alec Volz. Nov 11-20.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Christopher Sergei;
dir: Charlie Sexton, Jan 20-29.
Young Playwrights Festival, dir: Alec Volz.
Feb 10-Jan 12.
Waiting for Lefty, Clifford Odets; dir: Lucas
Adams, Feb 24-Mar 5.
Othello, Shakespeare; dir: Charlie Sexton.
May 12-22.
Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare; dir; Alec
Volz. May 12-22.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare; dir: J. Barrett
Cooper. May 12-22.
LOUISIANA
Junebug Productions, New Orleans,
www.junebugproductions.org
Season TBA
The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at
Tulane, New Orleans, (504) 865-5106,
www.neworleansshakespeare.com
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare. Jun 9-25.
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare. Jul 7-23.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare.
Aug 3-17.
Southern Rep, New Orleans, (504) 522-6545,
www.southernrep.com
afterlife: a ghost story, Steve Yockey. Oct 20-Nov 7.
Running with Scissors Holiday Show. Dec 3-19.
New Play Bacchanal. Jan 12-23.
Intringulis, Carlo Alban. Jan 26-Feb 13.
The Norman Conquests, Alan Ayckbourn.
May 19-Jun 5.
Swine Palace, Baton Rouge, (225) 578-4135,
www.swinepalace.org
Design for Living, Noel Coward; dir: George
Judy. Thru Oct 10.
King Lear, Shakespeare; dir: Deb Alley. Feb 2-20.
TBA, dir: Joanna Battles. Mar 23-Apr 10.
MAINE
Penobscot Theatre, Bangor, (207) 942-3333,
www.penobscottheatre.org
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, adapt: Jeffrey Hatcher.
Oct 20-Nov 7.
Plaid Tidings, Stuart Ross; dir: Scott Levy.
Dec 3-23-
The Velveteen Rabbit, James Still. Dec 3-23.
Dirty Blonde, Claudia Shear; dir: Scott Levy.
Feb 9-27.
To Kill a Mockingbird, adapt: Christopher Sergel;
dir: Scott Levy. Mar 30-Apr 17.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical,
book: Betsy Kelso; lyrics and music: David Nehls;
dir: Nathan Halvorson. Jun 1-19.
5th Annual Northern Writes New Play Festival.
Jun 21-Jul 3.
Portland Stage, (207) 774-0465,
www.portlandstage.org
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck. Thru Oct 24.
Last Gas, John Cariani. Nov 2-21.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello from
David Sedaris. Nov 26-Dec 19.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Christopher Akerlind,
Dawn McAndrews, Anita Stewart from Dickens.
Dec 3-24.
2 Pianos 4 Hands, Ted Dykstra, Richard
Greenblatt. Jan 25-Feb 20.
The Real McGonagall, Willy Holtzman. Feb 10-27.
The Center of Gravity, Gregory Hischak.
Mar 1-20.
Halpern & Johnson, Lionel Goldstein.
Mar 29-Apr 24.
The Syringa Tree, Pamela Gien. May 3-22.
The Public Theatre, Lewiston, (207) 782-3200,
www.thepublictheatre.org
Indoor/Outdoor, Kenny Finkle; dir: Christopher
Schario. Oct 15-24.
The Three Little Pigs, Kathy Ferman Menino;
music: Ellen Mandel; dir: Janet Mitchko.
Nov 14-19.
A Very Ida Christmas, Susan Poulin; dir: David
Kaye. Dec 3-5.
Animals Out of Paper, Rajiv Joseph; dir: Janet
Mitchko. Jan 28-Feb 6.
Humble Boy, Charlotte Jones; dir: Christopher
Schario. Mar 18-27.
Beau Jest, James Sherman; dir: Janet Mitchko.
May 6-15.
The Theater at Monmouth, Monmouth,
www.theateratmonmouth.org
Season TBA
MARYLAND
CENTERSTAGE, Baltimore, (410) 332-0033,
www.centerstage.org
The Wiz, William F. Brown; lyrics and music:
Charlie Smalls; dir: Irene Lewis. Thru Nov 7.
ReEntry, Emily Ackerman, KJ Sanchez (also dir).
Nov 10-Dec 19.
The Second City Does Baltimore, Dec 30-Feb 20.
The Homecoming, Pinter; dir: Irene Lewis.
Jan 26-Feb 20.
Snow Falling on Cedars, adapt: Kevin McKeon;
dir: David Schweizer. Mar 9-Apr 3.
Crime & Punishment, adapt: Marilyn Campbell,
Curt Columbus; dir: Jason Loewith.
Apr 13-May 15.
Everyman Theatre, Baltimore, (410) 752-2208,
www.everymantheatre.org
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Donald
Margulies. Thru Oct 24.
All My Sons, Arthur Miller. Nov 10-Dec 12.
Winter Cabaret: A Tribute to Johnny Mercer,
Dec 16-Jan 2.
Shooting Star, Steven Dietz. Jan 19-Feb 20.
Stick Fly, Lydia R. Diamond. Mar 16-Apr 17.
Pygmalion, Shaw. May 18-Jun 19.
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, (301) 280-1660,
www.imaginationstage.org
Bunnicula, adapt and lyrics: Jon Klein;
music: Chris Jeffries; dir: Nick Olcott. Thru Oct 31.
Junie B. in Jingle Belts, Batman Smells!,
Allison Gregory; dir: Kathryn Chase Bryer.
Nov 24-Jan 9.
Perseus Bayou, lyrics: David Maddox (also music),
Mary Hall Surface (also book). Feb 6-Mar 13,
George and Martha: Tons of Fun, book, lyrics
and music: Joan Cushing; dir: Kathryn Chase
Bryer. Apr 9-May 29.
The Day John Henry Came to School, Eric
Pfeffinger; dir: Janet Stanford. Apr 16-May 28.
The Wind in the Willows, adapt: Richard
Hellesen; music: Michael Silversher; dir: Janet
Stanford. Jun 22-Aug 14.
Maryland Ensemble Theatre, Frederick,
(301) 694-4744, www.marylandensemble.org
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
book: Rachel Sheinkin; lyrics: William Finn; music;
William Finn; dir: Gene Fouche. Thru Oct 9.
Dracula, Stephen Dietz; dir: Tad Janes.
Oct 22-Nov 13.
The Littlest Vampire, Matt Lee; dir: Julie Herber.
Oct 24-Nov 20.
A Christmas Twist, dir: Allison Lepelletier.
Dec 3-19.
A Christmas Carol, Dickens, dir: Julie Herber.
Dec 8-19.
Hansel and Gretel, Julie Herber; dir: Reiner
Prochaska. Dec 11-Jan 8.
Dean Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Peter
Wray. Feb 4-Mar 5.
Boeing Boeing, Marc Camoletti; trans; Beverly
Cross; dir: Tad Janes. Mar 25-Apr 16.
Ready, Set, ME!, Julie Herber (also dir).
Mar 26-Apr 23.
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess; dir: Julie
Herber. May 20-Jun 18.
Nellie Darling and the Legend of Nasty, L.G.
Wilkinson; dir: Allison Lepelletier, May 28-Jun 25.
Olney Theatre Center, (301) 924-3400,
www.olneytheatre.org
Misalliance, Shaw; dir: John Going. Thru Oct 24.
Annie, book: Thomas Meehan; lyrics: Martin
Charnin; music: Charles Strouse. Nov 17-Jan 2.
Rep Stage, Columbia, (410) 772-4900,
www.repstage.org
The New Word and The Old Lady Shows Her
Medals, J.M. Barrie; dir: Michael Stebbins. Oct 6-24.
An Almost Holy Picture, Heather McDonald;
dir: Tony Tsendeas. Feb 2-20.
Speech & Debate, Stephen Karam; dir: Eve
Muson. Apr 13-May 1.
Round House Theatre, Bethesda,
(240) 644-1100, www.roundhousetheatre.org
Ameriville, Ninja (aka William Ruiz), UNIVERSES,
Gamal Chasten, Mildred Ruiz, Steven Sapp; dir:
Chay Yew. Oct 20-Nov 7.
A Wrinkle in Time, adapt: John Glore; dir: Casey
Sams. Dec 1-26.
Charming Billy, adapt and dir; Blake Robison.
Feb 2-20.
The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote; dir: Timothy
Douglas. Mar 16-Apr 3. Co-production with
Cleveland Play House, OH.
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer; dir: Mark Ramont.
May 11-Jun 5.
Single Carrot Theatre, Baltimore,
(443) 844-9253, www.singlecarrot.com
Natural Selection, Eric Coble; din: Nathan Fulton.
Thru Oct 31.
The Other Shore, Gao Xingjian; dir: J. Buck
Jabaily. Dec 8-Jan 16.
The Long Christmas Ride Home, Paula Vogel;
dir: Jessica Garrett. Mar 16-Apr 17.
Linus & Alora, Andrew Irons; dir: Genevieve de
Many. Jun 8-Jul 10.
Theatre Project, Baltimore, (410) 752-8558,
www.theatreproject.org
In Search of Tonto Blue, Oct 1-10.
Zippy the Pinhead: The Musical, lyrics and
music; Lorainne Whittlesey. Nov 12-21.
Sensate, music: Ahern Carrie. Mar 24-Apr 3.
MASSACHUSETTS
Actors' Shakespeare Project, somerville,
(866) 811-4111, www.actorsshakespeareproject.org
Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, Shakespeare; dir: Patrick
Swanson. Thru Nov 21.
Cymbeline, Shakespeare; dir: Doug Lockwood.
Feb 9-20.
The Hotel Nepenthe, John Kuntz; dir: David R.
Gammons. Feb 23-Mar 6.
Living in Exile, Jon Lipsky; dir: Allyn Burrows.
Mar 9-20.
Antony & Cleopatra, Shakespeare; dir: Adrianne
Krstansky. Apr 27-May 22.
American Repertory Theater, Cambridge,
(617) 547-8300, www.americanrepertorytheater.org Alice vs. Wonderland, Brendan Shea; dir: Janos Szasz.Thru Oct 9.
Cabaret, Joe Masteroff; book: Fred Ebb; music: John Kander; dir: Steven Bogart. Thru Oct 29. The Blue Flower, book: Ruth Bauer, Jim Bauer (also lyrics and music); dir: Will Pomerantz. Dec 1-Jan 8.
R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and
Mystery) of the Universe, D. W. Jacobs (also dir).
Jan 15-Feb 5.
Ajax, trans: Charles Connaghan; dir: Sarah
Benson. Feb 12-Mar 12.
Prometheus Bound, book and lyrics: Steven
Sater; music: Serj Tankian; dir: Diane Paulus.
Feb 25-Mar 25.
Death and the Powers: The Robots' Opera,
Robert Pinsky (also book) Randy Weiner; music:
Tod Machover; dir: Diane Paulus. Mar 18-25.
Barrington Stage Company, pittsfield,
(413) 236-8888, www.barringtonstageco.org
The Crucible, Arthur Miller; dir: Julianne Boyd.
Oct 6-24.
A Christmas Story, Philip Grecian; dir: Richard
M. Parison Jr. Dec 16-28.
Company One, Boston, (617) 933-8600,
www.companyone.org
The Aliens, Annie Baker; dir: Shawn LaCount.
Oct 29-Nov 20. Co-production with with
the Huntington Theatre Company, MA, and
Speakeasy Stage Company, MA.
Neighbors, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins;
dir: Summer L. Williams. Jan 14-Feb 5.
Double Edge Theatre, Ashfield,
www.doubleedgetheatre.org
Season TBA
Harwich Junior Theatre, west Harwich,
www.hjtcapecod.org
Season TBA
Huntington Theatre Company,
Boston, (617)266-0800,
www.huntingtontheatre.org
Bus Stop, William Inge; dir: Nicholas Martin.
Thru Oct 17.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker;
dir: Melia Bensussen, Oct 15-Nov 14.
Vengeance Is the Lord's, Bob Glaudini; dir: Peter
DuBois. Nov 12-Dec 19.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Liesl Tommy.
Jan 7-Feb 6.
Educating Rita, Willy Russell. Mar 11-Apr 10.
Sons of the Prophet, Stephen Karam; dir:
Peter DuBois. Apr 1-May 8. Co-production with
Roundabout Theatre Company, NY.
Shakespeare in Repertory: Richard III &
Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare; dir: Edward Hall.
May 18-Jun 19.
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston,
(617) 585-5678, www.lyricstage.com
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, book: Rachel Sheinken; lyrics and music:
William Finn; dir: Stephen Terrell. Thru Oct 2.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Parts I & II, David Edgar; dir: Spiro Veloudos.
Oct 21-Dec 19.
The Understudy, Theresa Rebeck; dir: Larry
Coen. Jan 1-29.
My Name Is Asher Lev, Aaron Posner; dir: Scott
Edmiston. Feb 11-Mar 12.
Broke-ology, Nathan Louis Jackson; dir: Benny
Sato Ambush. Mar 25-Apr 23.
Animal Crackers, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby;
dir: Spiro Veloudos. May 6-Jun 4.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell,
(978) 654-4678, www.merrimackrep.org
The Complete World of Sports (abridged), Reed
Martin, Austin Tichenor (both also dir).
Thru Oct 3.
Four Places, Joel Drake Johnson; dir: Charles
Towers. Oct 14-Nov 7.
Beasley's Christmas Party, adapt: C.W. Munger;
dir: Carl Forsman. Nov 26-Dec 19.
Tryst, Karoline Leach; dir: Joe Brancato. Jan 6-30.
The Exceptionals, Bob Clyman; dir: Charles
Towers. Feb 10-Mar 6.
Two Jews Walk into a War ..., Seth Rozin;
dir: Melia Bensussen. Mar 17-Apr 10.
A Picasso, Jeffrey Hatcher; dir: Charles Towers.
Apr 21-May 15.
New Repertory Theatre, Watertown,
(617) 923-8487, www.newrep.org
Boston Marriage, David Mamet; dir: David Zaffoli.
Thru Oct 3.
Cherry Docs, David Gow; dir: David R. Gammons.
Oct 17-Nov 7.
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,
Terrence McNally; dir: Antonio Ocampo-Guzman.
Nov 28-Dec 19.
afterlife: a ghost story, Steve Yockey; dir: Kate
Warner. Jan 16-Feb 6.
Dollhouse, Theresa Rebeck; dir: Bridget Kathleen
O'Leary. Feb 27-Mar 20.
On tour:
Hamlet, Shakespeare; dir: Ross MacDonald.
Feb 28-Apr 8.
The Last Five Years, book, lyrics and music: Jason
Robert Brown; dir: Jim Petosa. Mar 27-Apr 17.
Passing Strange, book, lyrics and music: Stew,
Heidi Rodewald; dir: Kate Warner. May 1-22.
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox,
(413) 637-3353, www.shakespeare.org
The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard;
dir: Jonathan Croy. Thru Nov 7.
Fall Festival of Shakespeare, Shakespeare.
Nov 18-21.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello from
David Sedaris; dir: Tony Simotes. Dec 2-30.
As You Like It, Shakespeare; dir: Tod Randolph.
Dec 10-11.
The Mystery of Irma Vep, Charles Ludlam;
dir: Kevin G. Coleman. Feb 4-Mar 27.
Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a
World, Kevin G. Coleman; dir: Jenna Ware.
Apr 2-23.
SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston,
(617) 933-8600, www.speakeasystage.com
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah
Ruhl; dir: Scott Edmiston. Thru Oct 16.
Body Awareness, Annie Baker; dir: Paul
Daigneault. Oct 22-Nov 20.
reasons to be pretty, Neil LaBute; dir: Paul
Melone. Mar 4-Apr 2.
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, wellfleet,
www.what.org
Season TBA
Williamstown Theatre Festival, williamstown,
www.wtfestival.org
Season TBA
MICHIGAN
Detroit Repertory Theatre,
(313) 868-1347, www.detroitreptheatre.com
A Strange Disappearance of Bees, Elena
Hartwell; dir: Bruce Millan. Nov 4-Dec 31.
A Lesson Before Dying, Romulus Linney;
dir: Barbara Busby. Jan 13-Mar 20.
Forgiving John Lennon, William Missouri Downs;
dir: Harry Wetzel. Mar 31-May 22.
Looking for the Pony, Andrea Lepcio. Jun 2-26.
Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester,
(248) 377-3300, www.mbtheatre.com
Dracula: A Rock Opera, adapt: John R. Briggs,
Dennis West; dir: Travis Walter. Oct 6-31.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Charles Nolte;
dir: Terry Carpenter. Nov 20-Dec 23.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Travis Walter. Jan 5-30.
Reunion: A Musical Epic, Ron Holgate, Jack
Kyrieleison; dir: Travis Walter. Feb 9-Mar 6.
Ding Dong, adapt: Tudor Gates from Marc
Camoletti; dir: Travis Walter. Mar 16-Apr 10.
Shout! The Mod Musical, adapt: Philip George,
David Lowenstein; dir: Travis Walter.
Apr 20-May 15.
MINNESOTA
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis,
www.bedlamtheatre.org
Season TBA
Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis,
(612) 874-0400, www.childrenstheatre.org
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, adapt:
Timothy Mason from Dr. Seuss; music: Hiram
Titus; dir: Peter C. Brosius. Thru Oct 30.
Robin Hood, adapt and dir: Greg Banks;
music: Victor Zupanc. Thru Dec 5.
A Christmas Story, adapt: Philp Grecian;
dir: Peter C. Brosius. Nov 16-Dec 31.
Commonweal Theatre Company, Lanesboro,
(507) 467-2525, www.commonwealtheatre.org
Little Shop of Horrors, book and lyrics: Howard
Ashman; music: Alan Menken. Thru Oct 22.
Enchanted April, Matthew Barber. Thru Oct 23.
To Kill a Mockingbird, adapt: Christopher Sergel.
Thru Nov 13.
The Turn of the Screw, Jeffrey Hatcher.
Thru Nov 6.
Little Women, adapted by Commonweal.
Nov 12-Dec 21.
Parfumerie, Miklos Laszlo. Nov 18-Dec 20.
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, (612) 377-2224,
www.guthrietheater.org
A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams;
dir: John Miller-Stephany. Thru Oct 3.
The Master Butchers Singing Club, adapt: Marsha
Norman; dir; Francesca Zambello. Thru Nov 6.
The Great Game: Afghanistan, Richard Bean,
Lee Blessing, David Edgar, David Greig, Amit
Gupta, Ron Hutchinson, Stephen Jeffreys, Abi
Morgan, Ben Ockrent, Simon Stephens, Colin
Teevan, Joy Wilkinson; dir: Nicolas Kent, Indhu
Rubasingham.Thru Oct 17.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Joel Sass. Oct 30-Dec 19.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Crispin Whittell
from Dickens; dir: Joe Dowling.
Nov 19-Dec 30.
Romeo and Juliet & The Comedy of Errors,
Shakespeare; dir: Ian Belknap, Penny Metropulos.
Jan 8-30. Co-production with the Acting
Company, NY.
The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare; dir: Jonathan
Munby. Jan 29-Mar 27.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, August Wilson;
dir: Lou Bellamy. Feb 10-Mar 6. Co-production
with Penumbra Theatre Company, MN.
Arms and the Man, Shaw, Mar 19-May 15.
Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring:
dir: Joe Dowling. Apr 9-Jun 5.
God of Carnage, Yazmina Reza; dir: John Miller-
Stephany. May 28-Aug 7.
Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore,
dir: Joe Dowling. Jun 18-Aug 28.
History Theatre, St. Paul, (6513 292-4323,
www.historytheatre.com
Dudley: Rigged for Laughter!, Caleb McEwen
(also dir), Dane Stauffer, John Sweeney;
dir: Ron Peluso. Oct 2-24. Co-production
with Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre, MN.
The Christmas Schooner, John Reeger;
lyrics and music: Julie Shannon; dir: Ron Peluso.
Nov 20-Dec 19.
Adrift on the Mississippi, Brian A. Grandison;
dir: James A. Williams. Feb 10-27.
A Tale of Twin Cities, Kevin Kling;
music: Simone Perrin; dir: Suzy Messerole.
Mar 12-Apr 3.
American as Curry Pie, Aamera Siddiqui;
dir: Suzy Messerole, Meena Natarajan.
Mar 17-Apr 10.
Buddy--The Buddy Holly Story, Alan Janes;
dir: Ron Peluso. Apr 30-May 22.
Illusion Theater, Minneapolis, (612) 339-4944,
www.illusiontheater.org
Always & Forever, Garry Q. Lewis, Sanford
Moore, Richard D. Thomspon (also dir).
Thru Oct 3.
Miss Richfield 1981's Annual Holiday Show,
Russ King. Dec 3-19.
2011 Lights Up! Series. Jan 20-23.
Bill W. & Dr. Bob, Stephen Bergman, Janet
Surrey: music: Roberta Carlson; dir: Michael
Robins. Feb 11-Mar 13.
Spring Play. Apr 15-May 7.
2011 Fresh Ink Series. Jul 14-31.
Interact Center for the Visual & Performing
Arts, Minneapolis, www.interactcenter.com
Season TBA
The Jungle Theater, Minneapolis,
(612) 822-7063, www.jungletheater.com
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams;
dir: Bain Boehlke. Thru Oct 17.
Fully Committed, Becky Mode; dir: Casey Stangl.
Nov 5-Dec 19.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company, St. Paul,
(651) 647-4315, www.minnesotajewishtheatre.org
My Name Is Asher Lev, adapt: Aaron Posner.
Oct 16-Nov 7.
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins,
adapt: Sharon Aronson. Dec 7-17.
Goats, Alan Berks. Mar 5-27.
The Gospel According to Jerry, Richard
Krevolin, Irwin Kula. Apr 16-May 8.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Minneapolis,
(612) 338-6131, www.mixedbiood.com
A Coot Drink a Water, Thomas W. Jones II;
dir: Marion McClinton. Thru Oct 10.
The House of the Spirits/La Casa de los
Espiritus, adapt and trans; Caridad Svich; music:
Victor Zupanc; dir: Marcela Lorca. Oct 22-Nov 14.
Agnes Under the Big Top, a tall tale,
Aditi Brennan Kapil (also dir). Feb 18-Mar 6.
Avenue Q, book: Jeff Whitty; lyrics and music:
Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; dir: Jack Reuler.
Mar 25-May 1.
Mu Performing Arts, St. Paul, (651) 789-1012,
www.muperformingarts.org
Taiko Lab. Oct 2-3.
Cowboy vs. Samurai, Michael Galamco;
dir: Randy Reyes. Nov 13-28. Co-production with
the Guthrie Theater, MN.
WTF, Katie Vang; dir: Randy Reyes.
Jan 21-Feb 6.
Little Shop of Horrors, book and lyrics: Howard
Ashman; music: Alan Menken; dir: Denise Prosek,
Jennifer Weir. Mar 19-Apr 3.
The Magic Bus to Asian Folk Tales, Jaz Canlas,
R.A. Shiomi, Cha Yang; music: Gary Rue.
Apr 29-May 22. Co-production with
Steppingstone Theatre, MN.
Soul of the Drum, Jun 16-26.
Pangea World Theater, Minneapolis,
www.pangeaworldtheater.org
Season TBA
Penumbra Theatre Company, St. Paul,
(651) 224-3180, www.penumbratheatre.org
Sleep Deprivation Chamber, Adam P. Kennedy,
Adrienne Kennedy; dir: Robbie McCauley.
Thru Oct 10.
Black Nativity: Now's the Time, Lou Bellamy, T.
Mychael Rambo; dir; Dominic Taylor.
Nov 26-Dec 26.
Julius by Design, Kara Lee Corthron;
dir: Lou Bellamy. Jan 20-Feb 13.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, August Wilson;
dir: Lou Bellamy. Feb 11-Mar 6.
I Wish You Love, Dominic Taylor;
dir: Lou Bellamy. Apr 21-May 22.
Pillsbury House Theatre, Minneapolis,
www.pillsburyhousetheatre.org
Season TBA
The Playwrights' Center, Minneapolis,
(612) 332-7481, www.pwcenter.org
The Secret Life of Doubles and The Invention
of the Third Dimension, Kira Obolensky. Oct 19-24.
The Body of an American, Dan O'Brien. Oct 19-24.
Tar's Children, Christina Ham. Oct 19-24.
Chimera, Suli Holum, Deborah Stein. Oct 19-24.
Co-production with HERE Arts Center, NY.
Visiting Day, Andy Bragen. Dec 6.
Behind the Eye, Carson Kreitzer. Feb 7.
Phantasmatron, Daniel Alexander Jones. Mar 7.
God Fire, John Olive. Apr 4.
The Suffragist Roadshow, Laural Meade. May 2.
Stages Theatre Company, Hopkins,
(952) 979-1111, www.stagestheatre.org
Charlotte's Web, adapt: Joseph Robinette; lyrics
and music: Charles Strouse. Thru Oct 24.
The Frog Prince, Jennifer Kirkeby. Oct 15-Nov 7.
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Allison
Gregory. Nov 19-Dec 27.
If You Give a Moose a Muffin, book and lyrics:
Jennifer Kirkeby; music: Shirley Mier. Jan 14-Feb 13.
Princess Academy, Buffy Sedlachek; music:
Aaron Gabriel. Mar 4-27.
Holes, Louis Sachar. Apr 15-May 8.
Pinkalicious, lyrics: John Gregor (also music),
Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann. Apr 29-May 28.
Annie Jr., lyrics: Martin Charnin; music: Charles
Strouse. Jul 1-Aug 7.
Steppingstone Theatre, St. Paul,
www.steppingstonetheatre.org
Season TBA
Teatro del Pueblo, St. Paul,
www.teatrodelpueblo.org
Season TBA
Ten Thousand Things Theater Company,
Minneapolis, (612)203-9502,
www.tenthousandthings.org
Life Is a Dream, Pedro Calderon de la Barca.
Oct 14-Nov 2l.
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley. Jan 27-Mar 6.
Man of La Mancha, Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh,
Dale Wasserman. Mar 31-May 8.
Theater Latte Da, Minneapolis, www.latteda.org
Evita, lyrics: Tim Rice; music: Andrew Lloyd
Webber; dir: Denise Prosek, Peter Rothstein.
Thru Oct 31.
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Peter
Rothstein; music: Erick Lichte, Timothy C. Takach.
Dec 16-19.
Youth Performance Company, Minneapolis,
(612) 623-9080, www.youthperformanceco.org
Afternoon of the Elves, adapt: Y York; dir: Jacie
Knight. Oct 6-24.
A Winnie the Pooh Christmas Tail, book, lyrics
and music: James W. Rodgers. Dec 2-19.
MEAN, book: Rita Cannon; lyrics and music:
Kahlil Queen; dir: Jacalyn Knight. Feb 10-27.
SchoolHouse Rock Live!, Scott Ferguson,
Kyle Hall, George Keating; lyrics and music: Lynn
Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy
Mandry, George Newall, Tom Yohe.
May 5-22.
MISSISSIPPI
New Stage Theatre, Jackson, (601) 948-3531,
www.newstagetheatre.com
The Miracle Worker, William Gibson; dir: Francine
Thomas Reynolds. Oct 26-Nov 7.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Ivan Rider from
Dickens; dir: Chris Roebuck- Dec 2-19.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Peter Parlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: William Biddy. Jan 25-Feb 6.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare; dir: Francine
Thomas Reynolds. Feb 1-13.
Miss Nelson Is Missing, book, lyrics and music:
Joan Cushing. Feb 28-Mar 13.
A Soldier's Play, Charles Fuller. Apr 5-17.
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
book: Alan Menken; lyrics: Tim Rice; music:
Andrew Lloyd Webber; dir: Francine Thomas
Reynolds. May 24-Jun 5.
MISSOURI
The Coterie Theatre, Kansas city,
(816) 474-6552, www.coterietheatre.org
Science Fiction Triple Feature: Flowers for
Algernon, The Veldt, By the Waters of
Babylon, Ray Bradbury, Daniel Keyes,
Stephen Vincent Benet; dir: Jeff Church.
Thru Oct 17.
Sorority House of the Dead, Mitch Brian;
dir: Ron Megee. Oct 21-31.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day, book and lyrics: Judith Viorst;
music: Shelly Markham; dir: Missy Koonce.
Nov 2-Dec 31.
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Peterson,
Stephanie S. Tolan; dir: Jeff Church.
Jan 18-Feb 27.
The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza (and tour),
Don Zolidis; dir: Meghann Henry. Jan 31-Mar 6.
Ben Franklin's Apprentice, Laurie Brooks;
dir: Kyle Hatley. Apr 4-May 7.
Young Playwrights' Festival, young playwrights
roundtable; dir: Jeff Church. May 12-13.
The Wiz, William F. Brown; music: Charlie Smalls;
dir: Jeff Church. Jun 21-Aug 7.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre,
(816) 235-2700, www.kcrep.org
Saved, book and lyrics: John Dempsey, Rinne
Groff; music: Michael Friedman (also lyrics);
dir: Gary Griffin. Thru Oct 3.
Harriet Jacobs, Lydia R. Diamond; music: Andre
Pluess; dir: Jessica Thebus. Oct 22-Nov 21.
A Christmas Carol, Dickens; dir: Kyle Hatley.
Nov 19-Dec 26.
Another American: Asking and Telling, Marc
Wolf (also dir). Jan 14-Feb 6.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker;
dir: Kyle Hatley. Feb 18-Mar 20.
Cabaret, book: Joe Masteroff; lyrics: Fred Ebb;
music: John Kander; dir: Eric Rosen.
Mar 18-Apr 10.
Peer Gynt, adapt and dir: David Schweizer from
Ibsen. Apr 22-May 22.
Metro Theater Company, St. Louis,
(314) 997-6777, www.metrotheatercompany.org
On tour:
Delilah's Wish, Mariah L. Richardson;
dir: Nicholas Kryah. Thru Feb 12, Nov 12.
On tour:
Tomato Plant Girl, Wesley Middleton;
dir: Nicholas Kryah, Thru Apr 8.
On tour:
The Giver, adapt: Eric Coble from Lois Lowery;
dir: Carol North. Jan 6-23.
Paul Mesner Puppets, Inc, Kansas city,
(816) 235-6222, www.paulmesnerpuppets.org
Frankenstein. Oct 13-31.
The Best Pet of All, adapt: Paul Mesner from
David LaRochelle. Nov 10-28.
The Nativity at Grace and Holy Trinity
Cathedral, adapt and dir: Paul Mesner. Dec 10-12.
Flossie and the Fox, adapt: Paul Mesner. Feb 2-20.
Jack & the Beanstalk, adapt: Paul Mesner.
Mar 2-20.
Father Goose's Tales, adapt: Jim Napolitano;
dir: Jim Napolitano. Apr 27-May 8.
The Dinosaur Show, adapt: Mike Horner from
Paul Mesner. Jun 8-Jul 3.
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis,
(314) 968-4925. www.repstl.org
You Can't Take It with You, Moss Hart, George S.
Kaufman; dir: Steve Woolf. Thru Oct 3.
Co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, OH.
High, Matthew Lombardo; dir: Rob Ruggiero.
Oct 13-Nov 7, Co-production with TheaterWorks,
CT, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, OH.
Chanticleer!, book, lyrics and music: Brian
Hohlfeld; dir: Neal Richardson, Kat Singleton.
Oct 18-Apr 2.
Next Fall, Geoffrey Nauffts; dir: Seth Gordon.
Oct 27-Nov 14.
The Nutcracker, book: Sarah Brandt; lyrics and
music: Neal Richardson (also dir); dir: Bruce
Longworth. Nov 8-Dec 31.
Over the Tavern, Tom Dudzick; dir: Edward
Stern. Dec 1-26. Co-production with Cincinnati
Playhouse in the Park, OH.
The Fall of Heaven, Walter Mosley; dir: Seth
Gordon. Jan 5-30.
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion;
dir: Priscilla Lindsay. Jan 12-30.
Trail of Tears, Kathryn Schultz Miller; dir: Jason
Cannon, Neal Richardson. Jan 18-Apr 2.
Macbeth, Shakespeare; dir: Paul Mason Barnes.
Feb 9-Mar 6.
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah
Ruhl; dir: Stuart Carden. Mar 9-27.
Beehive: The 60's Musical, Larry Gallagher;
dir: Pamela Hunt. Mar 16-Apr 10.
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis,
www.shakespearefestivalstlouis.org
The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare.
May 25-Jun 19.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company,
(314) 534-3810, www.theblackrep.org
Pericles, Shakespeare; dir: Andrea Frye.
Jan 5-30.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Ron Himes.
Feb 9-Mar 6.
The Real McCoy, Andrew Moodie (also dir).
Mar 16-Apr 10.
Black Pearl Sings, Frank Higgins; dir: Andrea
Frye. Apr 20-May 15.
The Montford Point Marine, Samm-Art Williams;
dir: Ron Himes. May 25-Jun 26.
Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, (816) 531-7529,
www.unicorntheatre.org
[title of show], book: Hunter Bell; lyrics and
music: Jeff Bowen; dir: Anthony T. Edwards, Missy
Koonce. Thru Oct 10.
The Seafarer, Conor McPherson; dir: Mark
Robbins. Oct 20-Nov 7.
Distracted, Lisa Loomer; dir: Cynthia Levin.
Nov 23-Dec 12.
A Very Joan Crawford Christmas, Jeff Church
(also dir), Ron Megee. Dec 8-26.
In The Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah
Ruhl; dir: Sidonie Garrett. Jan 26-Feb 13.
Two Jews Walk Into a War ..., Sethi Rozin;
dir: Cynthia Levin. Mar 2-20.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Ricardo Khan.
Apr 13-May 1.
Upstream Theater, St. Louis, (314) 863-4999,
www.upstreamtheater.org
Oedipus King, trans: David Slavitt; dir: Philip
Boehm. Oct 8-24.
Cooking with Elisa, Lucia Laragione; trans: Philip
Boehm; dir: Bonnie Taylor Jan 7-23.
Death of Atahualpa, Philip Boehm (also dir). Apr 1-17.
MONTANA
Montana Repertory Theatre, Missoula,
www.montanarep.org
Season TBA
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Lincoln,
www.unl.edu/rep/Nebraska_Repertory_Theatre
Season TBA
Omaha Theater Company, (402) 345-4849,
www.rosetheater.org
Go, Dog. Go!, Oct 22-Nov 7.
Peter Pan--The Musical, lyrics: Betty Comden,
Adolph Green, Carolyn Leigh; music: Mark
Charlap, Jule Styne. Nov 26-Dec 19.
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, adapt: Jim
Hoggatt. Dec 26-30.
The Misfits, adapt: Brian Guehring. Feb 4-13.
Fantastic Mr. Fox, adapt: David Wood.
Feb 25-Mar 13.
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, music:
Stephen Gabriel, Timothy A. McDonald (also lyrics and book), Jonathan Waller (also lyrics), David
Weinstein. Apr 1-17.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day, lyrics: Judith Viorst; music: Shelly
Markham. Apr 29-May 15.
The Sound of Music, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein
II; music: Richard Rodgers. Jun 3-19.
The Rose Theater, Omaha, www.rosetheater.org
Season TBA
NEW JERSEY
Bickford Theatre, Morristown,
www.bickfordtheatre.org
Mack & Mabel, book: Michael Stewart; lyrics and
music: Jerry Herman; dir: Eric Hafen. Thru Oct 17.
Moonlight and Magnolias, Ron Hutchinson;
dir: Barbara Krajkowski. Nov 11-Dec 5.
The Little Dog Laughed, Douglas Carter Beane;
dir: Eric Hafen. Jan 20-Feb 13.
I Hate Hamlet, Paul Rudnick; dir: Eric Hafen.
Apr 28-May 22.
East Lynne Theater Company, Cape May,
www.eastlynnetheater.org
Season TBA
George Street Playhouse,
New Brunswick, (732) 246-7717,
www.georgestplayhouse.org
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker;
dir: Anders Cato. Oct 5-31.
[title of show], book: Hunter Bell; lyrics and
music: Jeff Bowen, Nov 16-Dec 12.
A Fox on the Fairway, Ken Ludwig; dir: David
Saint. Mar 22-Apr 17.
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza. May 10-Jun 5.
McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton,
(609) 258-2787, www.mccarter.org
Aurelia's Oratorio, dir: Victoria Thierree Chaplin.
Thru Oct 17. Co-production with Crying Out Loud,
United Kingdom.
An Iliad, adapt: Denis O'Hare, Lisa Peterson;
trans: Robert fa*gles. Oct 19-Nov 7.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: David Thompson;
dir: Michael Unger. Dec 5-26.
The How and the Why, Sarah Treem;
dir: Emily Mann. Jan 7-Feb 13.
Crimes of the Heart, Beth Henley; dir: Liesl
Tommy. Mar 8-27.
Sleeping Beauty Wakes, book: Rachel
Sheinkin; lyrics: Valerie Vigoda; music: Brendan
Milburn; dir: Rebecca Taichman.
Apr 29-Jun 5.
New Jersey Repertory Company,
Long Branch, (732) 229-3166, www.njrep.org
Character Assassins, Charlie Schulman;
dir: Dana Benningfield. Thru Oct 31.
The Tangled Skirt, Steve Braunstein;
dir: Evan Bergman. Dec 2-Jan 23.
Puma, Frank Evans, Julie Gilbert;
dir: SuzAnne Barabas. Feb 24-Apr 3.
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, (973) 376-4343,
www.papermill.org
Hairspray, adapt: Thomas Meehan from Mark
O'Donnell; lyrics: Marc Shaiman (also music),
Scott Wittman. Thru Oct 17.
Les Miserables, book: Alain Boublil; lyrics:
Herbert Kretzmer; music: Claude-Michel
Schonberg. Nov 19-Dec 26.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
book: Rachel Sheinkin; lyrics and music: William
Finn. Jan 19-Feb 13.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove;
lyrics and music: Stephen Sondheim.
Mar 16-Apr 10.
Curtains, Rupert Holmes; lyrics: Fred Ebb;
music: John Kander. Apr 27-May 22.
Passage Theatre Company, Trenton,
www.passagetheatre.org
Season TBA
Revision Theatre, Asbury Park, (732) 455-3059,
www.ReVisionTheatre.org
The Rocky Horror Show, book, lyrics and music:
Richard O'Brien; dir: Thomas Morrissey.
Oct 21-31.
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey,
Madison, (973) 408-5600,
www.shakespearenj.org
All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare;
dir: Stephen Fried. Thru Oct 10.
The Lion In Winter, James Goldman; dir: Paul
Mullins. Oct 20-Nov 14.
I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith; dir: Cameron
Watson. Dec 1-Jan 2.
Two River Theater Company, Red Bank,
(732) 345-1400, www.trtc.org
Intimate Apparel, Lynn Nottage; dir: Seret Scott.
Thru Oct 10.
Opus, Michael Hollinger; dir: Matthew Arbour.
Oct 26-Nov 14.
Charlotte's Web, adapt: Joseph Robinette;
dir: Matt Pfeiffer. Dec 7-Jan 2.
A Thousand Clowns, Herb Gardner; dir: Davis
McCallum. Feb 1-20.
Candida, Shaw. Mar 22-Apr 10.
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living
in Paris, adapt and trans: Eric Blau, Mort
Shuman; lyrics: Jacques Brel.
May 17-Jun 5.
NEW MEXICO
FUSION Theatre Company, Albuquerque,
(505) 766-9412, www.fusionabq.org
Happy Days, Beckett. Oct 28-14.
The New Electric Ballroom, Enda Walsh.
Jan 27-Feb 13.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from John
Buchan, Hitchco*ck. Apr 14-May1
The Seven (festival), Jun 9-12
Theater Grottesco, Santa Fe,
www.theatergrottesco.org
Season TBA
Tricklock Theatre Co., Albuquerque,
www.tricklock.com
Season TBA
NEW YORK
The 52nd Street Project, NYC, (212) 642-5052,
www.52project.org
Playback 2010, Oct 22-24.
Playmaking Fall 2010, Dec 10-12.
The Acting Company, NYC,
www.theactingcompany.org
Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare; music: Victor
Zupanc; dir: Penny Metropulos.
Oct 22-Apr 10- Co-production with the Guthrie
Theater, MN.
The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare; dir: Ian
Belknap. Jan 8-Apr 10. Co-production with the Guthrie Theater, MN.
Adirondack Theatre Festival, Glen Falls,
www.atfestival.org
Season TBA
Amas Musical Theatre, Inc, NYC,
www.amasmusical.org
Season TBA
Atlantic Theater Company, NYC,
(212) 279-4200, www.atlantictheater.org
No Dogs Allowed, Sonia Manzano; lyrics: Billy
Aronson; music: Stephen Lawrence; dir: Josh
Lewis. Oct 10-Nov 1.
Bottom of the World, Lucy Thurber. Thru Oct 3.
A Life in the Theatre, David Mamet; dir: Neil
Pepe. Thru Oct 24.
The Collection and A Kind of Alaska, Pinter.
Nov 3-Dec 12.
The New York Idea, adapt: David Auburn from
Langdon Mitchell. Jan 6-Feb 13.
Four Pickups, Ethan Coen; dir: Neil Pepe.
Apr 13-May 8.
10x25, May 18-Jun 26.
Bond Street Theatre, NYC, www.bondst.org
Season TBA
Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany,
(518) 445-7469, www.capitalrep.org
33 Variations, Moises Kaufman; dir: Gordon
Greenberg. Thru Oct 3.
Cactus Flower, Abe Burrows; dir: Michael Bush.
Oct 22-Nov 14.
A Christmas Story, Philip Grecian; dir: Maggie
Mancinelli-Cahill. Nov 26-Jan 2.
Shipwrecked, Donald Margulies; dir: Terence
Lamude. Jan 21-Feb 13.
Crowns, Regina Taylor. Mar 4-Apr 3.
Kingdom of the Shore, Terence Lamude.
May 26-Jun 19.
Castillo Theatre, NYC, (2t2) 941-1234,
www.castillo.org
Musical Comedy Improv at Castillo,
dir: David Nackman. Aug 14-May 29.
All Stars Talent Show Network, Thru Dec 31.
Playing with Heiner Mutter, Heiner Muller;
trans: Carl Weber; lyrics and music: Fred
Newman; dir: Gabrielle L. Kurlander.
Nov 5-Dec 12.
Mr. Hirsch Died Yesterday, Fred Newman;
dir: Woodie King, Jr. Jan 21.
Young Playwrights from Castillo, various young
playwrights. Mar 4-13.
License to Dream, book and lyrics: Fred
Newman; music: David Truskinoff; dir: David
Nackman. Apr 22-May 22.
Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC,
www.cherrylanetheatre.org
Season TBA
The Cider Mill Playhouse, Endicott,
(607) 748-7363, www.cidermillplayhouse.org
BBC Murders, adapt: David Ossman,
Judith Walcutt from Agatha Christie.
Thru Oct 10.
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change,
book and lyrics: Joe DiPietro; music: Jimmy
Roberts. Nov 4-28.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: John Bielenberg.
Dec 9-22.
Unnecessary Farce, Paul Slade Smith.
Jan 27-Feb 20.
Bach at Leipzig, Itamar Moses. Mar 10-27.
Sylvia, A.R. Gurney. Apr 14-May 8.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
book: Rachel Sheinkin; lyrics and music: William
Finn. Jun 2-26.
The Civilians, NYC, www.thecivilians.org
Season TBA
Classic Stage Company, NYC, (2123 677-4210,
www.classicstage.org
Orlando, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Rebecca Taichman.
Thru Oct 17.
Three Sisters, Chekhov; trans: Paul Schmidt;
dir: Austin Pendleton. Jan 12-Feb 20.
Double Falsehood, adapt: Lewis Theobald from
John Fletcher, Shakespeare; dir: Brian Kulick.
Mar 11-Apr 3.
The Young Company: As You Like It,
Shakespeare; dir: James Rutherford.
Mar 21-Apr 3. Co-production with the Graduate
Acting Program of the Columbia University
School of the Arts.
School for Lies, David Ives; dir: Walter Bobbie.
Apr 12-May 22.
First Look Festival: Moliere's School for
Wives, Tartuffe, The Misanthrope. May 2-16.
Unnatural Acts, Tony Speciale (also dir).
Jun 11-Jul 10.
Clubbed Thumb, NYC, www.clubbedthumb.org
Season TBA
Depot Theatre, Westport, www.depottheatre.org
Season TBA
Elevator Repair Service Theater, Brooklyn,
www.elevator.org
Season TBA
Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC,
(212) 247-4982, www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org
Octoberfest 2010, Thru Oct 16.
Photograph 51, Anna Ziegler; dir: Linsay Firman.
Oct 27-Nov 21.
Youngblood Mainstage TBA, Jan 6-Feb 5.
EST Mainstage TBA, Feb 16-Mar 13.
First Light Festival, Mar 21-Apr 10.
Marathon of One-Act Plays, May 20-Jun 25.
Epic Theatre Center, NYC,
www.epictheatreensemble.org
Season TBA
The Foundry Theatre, NYC,
www.thefoundrytheatre.org
Season TBA
Geva Theatre Center, Rochester,
(585) 232-4382, www.gevatheatre.org
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer; dir: Paul Mason Barnes.
Thru Oct 3.
Carry It On, Philip Himberg, Maureen McGovern;
dir: Philip Himberg. Oct 12-Nov 14.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Mark Cuddy; lyrics
and music: Gregg Coffin; dir: Mark Cuddy.
Nov 26-Dec 26.
I'll Be Geneseeing You--The Second City Does
Rochester, the Second City. Jan 4-30.
Over the Tavern, Tom Dudzick; dir: Skip Greer.
Feb 15-Mar 13.
Radio Golf, August Wilson; dir: Timothy Bond.
Mar 22-Apr 17. Co-production with Syracuse
Stage, NY.
The Music Man, book, lyrics and music: Meredith
Willson; dir: Mark Cuddy. Apr 27-Jun 5.
Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, www.hangartheatre.org
Season TBA
HERE Arts Center, NYC, (212) 352-3101,
www.here.org
Steeping Beauty, Colette Garrigan, Company
Acces L'Air. Thru Oct 2.
My Life in a Nutshell, Oct 8-25.
The Fortune Teller, dir: Jessica Grindstaff, Erik
Sanko. Oct 28-Dec 4.
Soul Leaves Her Body, dir: Peter Flahery. Nov 5-23.
As the Eyes of the Seahorse, music: the Mural
and the Mint Dec 9-11.
Culturemart, Jan 10-Jan 23.
MOSHEH, music: Yoav Goal; dir: Kameron Steele.
Jan 26-Feb 5.
Puppetry Festival: Sonnambula & Don
Cristobal: Billy Club Man, Michael Bodel, Erin
Orr; music: Rima Fand. Jun 6-27.
Irish Classical Theatre Company, Buffalo,
(716) 853-4282, www.irishclassicaltheatre.com
The Cant, Shay Linehan; dir: Vincent O'Neill,
Fortunato Pezzimenti. Thru Oct 3.
The Dead, adapt and lyrics: Richard Nelson from
James Joyce; music: Shaun Davey; dir: Derek
Campbell. Nov 11-Dec 5.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams;
dir: Greg Natale. Jan 13-Feb 6.
The Mandrake, Niccoio Machiavelli; trans: Peter
Constantine; dir: Fortunate Pezzimenti.
Mar 3-27.
Shining City, Conor McPherson; dir: Gordon
McCall. Apr 28-May 22.
The Playboy of the Western World, John
Millington Synge; dir: Derek Campbell. Jun 2-26.
Irondale Ensemble Project, Brooklyn,
(718) 488-9233, www.irondaIe.org
Je Suis Dead, Fool's Proof, Gey Pin Ang (also
dir), Linda Kerr Scott; book and lyrics: Barry Han.
Thru Oct 2.
Big Box of Distractions: Kids' Day at the
Theater, Oct 2-May 14.
In the Footprint, the Civilians. Nov 12-Dec 6.
Co-production with the Civilians, NY
M. Edgar Rosenblum Awards, Nov 15.
Jazzwerkstatt, Nov 26-28.
alice ... Alice ... ALICE!, adapt and dir: Jim Niesen
and Irondale Ensemble. Dec 14-30.
Flic Fest-Dance Festival, Jan 18-29.
Treasure Island, adapt: B.H. Barry (also dir),
Vernon Morris. Feb 8-Mar 26.
Murrow's Boys, Jim Niesen (also dir) and
Irondale Ensemble. May 4-Jun 4.
Delerious Dance Company, Jun 8-18.
Japan Society, NYC, (212) 715-1258,
www.japansociety.org
Interrogations: Words of the Zen Masters,
Yoshi Oida (also dir); music: Wolf-Dieter Trustedt.
Oct 8-9.
Trance--Contemporary Japanese Plays in
English Translation, (Staged Reading), Shoji
Kogami; trans: Amy Kassai; dir: Ken Rus Schmoll.
Nov 15.
Aoi no Ue--traditional Noh, book, lyrics and
music: Zeami. Mar 24-26.
Kitchen Theatre Company, Ithaca,
(607) 273-4497, www.kitchentheatre.org
The Brothers Size, Tarell Alvin McCraney;
dir: Jesse Bush. Oct 27-Nov 7.
The Santaland Diaries, David Sedaris; dir: Jesse
Bush. Nov 27-Dec 19.
Bed and Sofa, book: Laurence Klavan; music:
Polly Pen; dir: Susannah Berryman. Jan 19-Feb 6.
boom, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb; dir: Samuel Buggeln.
Feb 23-Mar 13.
The Tricky Part, Marty Moran. Mar 23-Apr 10.
S/HE, Zeynep Kacar, Tammy Ryan; dir; Melanie
Dreyer. May 4-15.
Mary's Wedding, Stephen Massicotte; dir: Rachel
Lampert. Jun 8-19.
At a Loss, Jason Odell Williams. Jut 13-31.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, NYC, (212) 475-7710,
www.lamama.org
Ritter, Dene, Voss: One Little Goat Theatre
Company Canada, Thomas Bernhard; trans:
P Jansen, K Northcott; dir: Adam Seelig.
Thru Oct 10,
Fioretti in Musica: Opera in Danza, book and
dir: Gian Marco Lo Forte; music: Ryan Carter,
Sasha Zamler-Carhart. Thru Oct 17.
Am Going To Run Away: Poor Baby Bree, Bree
Benton (also dir). Oct 1-10.
Journey into the Mysterious World of Madness,
Dario D'Ambrosi (also dir). Oct 14-31.
Chopin Impression: Bialystok Puppet Theatre--
Poland, Leslaw Piecka (also dir), Wojciech
Szelachowski. Oct 21-Nov 7.
Folktales from Asia and Africa, dir: Jane
Catherine Shaw. Oct 23-Nov 7.
Wake Up, You're Dead: Brooklyn Art
Department, dir: Aaron Haskell. Oct 29-Nov 7.
Waiting for the Dream, adapt and dir: Irina
Brook; trans: Marie-Paule Ramo. Nov 4-7.
The Painted Bird / Bastard (Part I): Palissimo
Dance, music: Christian Frederickson. Nov 11-21.
In Retrospect: Loco 7, music: Elizabeth Swados;
dir: Federico Restrepo. Nov 11-28.
Broken Nails--Marlene Dietrich Dialogues:
Wiczy Theatre, Romuald Wicza Pokojski (also dir). Nov 12-21.
East Village Dance Project, Nov 26-28.
Pass the Blutwurst Bitte, dir: John Kelly.
Dec 2-Oct 19.
The Melody of Things: The New Stage Theatre
Co., dir: Ildiko Nemeth. Dec 2-19.
The Orphans: La Criature Dance Theatre,
Karina Casiano (also dir); dir: Daniel Irizarry.
Dec 3-12.
Lark Play Development Center, NYC, (212) 246-2676, www.larktheatre.org Playwrights' Week 2010, Oct 18-23. U.S./MEXICO Playwright Exchange,
Nov 20-22.
Two Point Oh, Jeffrey Jackson, Dec 16-17,
the road weeps, the well runs dry, Marcus
Gardley. Jan 13-14.
100 Planes, Lila Rose Kaplan. Feb 17-18.
My Secret Language of Wishes, Cori Thomas.
Mar 3-4.
The Two Roberts, Migdalia Cruz. Apr 7-8,
Night Over Erzinga, Adriana Sevan.
May 1-7.
Playwrights' Workshop Readings, Neena Beber,
Carla Ching, Greg Kotis, Tommy Smith, Doug
Wright. May 16-20.
puss* Valley, Katori Hall. Jun 9.
Lincoln Center Theater, NYC, (212) 239 6200,
www.lct.org
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,
book: Jeffrey Lane; lyrics and music: David
Yazbek; dir: Bartlett Sher. Oct 2-Jan 23.
A Free Man of Color, John Guare; dir: George C.
Wolfe. 0ct 21-Jan 9.
The Coward, Nick Jones; dir: Sam Gold.
Nov 8-Dec 5,
Other Desert Cities, Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Joe
Mantello. Dec 16-Feb 27.
When I Come to Die, Nathan Louis Jackson;
dir: Thomas Kail. Jan 31-Feb 27.
War Horse, adapt: Nick Stafford; dir: Marianne
Elliott, Tom Morris. Mar 17-Jun 26. Co-production
with the National Theatre of Great Britian.
A Minister's Wife, adapt: Austin Pendleton;
lyrics: Jan Tranen; music: Joshua Schmidt;
dir: Michael Halberstam. Apr 7-Jun 12.
Mabou Mines, NYC, www.maboumines.org
Season TBA
Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC, (212) 947-8844,
www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com
The Pitmen Painters, Lee Hall; dir: Max Roberts.
Thru Nov 14.
Spirit Control, Beau Willimon; dir: Henry
Wishcamper. Oct 7-Dec 5.
The Whipping Man, Matthew Lopez; dir: Doug
Hughes, Jan 13-Mar 13.
Good People, David Lindsay-Abaire; dir: Daniel
Sullivan. Feb 8-Apr 10.
Carl's Sister, Alfred Uhry; dir: Lynne Meadow.
May 10-Jun 19.
Ma-Yi Theater Company, NYC,
www.ma-yitheatre.org
Microcrisis, Michael Lew; dir: Ralph Pena.
Thru Oct 24.
I_NY, Ralph Peha; dir: Loy Arcenas,
Jan 11-Feb 6.
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Auburn,
(315) 255-1785, www.merry-go-round.com
Ring of Fire: The Johnny Cash Musical,
Thru Oct 9.
Church Basem*nt Ladies 2: A Second Helping,
Oct 13-30.
Mirror Repertory Co., NYC,
www.mirrorrepertory.com
Season TBA
NACL Theatre, Highland Lake, (845) 557-0694,
www.nacI.org
Warning: These Potato Chips May Contain
Potatoes, Tannis Kowalchuk (also dir), Jane
Wells. Jun 25.
Naked AnqelS, NYC, www.nakedangels.com
A Long and Happy Life, Bekah Brunstetter;
dir: Pippin Parker. Oct 14-Nov 21.
Naked Footprints: An Issues Project, Mar 3-12.
TBA, dir: Geoffrey Nauffts. Jun 9-Jul 31.
New Dramatists, Inc, NYC,
wwiv.newdramatists.org
Season TBA
New Georges, NYC, www.newgeorges.org
The Germ Project, Kara Lee Corthron, Lynn
Rosen, Kathryn Walat, Anna Ziegler. Apr 1-May 1.
New York Theatre Workshop, NYC,
(212) 460-5475, www.nytw.org
The Little Foxes, Lillian Hellman; dir: Ivo van
Hove. Thru Oct 31.
Three Pianos, Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy, Dave
Malloy; dir: Rachel Chavkin. Dec 7-Jan 9.
Peter and the Startcatchers, Rick Elice;
dir: Roger Rees. Feb 18-Apr 3.
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World,
lyrics: Joy Gregory (also book), Gunnar Madsen
(also music); dir: John Langs.
May 1-Jun 30. Co-production with Playwrights
Horizons, NY.
Incubator Arts Project, NYC,
www.ontotogical.com Season TBA
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, NYC,
www.panasianrep.org
NEWWORKS 2011. Jan 25 30.
VIETNAM PROJECT II: "We Are", Minh Ngoc
Nguyen (also dir). Mar 18-26.
Monster, Derek Nguyen: dir: Kaipo Schwab. Mar 29-Apr 17.
The Pearl Theatre Company, NYC,
(212) 598-9802, www.pearitheatre.org
The Sneeze, Michael Frayn; dir: J.R. Sullivan.
Thru Oct 31.
Rosmersholm, adapt: Mike Poulton from Ibsen;
dir: Elinor Renfield. Nov 12-Dec 19.
The Misanthrope, trans: Richard Wilbur;
dir: Joseph Hanreddy. Jan 14-Feb 20.
Wittenberg, David Davalos; dir; J.R. Sullivan.
Mar 11-Apr 17.
Ping Chong and Company, NYC,
www.pingchong.org
CATHAY: Three Tales of China, Ping Chong (also dir). Oct 28-31.
Throne of Blood, adapt and dir: Ping Chong.
Nov 10-13. Co-production with Oregon
Shakespeare Festival.
Cry for Justice, Ping Chong (also dir). Dec 9-11.
The Play Company, NYC, www.playco.org
Edgewise, Eliza Clark; dir: Trip Cullman.
Nov 10-Dec 5. Co-production with Page 73, NY.
Playwrights Horizons, NYC, (212) 279-4200,
www.playwrightshorizons. org
Me, Myself & I, Edward Albee; dir: Emily Mann.
Thru Oct 31.
After the Revolution, Amy Herzog; dir: Carolyn
Cantor. Oct 21-Nov 28.
A Small Fire, Adam Bock; dir: Trip Cullman.
Dec 10-Jan 16.
Kin, Bathsheba Doran; dir: Sam Gold.
Feb 25-Apr 3.
Go Back to Where You Are, David Greenspan;
dir: Leigh Silverman. Mar 24-May 1.
The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World, lyrics: Joy
Gregory (also book), Gunnar Madsen (also music);
dir: John Langs. May 13-Jun 26. Co-production
with New York Theatre Workshop.
Pregones Theater, Bronx, (718) 535-1202,
www.pregones.org
The Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat, adapt and dir: Rosalba Rolon; music: Desmar Guevara.
Nov 3-21.
The Public Theater, NYC, (212) 239-6200,
www.pubticth8ater.org
GATZ, F. Scott Fitzgerald; dir: John Collins.
Thru Oct 31.
In the Wake, Lisa Kron; dir: Leigh Silverman.
Oct 19-Nov 21.
The Great Game: Afghanistan, Richard Bean,
Lee Blessing, David Edgar, David Greig, Amit
Gupta, Ron Hutchinson, Stephen Jeffreys, Abi
Morgan, Ben Ockrent, Simon Stephens, Colin
Teevan, Joy Wilkinson; dir: Nicolas Kent, Indhu
Rubasingham. Dec 1-19.
Compulsion, Rinne Groff; dir: Oskar Eustis.
Feb 1-Mar 6. Co-production with Berkeley
Repertory Theatre, CA, and Yale Repertory
Theatre, CT.
The Intelligent hom*osexual's Guide to
Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the
Scriptures, Tony Kushner; dir: Michael Greif.
Mar 22-Jun 12. Co-production with
Signature Theatre Company, NY, and the Guthrie
Theater, MN.
Red Bull Theater, NYC, www.redbulttheater.com Macbeth (workshop), adapt and dir: Daniel Fish. Oct 1-Nov 1.
Repertorio Espanol, NYC, (212) 225-9999,
www.repertorio.org
Pantaleon y las visitadoras (Captain Pantoja &
The Special Service), adapt: Jorge All Triana
(also dir), Veronica Triana (also lyrics); trans:
Alberto Galindo; music: Andres Cabas.
Sep 4-Aug 31.
La gringa, Carmen Rivera; trans and dir: Rene
Buch. Thru Jun 15.
El insolito caso de Mis' Pina Colada (The Preposterous Case of Miss Pina Colada), Carlos
Ferrari; trans: Alberto Galindo; dir: Rene Buch,
Fernando Then. Thru Aug 31.
La vida en los Esclavos Unidos (Life in the United Slaves), Saulo Garcia; dir: Juan Carlos
Talero. Thru Aug 31.
El insomnio americano (American Insomnia),
Saulo Garcia; dir: Leandro Fernandez.
Thru Aug 31.
La casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba), Federico Garcia Lorca; dir; Rene
Buch. Thru Jun 1.
Way to Heaven, Juan Mayorga; trans: David Johnston; dir: Matthew Earnest. Thru Nov 1.
El beso del adios (Kiss Bessemer Goodbye),
Tencha Avila; dir: Jerry RuIz. Oct 1-Feb 1.
El Quijote, adapt: Santiago Garcia; trans: Heather
L. McKay; dir; Jorge Ali Triana. Oct 1-Feb 1.
La vida es sueno (Life Is a Dream), Pedro
Calderon de La Barca; dir: Rene Buch. Oct 1-Feb 1.
La casa de los espiritus (The House of the Spirits), adapt, trans and lyrics: Caridad Svich;
music: Ricardo Bustamante; dir: Jose Zayas.
Oct 1-Feb 1.
Cronica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of
a Death Foretold), adapt: Fabio Rubiano; trans:
Ileana Fuentes; music: Ricardo Jaramillo;
dir: Jorge Ali Triana. Oct 1-Feb 1.
La fiesta del chivo (The Feast of the Goat),
adapt: Jorge Alf Triana (also dir), Veronica Triana;
trans: Iliana Fuentes. Oct 1-Feb 1.
Dona Flor y sus dos maridos (Doha Flor & Her Two Husbands), adapt: Jorge Ali Triana (also dir),
Veronica Triana; trans: Alberto Galindo.
Oct 1-Feb 1.
Vagon (Boxcar), Silvia Gonzalez S.; trans: Rene
Buch, Alejandra Orozco; dir: Rene Buch.
Oct 1-Feb 1.
Ana en el tropico (Anna in the Tropics), Nilo
Cruz (also trans); dir: Rene Buch. Oct 15-Feb 1.
En el tiempo de las mariposas (In the Time of
the Butterflies), adapt and trans: Caridad Svich;
dir: Jose Zayas. Feb 15-Aug 31.
Ripe Time, Brooklyn, www.ripetime.org
Septimus & Clarissa, adapt: Ellen McLaughlin;
music: Gina Leishman; dir: Rachel Dickstein.
May 27-Jun 26.
Roundabout Theatre Company, NYC,
www.roundabouttheatre.org
Mrs. Warren's Profession, Shaw. Thru Nov 28.
Brief Encounter, Noel Coward. Thru Dec 5.
The Language Archive, Julia Cho. Thru Dec 19.
Second Stage Theatre, NYC, (212) 246-4422,
www.secondstagetheatre.com
Wings, Arthur Kopit. Oct 5-Nov 28.
Gruesome Playground Injuries, Rajiv Joseph;
dir: Scott Ellis. Jan 15-Feb 28.
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Lynn Nottage.
Apr 1-May 31.
Signature Theatre Company, NYC,
(212) 244-7529, www.signaturetheatre.org
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National
Themes, Part 1: Millennium Approaches,
Tony Kushner; music: Michael Friedman;
dir: Michael Greif. Thru Jan 30.
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National
Themes Part 2: Perestroika, Tony Kushner;
music: Michael Friedman; dir: Michael Greif.
Thru Jan 30.
The Intelligent hom*osexual's Guide to
Capitalism and Socialism with a Key
to the Scriptures, Tony Kushner; dir: Michael
Greif. Mar 22-Jun 12. Co-production with the
Public Theater, NY, and the Guthrie Theater, MN.
The Illusion, Tony Kushner; dir; Michael Mayer.
Apr 19-Jun 18.
SITI Company, NYC, www.siti.org
Radio Macbeth, Shakespeare; dir: Anne Bogart, Darron West. Oct 5-16.
War of the Worlds--the Radio Play, Howard
Koch; dir: Anne Bogart, Darron West. Oct 8-16.
Trojan Women, adapt: Jocelyn Clarke from
Euripides; music: Christian Frederickson;
dir: Anne Bogart. Nov 5-6.
Death and the Ploughman, Johannes von Saaz;
trans: Michael West; dir: Anne Bogart. Jan 29.
Radio Macbeth, Shakespeare;
dir: Anne Bogart, Darron West. Feb 4-5.
Radio Macbeth, Shakespeare; dir: Anne Bogart,
Darron West. Mar 29, Apr 1, Apr 5-6.
Under Construction, Charles Mee;
dir: Anne Bogart. Apr 19-May 8.
Soho Repertory Theatre, NYC,
www.sohorep.org
Orange, Hat, & Grace, Gregory Moss; dir: Sarah
Benson. Thru Oct 10.
JoMAMA JONES: RADIATE, Daniel Alexander
Jones; dir: Bobby Halvorson, Kym Moore.
Jan 1-31. Co-production with New Dramatists, NY.
StageWorks/Hudson, Hudson,
www.stageworkshudson.org Season TBA
Summer Play Festival, NYC, www.spfnyc.org
Season TBA
Sundance Institute Theatre Program, NYC,
www.sundance.org
Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at
Ucross. Feb 7-25.
Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Banff
Centre. War 27-Apr 17.
Sundance Institute East Africa. Jul 1-30.
Syracuse Stage, (315) 443-3275,
www.syracusGstage.org
No Child..., Nilaja Sun; dir: Timothy Bond.
Thru Oct 10.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow; dir: Peter
Amster. Oct 20-Nov 7. Co-production with the
Cleveland Playhouse, OH.
A Christmas Story, Philip Grecian; dir: Seth
Gordon. Nov 30-Dec 30.
Rent, book, lyrics and music: Jonathan Larson;
dir: Anthony Salatino. Jan 18-Feb 13.
Radio Golf, August Wilson;
dir: Timothy Bond. Feb 23-Mar 13. Co-production
with Geva Theatre Center, (MY.
The Miracle Worker, William Gibson; dir: Paul
Barnes. Mar 23-Apr 23.
The Clean House, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Michael
Barakiva. May 4-22.
Talking Band, NYC, www.talkingband.org Season TBA
Target Margin Theater, Brooklyn,
www.targetmargin.org
Annual Target Margin Theater Lab, Nov 4-20.
Co-production with the Brick, NY. Second Language, dir: David Herskovits. Feb 17-26. The Tempest, Shakespeare; dir: David Herskovits. Apr 28-May 28.
The TEAM, Brooklyn, www.theteamplays.org Season TBA
Teatro IATI, NYC, www.teatroiati.org Season TBA
Tectonic Theatre Project, nyc,
www.tectonictheaterproject.org
Gato con Botas, music: Xavier Monsalvatge;
dir; Moises Kaufman. Oct 1-10.
Theater Breaking Through Barriers,
NYC, www.tbtb.org Season TBA
Theatre for a New Audience, NYC, www.TFANA.org
Notes from Underground, adapt: William Camp,
Robert Woodruff (also dir) from Dostoevsky.
Nov 7-20. Co-production with Yale Repertory
Theatre, NY.
Cymbeline, Shakespeare; dir: Noah Brody,
Ben Steinfeld. Jan 13-30.
The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare; dir: Darko
Tresnjak. Feb 27-Mar 13.
Macbeth, Shakespeare; dir: Arin Arbus.
Mar 12-Apr 22.
Urban Stages, NYC, www.urbanstages.org Season TBA
Vital Theatre Company, NYC,
www.vitaltheatre.org Season TBA
The Wooster Group, NYC, (212) 966-3651,
www.tbewoostergroup.org
Vieux Carre, Tennessee Williams; dir: Elizabeth
LeCompte. Feb 2-27.
The Working Theater, NYC,
www.theworkingtbeater.org Season TBA
NORTH CAROLINA
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, (704) 342-2251,
www.actorstbeatrecharlotte.org
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Chip Decker. Thru Oct 2.
Becky's New Car, Steven Dietz; dir: Sheila Snow
Proctor. Oct 22-Nov 13.
Every Christmas Story Ever Told, John K.
Alvarez, Michael Carleton, Jim Fitzgerald; lyrics:
Will Knapp; dir: Craig Spradley. Dec 1-18.
Blue Door, Tanya Barfield; dir: Chip Decker,
Feb 11-Mar 5,
Dead Man's Cell Phone, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Ann
Marie Costa. Apr 1-23.
TBA. Jun 3-25.
Burning Coal Theatre Company, Raleigh,
(919) 834-4001, www.burningcoal.org Playground, Jonathan Fitts; dir: Kylie McCormick. Thru Oct 10.
St. Nicholas, Conor McPherson; dir: Randolph Curtis Rand. Nov 4-21.
Crowns, Regina Taylor; dir: Rebecca Holderness. Dec 2-19.
Blue, Kelly Doyle; dir: Mark Sutch. Jan 13-30. The Fantastical Nature of Motherhood, Sylvia Mallory. Mar 10-19. The Shape of the Table, David Edgar; dir: Jerome Davis. Apr 7-24. p*rnography, Simon Stephens; dir: Kevin Otos. Apr 28-May 8.
North Carolina Stage Company, Asheville, (828) 239-0263, www.ncstage.org Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, Tony Kushner; dir: Angie Flynn-Mclver. Oct 13-Nov 7.
Live from WVL Radio Theatre: It's a Wonderful Life, adapt: Willie V.R. Repoley. Nov 26-Dec 4. Boeing Boeing, Marc Camoletti; trans: Beverley Cross, Francis Evans; dir: Neela Munoz. Feb 16-Mar 13.
One Flea Spare, Naomi Wallace; dir: Angie Flynn-Mclver. Apr 13-May 1.
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams; dir: Hans Meyer. Jun 1-19.
Parkway Playhouse, Burnsville,
www.parkwayplayhouse.com Season TBA
PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill,
(919) 962-7529, www.playmakersrep.org
As You Like it, Shakespeare; dir: Joseph Haj.
Thru Oct 10.
Fences, August Wilson; dir; Seret Scott.
Oct 27-NOV 14.
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Donald
Margulies; dir: Tom Quaintance. Dec 1-19.
Exit Cuckoo, Lisa Ramirez; dir; Colman Domingo.
Jan 12-16.
Angeis in America: Perestroika, Tony Kushner;
dir: Brendon Fox. Jan 29-Mar 6.
Angles in America: Millennium Approaches,
Tony Kushner; dir: Brendon Fox. Jan 29-Mar 6.
Big River, book: William Hauptman; lyrics and
music: Roger Miller; dir: Joseph Haj. Apr 6-24.
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion.
Apr 27-May 1.
Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre,
Mars Hill, www.sartplays.org Season TBA
Triad Stage, Greensboro, (336) 272-0160,
www.triadstage.org
Educating Rita, Willy Russell; dir: Eleanor
Holdridge. Oct 17-Nov 7,
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Preston Lane;
dir: Preston Lane. Nov 26-Dec 24.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello from
David Sedaris. Dec 1-18.
The Sunset Limited, Cormac McCarthy;
dir: Preston Lane. Feb 13-Mar 6.
Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling; dir: John Feltch.
Apr 10-May 1.
Masquerade, adapt and dir: Preston Lane from Ludvig Holberg. Jun 5-26.
OHIO
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company,
(513) 381-2273, www.cincyshakes.com
Dracula, adapt: Steven Dietz; dir: Brian Isaac
Phillips. Oct 13-Nov 7.
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare;
dir: Dan Kenney. Nov 24-Jan 2.
The Life and Death of King John, Shakespeare;
dir: Brian Isaac Phillips. Jan 12-30.
Pride and Prejudice, adapt: Jon Jory;
dir: Rebecca Bromels. Feb 16-Mar 13.
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare; dir: Matt Johnson.
Mar 23-Apr 23.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare:
dir: Brian Isaac Phillips. May 4-29.
The Canterbury Tales, adapt: Matt Johnson;
dir: Jeremy Dubin. Jun 8-26.
The Cleveland Play House, (216) 795 7000, www.clevelandplayhouse.com The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from Hitchco*ck; dir: Peter Amster. Thru Oct 10. Co-production with Syracuse Stage, NY. The Kite Runner, adapt: Matthew Spangler; dir: Marc Masterson. Oct 15-Nov 7. Co-production with Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY. This Wonderful Life, conceived by Mark Setlock, Steve Murray; dir: Peter Amster. Nov 26-Dec 19. Backwards in High Heels: The Ginger Musical, Lynnette Barkley, Christopher McGovern; dir: Scott Schwartz. Jan 7-30. Co-production with Arizona Theatre Company, Asolo Rep, FL, and San Jose Rep, CA.
The Trip to Bountiful, Horton Foote; dir: Timothy Douglas. Feb 4-27. Co-production with Round House Theatre, MD.
My Name Is Asher Lev, adapt: Aaron Posner; dir: Laura Kepley. Mar 4-27. Legacy of Light, Karen Zacarias; dir: Bart DeLorenzo. Apr 8-May 1.
Cleveland Public Theatre, (216) 631-2727,
www.cptonisne.org
The Book of Grace, Suzan-Lori Parks; dir: Sheffia
Randall Dooley. Thru Oct 16.
Don't Call Me Fat, Ozen Yula (also dir). Oct 7-30.
Kill Will, Josh Brown, Kelly Elliott; dir: Alison
Garricjan. Oct 14-30.
Opera Per Tutti presents II Tabaro, Giacomo
Puccini; dir: Kerry Glann, Scott Skiba. Oct 22-24.
Little Box, Nov 11-21.
Conni's Avant Garde Restaurant, Miss Conni
Convergence, the Avantgardists. Dec 2-19.
Big [Box], Jan 14-Mar 6.
Darwinii, Glen Berger, Brett Keyser; dir: Raymond
Bobgan. Mar 3-19.
NEOMFA Playwrights Festival. Mar11-27.
FEVER/DREAM, Sheila Callaghan; dir: Beth
Wood. Apr 7-23.
Hate This and And Then You Die (in repertory),
David Hansen; dir: Alison Garrigan. Apr 7-23.
Insomnia, Holly Holsinger, Karin Randoja (also dir), Chris Seibert. Apr 21-May 7
DanceWorks 11, May 5-Jun 5.
My Barking Dog, Eric Coble; dir: Jeremy Paul.
May 12-28.
Cut to Pieces, Raymond Bobgan (also dir) Chris
Seibert. May 26-Jun 4.
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland,
(216) 241-6000, www.greatlakestheater.org
Othello, Shakespeare; music: Michael Keck;
dir: Risa Brainin. Thru Oct 31.
An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde; music: Michael
Keck; dir: Sari Ketter. Oct 1-30.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Gerald Freedman
from Dickens; music: Robert Waldman;
dir: Victoria Bussert. Dec 3-23.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(Abridged), Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess
Winfield; dir: Charles Fee. Mar 11-27.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare;
dir: Charles Fee. Apr 8-23.
The Human Race Theatre Company, Dayton,
(937) 228-3630, www.humanracetheatre.org
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; dir: Marsha
Hanna, Scott Stoney. Thru Oct 10.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Joe Deer. Oct 21-Nov 7.
8-Track: The Sounds of the '70's, dir; Scott
Stoney. Dec 2-19.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare. Jan 27-Feb 13.
The Drowsy Chaperone, book: Bob Martin, Don
McKellar; lyrics and music: Lisa Lambert, Greg
Morrison; dir: Kevin Crewell. Mar 8-20.
Permanent Collection, Thomas Gibbons.
Apr 14-May 1.
right next to me, book, lyrics and music:
Gregg Coffin; dir: Meiissa Rain Anderson.
May 26-Jun 12.
OKLAHOMA
American Theatre Company, Tulsa,
(918) 596-7111, www.americantheatercompany.org
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
book: Rachel Sheinkin; lyrics and music: William
Finn; dir: Jeremy Stevens. Oct 22-30.
A Christmas Carol, lyrics: Richard Averill (also
music), Robert Odle (also book); dir: Edward
Durnal. Dec 5-23.
Speech & Debate, Stephen Karam; dir: Robert
Walters. Mar 4-12.
The Boy Who Ate Birthdays, Robert Walters;
dir: Bill Fears. Mar 31-Apr 3.
A Lesson Before Dying, Romulus Linney;
dir: Robert Walters. May 6-14.
The Taming of the Shrew, adapt: Dan McGeehan
from Shakespeare; dir: Dan McGeehan.
May 26-Jun 4.
OREGON
Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland,
(503) 241-1278, www.artistsrep.org
Ah, Wilderness!, Eugene O'Neill; dir; Patrick
Patton. Thru Oct 10.
The Hillsboro Story, Susan Banyas; dir: Allen
Nause. Oct 13-24.
Mars on Life--LIVE!, Nov 16-Dec 19.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Allen Nause.
Jan 4-Feb 6.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Martin McDonagh;
dir: JonKretzu. Feb 8-Mar 13.
Jack Goes Boating, Bob Glaudini; dir: Allen
Nause. Mar 15-Apr 17.
The Cherry Orchard, adapt; Richard Kramer
from Chekhov; dir: Jon Kretzu. Apr 19-May 22.
Lord Leebrick Theatre Co, Eugene,
www.lordleebrick.com
Season TBA
Miracle Theatre Group, Portland,
(503) 236-7253, www.milagro.org
La Luna Nueva--A Festival of Latino Arts &
Culture. Thru Oct 2.
Viva Don Juan, Martin Milagro; dir: Oiga
Sanchez. Oct 29-Nov 14.
Duende de Lorca, Danel Malan; dir: Matthew
Zrebski. Jan 14-22.
Ana en el tropico, Nilo Cruz. Feb 11-Mar 5.
Boomcracklefly, Charise Castro Smith; dir: Olga
Sanchez. Mar 25-Apr 16.
Lazarillo, CarlosAlexis Cruz (also dir).
May 6-28.
Oregon Children's Theatre, Portland,
(503) 228-9571, www.octc.org
Alice & Wonderland, adapt and lyrics: Richard
Rosen; music; Wink Kelso; dir: Stan Foote.
Oct 30-Nov 21.
Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly, adapt,
lyrics and music: Joan Cushing; dir: Stan Foote.
Jan 23-Feb 20.
On the Eve of Friday Morning, Norman Allen;
dir: Marcella Crowson. Feb 26-Mar 20.
How I Became a Pirate, adapt, lyrics and music:
Alyn Cardarelli, Steve Goers; dir: Dan Murphy.
Apr 30-May 22.
A Wrinkle in Time, adapt: John Glore;
dir: Marcella Crowson. May 14-Jun 5.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland,
(541) 482-4331, www.osfashland.org
Hamlet, Shakespeare; music: Paul James
Prendergast; dir: Bill Rauch. Thru Oct 24.
Pride and Prejudice, adapt: Joseph Hanreddy,
J.R. Sullivan; music: Todd Barton; dir: Libby
Appel. Thru Oct 24.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Liesl Tommy.
Thru Oct 24.
She Loves Me, book: Joe Masteroff; lyrics:
Sheldon Harnick; music: Jerry Bock; dir: Rebecca
Taichman. Thru Oct 23.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare; music: Paul
James Prendergast; dir: Darko Tresnjak.
Thru Oct 8.
Henry VI, Part One, Shakespeare: music: Michael
Keck; dir: Penny Metropulos. Thru Oct 9.
The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare;
music: Andre Pluess; dir: Bill Rauch.
Thru Oct 10.
American Night, Culture Clash; music: Darron L.
West; dir: Jo Bonney. Thru Oct 24.
Throne of Blood, adapt: Ping Chong; music; Todd
Barton; dir: Ping Chong. Thru Oct 23.
Measure for Measure, Shakespeare; music:
Michael Keck; dir: Bill Rauch. Feb 18-Nov 6.
The Imaginary Invalid, adapt: Oded Gross, Tracy
Young (also dir); music: Paul James Prendergast.
Feb 20-Nov 6.
To Kill a Mockingbird, adapt: Christopher Sergel;
music: Michael Bodeen, Rob Milburn; dir: Marion
McCIinton. Feb 20-Nov 6.
The Language Archive, Linda Cho; music:
Todd Barton; dir: Laurie Woolery.
Feb 24-Jun 18.
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare; music:
Fabian Obispo; dir: Amanda Dehnert.
Mar 23-Nov 6.
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; music:
Andre Pluess; dir: Christopher Liarn Moore.
Apr 23-Nov 5.
Henry IV, Part Two, Shakespeare; music: Paul
James Prendergast; dir: Lisa Peterson.
May 31-Oct 7.
Pirates of Penzance, book: A.S. Gilbert;
music: Arthur Sullivan; dir: Bill Rauch.
Jun 1-Oct 8.
Love's Labor's Lost, Shakespeare; music: Paul
James Prendergast; dir: Shana Cooper.
Jun 2-Oct 9.
Ghost Light, Tony Taccone; music: Andre
Pluess; dir: Jonathan Moscone. Jun 28-Nov 5.
Co-production with Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, CA.
The African Company Presents Richard III,
Carlyle Brown; music: Todd Barton; dir: Seret
Scott. Jul 20-Nov 5.
Portland Center Stage, Portland,
(503) 445-3700, www.pcs.org
Sunset Boulevard, lyrics: Don Black, Christopher
Hampton; music; Andrew Lloyd Weber; dir: Chris
Coleman. Thru Oct 17.
An Iliad, Denis O'Hare, Lisa Peterson; dir: Penny
Metropulos. Thru Nov 21.
A Christmas Story, adapt: Phil Grecian; dir: Rose
Riordan. Nov 21-Dec 26.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello.
Nov 30-Jan 2.
The Imaginary Invalid, adapt: Constance
Congdon; dir: Chris Coleman. Jan 11-Feb 6.
Futura, Jordan Harrison; dir: Kip fa*gan.
Feb 1-Mar 27.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, adapt: Dale
Wasserman. Feb 22-Mar 20.
Opus, Michael Hollinger; dir: Brendon Fox.
Apr 12-May 8.
Bust, Lauren Weedman. Apr 26-Jun 19.
Love, Janis, Randall Myler (also dir).
May 24-Jun 26.
Profile Theatre, Portland, (503) 242-0080,
www.profiletheatre.org
Great Falls, Lee Blessing; dir: Jane Unger.
Thru Oct 24.
Chesapeake, Lee Blessing; dir: Scott Yarbrough.
Nov 3-21.
When We Go Upon the Sea--Staged Reading,
Lee Blessing. Jan 12-16.
Thief River, Lee Blessing; dir: Pat Patton. Feb 2-27.
Independence, Lee Blessing. Mar 3-6.
A Walk in the Woods, Lee Blessing. Apr 13-24.
Fortlnbras, Lee Blessing; dir: Jane Unger.
May 11-Jun 5.
Third Rail, Portland, (503) 235-1101,
www.thirdrailrep.org
Kiss Me Like You Mean It, Chris Chibnall;
dir: Scott Yarbrough. Oct 8-31.
The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Anthony
Neilson; music: Sam Kusnetz; dir: Scott
Yarbrough. Jan 28-Feb 20.
Last of the Boys, Steven Dietz; dir: Scott
Yarbrough. May 6-29.
PENNSYLVANIA
1812 Productions, Philadelphia, (215)592-9560,
www.1812productions.org
Why I'm Scared of Dance, Jennifer Childs;
dir: Harriet Power. Oct 7-31.
Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Neil Simon;
dir: Matt Pfeiffer. Apr 7-May 8.
Our Show of Shows, Jennifer Childs (also dir),
David Ingram, Dave Jadico, Tony Lawton.
Apr 21-May 15.
Act II Playhouse, Ambler, (215) 654-0200,
www.act2.org
John & Jen, book: Tom Greenwald (also lyrics),
Andrew Lippa (also music); dir; Megan Nicole
O'Brien. Thru Oct 17.
The Tempest, adapt and dir: Harriet Power from
Shakespeare. Nov 16-Dec 12.
The Reluctant Optimist, Mary Martello.
Jan 12-23.
Heeere's Tony, Tony Braithwaite. Feb 2-20.
The Pride of Parnell Street, Sebastian Barry;
dir: Harriet Power. Mar 22-Apr 17.
Art, Yasmina Reza; trans: Christopher Hampton;
dir: Bud Martin. May 10-Jun 5.
Arden Theatre Company, Philadelphia,
(215) 922-1122, www.ardentheatre.org
Ghost-Writer, Michael HolIinger; dir; James J,
Christy. Thru Oct 31.
The Threepenny Opera, adapt and lyrics:
Brecht; trans: Robert MacDonald, Jeremy Sams;
music: Kurt Weill; dir: Terrence J. Nolen.
Thru Nov 7.
The Borrowers, adapt: Charles Way from Mary
Norton; dir: Whit MacLaughlin. Dec 1-Jan 30.
A Moon for the Misbegotten, Eugene O'Neill;
dir: Matt Pfeiffer. Jan 6-Mar 6.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Edward Sobel.
Mar 3-Apr 3.
Wanamaker's Pursuit, Rogelio Martinez;
dir: Terrence J. Nolen. Mar 31-May 29.
The Flea and the Professor, lyrics: Richard Gray
(also music), Jordan Harrison (also book);
dir: Anne Kauffman. May 4-Jun 12.
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble,
(570) 784-8181, www.bte.org
Dracula, Steven Dietz; dir: Laurie McCants.
Thru Oct 10.
A Christmas Story, adapt: Phillip Grecian from
Dickens; dir; James Goode. Nov 26-Dec 23.
Emma, Jon Jory; dir: Andrew Hubatsek.
Mar 3-20.
Ghost-Writer, Michael Hollinger; dir: Elizabeth
Dowd. Apr 28-May 15.
Brat Productions, Philadelphia,
www.bratproductions.org
Carrie, Erik Jackson; dir: Michael Alltop.
Oct 2-Nov 7.
Bristol Riverside Theatre, (215) 785-0100,
www.brtstage.org
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, adapt: Jeffrey Hatcher.
Thru Oct 17.
Betty Thorpe, James Armstrong. Oct 4.
Old Wicked Songs, Jon Marans. Nov 16-Dec 5.
Clementine in the Lower Nine, Dan Dietz.
Nov 22.
8th Annual Winter Musical, Dec 11-22.
The Little Prince, adapt:
Antoine de Saint Exupery from Rick Cummins, John Scoullar.
Jan 25-Feb 13.
All My Sons, Arthur Miller. Mar I5-Apr 3.
Lay the Voodoo Down, Keith Glover. Mar 28.
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Allan Knee;
lyrics: Mindi Dickstein. May 3-22.
Janey Miller's World Tour, John Cassel. May 16.
Bushfire Theatre of Performing Arts,
Philadelphia, www.bushfiretheatre.org
Season TBA
City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh,
(412) 431-2489, www.citytheatrecompany.org
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Tracy Brigden. Oct 16-Nov 7.
The Morini Strad, Willy Holtzman; dir: Daniella
Topol. Nov 6-Dec 12.
Sister's Christmas Catechism, Maripat
Donovan. Nov 26-Dec 19.
Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet Tarell Alvin
McCraney; dir: Robert O'Hara. Jan 22-Feb 13,
Precious Little, Madeleine George; dir: Tracy
Brigden. Mar 12-Apr 3.
The Amish Project, Jessica Dickey; dir: Sarah
Cameron Sunde. Apr 2-May 8.
Louder Faster, Jeffrey Hatcher, Eric Simonson.
May 7-29.
EgoPo Classic Theater, Philadelphia,
(800) 595-4TIX, www.egopo.org
Artaud Unbound: 4 new adaptations, adapt
and dir: Michael Alltop, Brenna Geffers, Lane
Savadove, Mat Wright from Artaud. Feb 9-13.
Hell, adapt: Ross Beschler, Lane Savadove.
Apr 27-May 15.
Fullton Theatre, Lancaster, (717) 397-7425,
www.thefulton.org
Beauty and the Beast, book, lyrics and music:
Curt Dale Clark, Marc Robin (also dir).
Thru Oct 2.
Spamalot, music: John Du Prez, Eric Idle (also
book and lyrics); dir: Marc Robin, Thru Oct 3.
Deathtrap, Ira Levin; dir: Charles Abbott.
Oct 20-Nov 7.
The Sound of Music, booh: Russel Crouse,
Howard Lindsay; lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II;
music: Richard Rodgers; dir: Marc Robin, Dec 1-31.
Co-production with Maltz Jupiter Theatre, FL.
Nutcracker: A Holiday Musical, booh, lyrics and
music: Curt Dale Clark, Marc Robin (also dir).
Dec 4-30.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: William Roudebush. Feb 9-27,
Mrs. Kemble's Tempest, Tom Ziegler. Mar 4-20.
Sweeney Todd, book: Hugh Wheeler; lyrics and
music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Marc Robin.
Mar 23-Apr 10.
Jack and the Beanstalk, book, lyrics and music:
Curt Dale Clark, Marc Robin (also dir).
Mar 26-Apr 9.
Michael Archangel, Joseph Lauinger;
dir: Matthew Wiener. Apr 27-May 15.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, adapt: Ray Roderick,
Jeremy Sams; lyrics and music: Richard M.
Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; dir: Marc Robin.
Jun 8-Jul 10.
The Little Mermaid, book, lyrics and music: Curt
Dale Clark, Marc Robin. Jun 18-Jul 9.
Gamut Theatre Group, Harrisburg,
(717) 238-4111, www.gamutplays.org
Aladdin, adapt: Sean Adams; dir; J. Clark
Nicholson. Thru Oct 9.
The Halloween Show, J. Clark Nicholson (also
dir), Melissa Nicholson. Oct 13-30.
Barefoot in Athens, Maxwell Anderson; dir: J.
Clark Nicholson. Nov 5-20.
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, J.
Clark Nicholson (also dir). Dec 1-23.
New Year's Eve Party for Children: The
Princess and the Pea, adapt: Don Bridge, J.
Clark Nicholson from Hans Christian Andersen;
dir: Melissa Nicholson. Dec 31.
The Sunshine Boys, Neil Simon; dir: J. Clark
Nicholson. Jan 14-22.
The Frog Prince, adapt and dir: J. Clark
Nicholson from the Brothers Grimm.
Jan 26-Feb 12.
A Year with Frog and Toad, book: Willie Reale;
lyrics: Willie Reale; music: Robert Reale;
dir: Melissa Nicholson. Feb 18-Mar 12.
The Elves and the Shoemaker, adapt and dir: J.
Clark Nicholson from the Brothers Grimm.
Mar 16-Apr 2.
Hamlet, adapt and dir: Melissa Nicholson from
Shakespeare. Mar 24-26.
Robin Hood, adapt: Sean Adams; dir: Melissa
Nicholson. Apr 16.
Thumbelina, adapt and dir: Melissa Nicholson
from Hans Christian Andersen. May 4-26.
Free Shakespeare in the Park: All's Welt That
Ends Well, Shakespeare; dir: J. Clark Nicholson.
Jun 8-18.
Tales from Ancient Greece, adapt: Melissa
Nicholson; dir: J. Clark Nicholson. Jun 15-25.
Three Billy Goats Gruff, adapt: Don Bridge, J.
Clark Nicholson (also dir) from Peter Christen
Asbjornsen, Jorgen Moe. Jul 13-Aug 6.
InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia,
(215) 568-8079, www.interacttheatre.org
Silverhill, Thomas Gibbons; dir: Seth Rozin.
Oct 22-Nov 14.
Lidless, Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig; dir: Seth Rozin.
Jan 21-Feb 13.
Love Lessons from Abu Ghraib, Jennifer
Schelter; dir: Anne Zumbo. Jan 29-Feb 13.
Two Jews Walk Into a War ..., Seth Rozin;
dir: James Glossman. Apr 8-May 1.
Etched in Skin on a Sunlight Night, Kara Lee
Corthron. May 27-Jun 19.
Lantern Theater Company, Philadelphia,
(215) 829-0395, www.lanterntheater.org
Uncle Vanya, Chekhov; music: Christopher
Colucci; dir: Kathryn MacMillan. Oct 21-Nov 21.
Between Heaven and Hell: The Anthony
Lavrton Festival, adapt: Anthony Lawton, C.S.
Lewis, Shel Silverstein. Dec 3-19.
A Skull in Connemara, Martin McDonagh;
dir: M. Craig Getting, Kathryn MacMillan.
Jan 13-Feb 6.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare;
dir: Charles McMahon. Mar 10-Apr 10.
Vigil, Morris Panych; dir: Peter DeLaurier.
May 19-Jun 12.
Montgomery Theater, souderton, (215) 723-9984, www.montgom8rytheater.org
Everybody Loves Opal, John Patrick; dir: Tony Braithwaite. Thru Oct 2.
Half and Half, James Sherman; dir: Tom Quinn.
Nov11-Dec 4.
New Paradise Laboratories, Philadelphia, www.newparadiselaboratories.org Season TBA
Open Stage of Harrisburg, (717) 232-1505,
www.openstagehbg.com
[title of show], book: Hunter Bell; lyrics and music: Jeff Bowen; dir: Donald Alsedek.
Oct 8-Nov 6.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Edward Alsedek from Dickens; dir: Anne L. Alsedek. Dec 2-5.
The Piano Lesson, August Wilson; dir: Donald L, Alsedek. Feb 4-26.
The Diary of Anne Frank, adapt: Wendy Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert
Hackett; dir: Anne L. Alsedek. Mar 12-13.
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; dir; Donald L Alsedek. Apr 15-May 8.
Flying Solo Festival, various. Jun 2-25.
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival,
Center Valley, (610)282-3192,
www.pashakespeare.org
Sleeping Beauty, dir: Erin Hurley. Jun 3-Aug 6.
The School for Wives, Moliere. Jun 15-Jul 3.
Hamlet, Shakespeare; dir: Patrick Mulcahy.
Jun 22-Jul 10.
The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare.
Ju1 13-Aug 7.
TBA, dir: Dennis Razze. Jul 20-Aug 7.
Shakespeare for Kids, dir: Erin Hurley.
Jul 27-Aug 6.
The People's Light & Theatre Company,
Malvern, (610) 644-3500, www.peopleslight.org
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dale
Wasserman; dir: Jackson Gay. Thru Oct 16.
Legacy of Light, Karen Zacarias; dir: Abigail Adams. Oct 13-Nov 7.
The Three Musketeers: A Musical Panto,
Kathryn Petersen; lyrics: Michael Ogborn;
dir: Pete Pryor. Nov 17-Jan 9.
Kidnapped!, adapt: Ernie Joselovitz; dir: Samantha Beflomo. Jan 13-Feb 6.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Laura Eason; dir: David Bradley. Feb 17-Mar 13.
The Master Builder, Ibsen; trans: Paul Walsh; dir: Ken Marini. Mar 23-Apr 17.
Dividing the Estate, Horton Foote; dir: Abigail Adams. May 11-Jun 5.
Hatchetman, David Wiltse; dir; Steve Umberger.
Jun 15-Jul 10.
Philadelphia Young Playwrights,
(215) 665-9226, www.phillyyoungplaywrights.org
Saturday Reading Series: Winning Elementary
and Middle School Student Plays, multiple student playwrights. Oct 1-May 31.
Play Development Series, multiple student playwrights. Nov 1-Jun 30.
New Voices: Workshop Productions at Temple
University, multiple student playwrights.
Nov 4-6.
Young Voices High School Monologue Festival, high school student playwrights. Feb 1-28.
Pig Iron Theatre Company, Philadelphia,
www.pigiron.org Season TBA
Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre (PICT),
(412) 394-3353, www.picttheatre.org
Hobson's Choice, Harold Brighouse; dir: Christopher Newton. Dec 2-19,
Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare; dir: Gale Edwards. May 4-22.
House and Garden, Alan Ayckbourn; dir: Andrew S.Paul. Jun 23-JUM7.
The Importance of Being Earnest (all male), Oscar Wilde; dir: Conall Morrison. Aug 4-27.
TBA. Sep 8-0ct 1.
Pittsburgh Public Theater, (412) 316-1600,
wwwppt.org
The Royal Family, Edna Ferber, George S.
Kaufman; dir: Ted Pappas. Thru Oct 31.
Talley's Folly, Lanford Wilson; dir: Pamela Berlin.
Nov 11-Dec 12.
Fair & Unbalanced, The Second City.
Dec 16-18.
The Complete World of Sports (abridged).
Reduced Shakespeare Company. Jan 4-9,
Camelot, book and lyrics: Alan J. Lerner; music: Frederick Loewe; dir: Ted Pappas.
Jan 20-Feb 20.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker; dir: Jesse Berger. Mar 3-Apr 3.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Rob Ruggiero.
Apr 14-May 15.
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza; trans: Christopher Hampton; dir: Ted Pappas.
May 26-Jun 26.
Society Hill Playhouse, Philadelphia,
(215) 923-0210, www.societyhillplayhouse.org My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish and I'm in Therapy, Steve Solomon. Thru Dec 12. The Visiting Hour, Alonso de Santos; trans:
Phyllis Zatlin; dir: Michael Durkin. Oct 22-24,
The Contrast, Royall Tyler; dir: T.J. Sokso.
Mar 4-6.
The Men of Mart Jongg, Richard Atkins; dir: Deen
Kogan. Mar 8-Apr 17.
The Bridge Club, Richard Raskind. May 3-29.
Touchstone Theatre, Bethlehem,
www.touchstone.org
Season TBA
The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia,
(215) 546-7824, www.wilmatheater.org
Macbeth, Shakespeare; dir; Blanka Zizka.
Thru Nov 7.
The Understudy, Theresa Rebeck; dir: David Kennedy. Dec 29-Jan 30.
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Blanka Zizka. Mar 2-Apr 3.
My Wonderful Day, Alan Ayckbourn; dir: Richard Hamburger. May 18-Jun 19.
RHODE ISLAND
Gamm Theatre, Pawtucket, (401) 723-4266,
www.gammtheatre.org
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet; dir: Fred
Sullivan, Jr. Thru Oct 3.
Mauritius, Theresa Rebeck; dir: Rachel Walshe.
Oct 21-Nov 21.
A Doll's House, Ibsen; dir: Fred Sullivan Jr.
Jan 20-Feb 20.
Paul, Howard Brenton; dir: Tony Estrelia.
Mar 17-Apr 17.
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who
Love Them, Christopher Durang; dir: Judith
Swift. May5-Jun 5.
Perishable Theatre, providence, (4od 331-2695,
www.perishable.org
Live Bait: True Stories from Real People,
various. Thru Jun 3.
Blood From a Turnip, Late Nite Puppetry,
various. Thru May 20.
15th International Women's Playwriting
Festival, various. Oct 1-23.
Jingle Belles and a Few Balls, various;
dir: Amy-Lynn Budd. Dec 10-12.
1:23, Carson Kreitzer; dir: Rachel Walshe.
Apr15-May 7.
Trinity Repertory Company, Providence,
(401) 351-4242, www.trinityrep.com
Camelot, book and lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner;
music:Frederick Lowe; dir: Curt Columbus.
Thru Oct 10.
Absurd Person Singular, Alan Ayckbourn;
dir: Brian McFleney. Oct 15-Nov 21.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Adrian Hall; music:
Richard Cumming; dir: Michael Perlman Nov 19-Dec 31.
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, adapt:
Joe Landry; dir: Curt Columbus. Dec 3-Jan 2.
The Crucible, Arthur Miller; dir: Brian McEleney.
Feb 4-Mar 13.
Yellowman, Dael Orlandersmith. Feb 25-Apr 3.
Steel Magnolias, Robert Harling; dir: Brian
Mertes. Apr 15-May 15.
The Completely Fictional-Utterly True-Final
Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen
Thorne; dir: Curt Columbus. May 6-Jun 5.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head,
(888) 860-2787, www.artshhi.com
Man of La Mancha, book: Dale Wasserman;
lyrics: Joe Darion; music: Mitch Leigh; dir: DJ
Salisbury. Thru Oct 24.
Hello Dolly!, book: Michael Stewart; lyrics and
music: Jerry Herman; dir: Casey Colgan.
Dec 1-26.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Russell Treyz. Feb 8-27.
Hairspray, book: Thomas Meehan, Mark
O'Donnell; lyrics: Marc Shaiman (also music),
Scott Wittman; dir: Casey Colgan. Apr 27-May 29.
Smokey Joe's Cafe, lyrics and music: Jerry
Lieber, Mike Stoller; dir: Russell Garrett.
Jun 21-Jul 31.
Centre Stage, Greenville's Professional
Theater, Greenville, (864) 233-6733,
www.centrestage.org
Side by Side by Sondheim, Thru Oct 2.
The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Alfred Uhry.
Dec 2-18.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, book: Jeffrey Lane;
lyrics and music: David Yazbe; dir: Glenda
ManWaring. Mar 24-Apr 16.
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Richard Alfieri.
Jun 9-25.
The Kings of Country and Their Queens,
Aug 4-27.
Charleston Stage Company, (843) 577-7183,
www.charlestonstage.com
Bunnicula, adapt and lyrics: Jon Klein; book:
Chris Jeffries; dir: Amanda Wansa. Oct 15-16.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Marybeth Clark. Oct 28-Nov 7.
A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of
Christmas, adapt and dir: Julian Wiles; music:
Amanda Wansa. Dec 2-19.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Barbara
Robinson; dir: Marybeth Clark. Dec 11-18.
Blue, Charles Randolph-Wright (also lyrics); book:
Nona Hendryx (also lyrics); dir: Marybeth Clark.
Jan 20-30.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
book: Rachel Sheinkin; lyrics and music: William
Finn; dir: Kyle W. Barnette. Feb 10-20.
Helium, Julian Wiles (also dir). Mar 10-20.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, adapt: Julian
Wiles; dir: Drew Archer. Mar 25-27.
The Original Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie;
dir: Marybeth Clark, Julian Wiles. Apr 14-May 1.
PURE Theatre, Charleston, (866) 811-4111,
www.puretheatre.org
AWOL, Joanna Crowell (also dir). Oct 1-16.
Waffle House Christmas, Rodney Lee Rogers;
dir: Sharon Graci. Nov 30-Dec 15.
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts; dir: Sharon Graci.
Jan 20-Feb 15.
Fools Lear, Randy Neale; dir: Grant Neale. Apr 1-16.
Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Sharon Graci.
May 20-Jun 15.
South Carolina Repertory Company,
Hilton Head, (843) 342-2057,
www.hiltonheadtheatre.com
Moonlight and Magnolias, Ron Hutchinson;
dir; Peggy Trecker White. Oct 20-Nov 7.
The Pavilion, Craig Wright; dir: Blake White.
Dec 1-2.
SCRC Salutes Al Balkin, Jan 6-9.
Golf with Alan Shepard, Carter Lewis; dir: Tom
Evans. Feb 9-27.
Eleemosynary, Lee Blessing; dir; Chip Egan.
Mar 23-Apr 10.
Papa, John deGroot. May 3-8.
The Village Playhouse And Repertory Co.,
Mt. Pleasant, www.villageplayhouse.com
Xanadu, Douglas Carter Beane. Thru Oct 16.
Oliver Twist. Nov 4-20.
A Christmas Story, dir: Keely Enright.
Dec 2-19.
The Drowsy Chaperone, dir: Maida Lipkin.
Jan 21-Feb 12.
Boeing Boeing. Mar 4-26.
God of Carnage. Apr 15-May 7.
The Warehouse Theatre, Greenville,
www.warehousetheatre.com
Season TBA
TENNESSEE
Clarence Brown Theatre, Knoxville,
(865) 974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.org
Woyzeck, Georg Buchner; trans: John
Mackendrick. Oct 7-24.
The Story of Opal, Gale Fury Childs.
Oct 28-Nov 7.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Ed Morgan from
Dickens. Nov 24-Dec 19.
It's a Wonderful Life Radio Play, Joe Landry.
Dec 2-19.
Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare.
Feb 24-Mar 13.
Phaedra, Jean Racine. Mar 31-Apr 10.
The Music Man, Meredith Willson. Apr 21-May 15.
Playhouse on the Square, Memphis,
(901) 726-4656, www.playhouseonthesquare.org
Arsenic and Old Lace, Joseph Kesselring;
dir: Michael Detroit. Thru Oct 17.
Black Pearl Sings!, Frank Higgins; dir: Heather
Wilson. Oct 14-31.
Peter Pan, book: J.M. Barrie; lyrics: Betty
Comden, Adolph Green, Carolyn Leigh; music:
Mark Charlap, Jule Styne; dir: Dave Landis.
Nov 19-Dec 23.
A Christmas Story, adapt: Phillip Grecian;
dir: Cecilia Wingate. Nov 26-Dec 23.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello
from David Sedaris; dir: Dave Landis.
Dec 2-22.
Speech and Debate, Stephen Karam; dir: Dave
Landis. Jan 6-30.
A Midsummer Night's Dream--opera a capelta,
book; Shakespeare; music: Michael Ching.
Jan 20-Feb 13.
from Up Here, Liz Flahive; dir: Irene Crist.
Jan 27-Feb 20.
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; dir: Rob
Satterlee. Mar 10-Apr 3.
Grey Gardens, book: Doug Wright; lyrics: Michael
Korie; music: Scott Frankel; dir: Jimmy LeDuc.
Mar 24-Apr 17.
Ragtime, book: Terrence McNally; lyrics: Lynn
Ahrens; music: Stephen Flaherty; dir: Dave
Landis. May 5-29.
The 39 Steps, adapt; Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Kevin Shaw. May 12-Jun 5.
Footloose, adapt: Waiter Bobbie, Dean Pitchford
(also lyrics); music: Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar,
Kenny Loggins, Tom Snow, Jim Steinman.
Jun 30-Jul 24,
Dividing the Estate, Horton Foote; dir: Ken
Zimmerman. Jul 7-31.
Eleemosynary, Lee Blessing. Jul 14-31.
Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville,
(615) 782-4040, www.tennesseerep.org
To Kill a Mockingbird, adapt: Christopher Sergel;
dir: Rene Copeland. Oct 2-23.
A Christmas Story, adapt; Phillip Grecian;
dir: Lauren Shouse. Nov 20-Dec 18.
REPaloud: Ruined, Lynn Nottage; dir: Rene
Copeland. Jan 14-15.
Yankee Tavern, Steven Dietz; dir: Rene Copeland.
Feb 5-19.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Rene Copeland. Mar 19-Apr 2.
REPaloud: August: Osage County, Tracy Letts;
dir: Rene Copeland. Apr 8-9.
Pump Boys and Dinettes, John Foley, Mark
Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John
Schimmel, Jim Wann; dir: Pam Atha, Paul Binkley,
Rene Copeland. Apr 23-May 14.
Ingram New Works Festival. Jun 1-Jun 11.
TEXAS
Alley Theatre, Houston, (713) 220-5700,
www.alleytheatre.org
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up,
J.M. Barrie; music: Michael Bodeen, Rob Milburn;
dir: Gregory Boyd. Oct 1-31.
A Christmas Carol--A Ghost Story of
Christmas, adapt: Michael Wilson from Dickens;
music. John Gromada; dir: James Black.
Nov 19-Dec 27.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello from
David Sedaris; dir: David Cromer. Nov 21-Dec 31.
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reza; dir: Wilson Milam.
Jan 7-30. Co-production with Seattle Repertory
Theatre, WA.
A Weekend with Pablo Picasso, Herbert
Siguenza; music: Bruno Louchouarn; dir: Todd
Salovey. Jan 2S-Feb 27.
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; dir: Shannon
Cochran. Feb 18-Mar 13.
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer; dir: Jonathan Moscone.
Apr 1-May 1.
The Medusa Body, Rajiv Joseph. Apr 29-May 29.
Pygmalion, Shaw; music: Josh Schmidt;
dir: Gregory Boyd. May 20-Jun 12.
Amphibian Stage Productions, Fort worth,
(817) 923-3012, www.amphibianproductions.org No Child..., Nilaja Sun; dir: Rene Moreno. Oct 28-Nov 21.
Alt This Intimacy, Rajiv Joseph; dir: David A. Miller. Dec 6.
Cara Mia Theatre Co., Dallas, www.caramiatheatre.com Season TBA
The Catastrophic Theatre, Houston, www.catastrophictheatre. com Season TBA
Dallas Children's Theater, (214) 740-0051,
www.dct.org
Miss Nelson Is Missing!, adapt; Jeffrey Hatcher;
dir: Nancy Schaeffer. Thru Oct 24.
The Curse of Castle Mongrew, Roger Downey;
dir; Artie Olaisen. Oct 8-31.
Junie B. in Jingle Belts, Batman Smells!,
adapt: Allison Gregory; dir: Nancy Schaeffer.
Nov l9-Dec 23.
The Snow Queen, adapt: B. Wolf; dir: Kathy
Burks. Nov 26-Dec 23.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Robert
Kauzlaric; music: Paul Gilvary, William Rush;
dir: Cheryl Denson. Jan 21-Feb 27.
hard 2 spel dad, Linda Daugherty, Mary Rohde
Scudday; dir: Robyn Flatt. Feb 4-20.
dont u luv me?, Linda Daugherty; dir; Nancy
Schaeffer. Feb 5-20.
EAT (It's Not About Food), Linda Daugherty;
dir: Linda Daugherty, Nancy Schaeffer. Feb 11-19.
The Secret Life of Girls, Linda Daugherty;
dir: Elite Lindsay. Feb 12-20.
The Frog Prince, B. Wolf; dir: Kathy Burks.
Mar 4-Apr 3.
Tuck Everlasting, adapt: Mark Frattaroli;
dir: Artie Olaisen. Mar 25-Apr 10.
Giggle, Giggle, Quack, adapt: James Grote;
music: George Howe; dir: Doug Miller. May 6-22.
The Pied Piper's Magic, Linda Daugherty; music: B. Wolf; dir: Robyn Flatt. Jun 17-Jul 17.
Dallas Theater Center,
www.dallastheatercenter.org Henry IV. Thru Oct 10. The Trinity River Plays. Nov 5-Dec. A Christmas Carol. Nov 26-Det 24. Arsenic and Old Lace, Feb 4-Mar 13. Dividing the Estate. Mar 11-Apr 10. Cabaret Apr 22-May 22. The Wiz, Jul 8-Aug 14.
The Ensemble Theatre, Houston,
www.ensemblehouston.org
The Waiting Room, Samm-Art Williams; dir: Eileen J. Morris. Thru Oct 17,
Cinderella, music: Carlton Leake; dir: Patdro
Harris. Nov 13-Dec 26.
Gee's Send, Elysabeth Gregory Wilder.
Jan 29-Feb 27.
Jitney, August Wilson; dir: Eileen J. Morris.
Apr 2-May 1.
No Child ..., Nilaja Sun; dir: Eileen J. Morris.
May 14-21.
Hi-Hat Hattie: The Story of Hattie McDaniel,
Larry Parr. May 22-29.
Blues in the Night, Sheldon Epps; dir: Patdro
Harris. Jun 18-Jul 24.
The Globe Theatre, Odessa, (432) 580-3177,
www.globesw.org
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
Joseph Robinette; dir: Anthony Ridley.
Nov 12-21.
Pirates of Penzance, W.S. Gilbert, Arthur
Sullivan; dir: David Corman, Anthony Ridley.
Feb 25-Mar 6,
Macbeth, Shakespeare; dir: Anthony Ridley.
Apr 15-23.
Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare; dir: Anthony
Ridley. May 10-13.
New Plays/New Players, various. Jun 10-18
Happy Birthday USA!, Bruce Beird, Kathryn Graybill, Jennifer Mahan, Anthony Ridley (also dir). Jun 25-Jul 4.
Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, (512) 479-7529,
www.hydeparktheatre.org
The Homecoming, Pinter; dir: Ken Webster.
Thru Oct 9.
Jubilee Theatre, Fort worth,
www.jubileetheatre.org Season TBA
Jump-Start Performance Co, San Antonio,
(210) 227-5867, www.jump-start.org
El Chuco Loves La Che, Rodney Garza. Nov 12-13.
Performance Party 26, various. Jan 8.
La Hocicona Series, Adelina Anthony.
Feb 25-27.
The Barstool Poets Project: Last Call for Truth,
Manuel "Cros" Esquivel, Dino Foxx; dir: Steve
Bailey. Apr 21-30.
The Neighbor, Doyle Avant, ST. Shimi; dir: Steve
Bailey. Jun 9-19.
Farid Mercury, Robert Karimi, Jun 24-Jul 3.
The Great Chittlin' Debate, Paul Bonin-
Rodriguez, Kitty Williams; dir: Steve Bailey.
Sep 9-18.
Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas, (214)953-1055,
www.kitchendogthester.org
Betrayal, Pinter; dir: Tina Parker. Thru Oct 9.
Charm, Kathleen Cahill. Nov 12-Dec 11.
Macbeth, adapt and dir: Matthew Gray from
Shakespeare. Feb 4-Mar 5.
3': An Evening of One-Act Plays, Horton Foote.
Apr 1-30.
New Works Festival 2011, May 27-Jun 25.
Ponzi, Elaine Romero; dir: Christopher Carlos.
May 27-Jun 25.
Main Street Theater, Houston, (713) 524-6706,
www.mainstreettheater.com
The Doctor's Dilemma, Shaw; dir: Mark Adams.
Thru Oct 3.
Busytown, lyrics: Kevin Kling (also adapt),
Michael Koerner (also music); dir: Meghan C.
Hakes, Adam Stout. Oct 2-23.
On tour:
Hank the Cowdog and the Curse of the
Incredible Priceless Corncob, adapt: John
Erickson, Larry Patton, Vicki Patton; lyrics and
music: John Erickson; dir: Miriam Daly, Rebecca
Greene Udden. Oct 18-May 13.
Breakfast at Eight, Thomas Hagemann;
dir: Andrew Ruthven. Oct 20-31.
Madeline's Christmas, book and lyrics: Jennifer
Kirkeby; music: Shirley Mier; dir: Mark Adams,
Miriam Daly. Nov 13-Dec 11.
The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein;
dir: Rebecca Greene Udden. Nov 20-Dec 19.
A Catered Affair, book: Harvey Fierstein; lyrics
and music: John Bucchino; dir: Andrew Ruthven.
Jan 1-23.
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion;
dir: Rebecca Greene Udden. Jan 22-Feb 13.
The Magician's Nephew, adapt: Aurand Harris;
music: William Penn; dir: Troy Scheid. Feb 5-12.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day, lyrics: Judith Viorst: music: Shelly
Markham; dir: Miriam Daly, Daria James. Mar 5-26.
Or, Liz Duffy Adams; dir: Troy Scheid. Mar 9-20.
This, Melissa James Gibson; dir: Steve Garfinkel.
Apr 2-24.
Bunnicula, adapt: Jon Klein; music: Chris
Jeffries; dir: Mark Adams, Miriam Daly.
Apr I6-May 14.
I Am Barbie, Walton Beacham; dir: Cheryl L.
Kaplan. May 11-29.
Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward; dir: Claire Hart-
Palumbo. Jun 4-Jul 3.
Mary Moody Northen Theatre, Austin,
(512) 448-8484, www.stedwards.edu/theatre Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee; dir: Christina J. Moore. Nov 11-21.
Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl; dir: Michelle Polgar.
Feb 3-13.
On the Verge, Eric Overmyer; dir: David Long.
Mar 3-13.
Carousel, book and lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein III;
music: Richard Rodgers; dir: Michael McKelvey.
Apr 7-17.
Rude MechS, Austin, (512) 476-7833,
www.rudemechs.com
On tour:
The Method Gun, Kirk Lynn; dir: Shawn Sides.
Oct 13-24; Feb 21-Mar 14; Jun 11-27. Co-production
with Yale University, CT, and Center Theatre
Group, CA.
The Nutcracker: As Best We Can, adapt: the
company. Dec 9-21.
On tour:
I've Never Been So Happy, book and lyrics:
Kirk Lynn, Peter Stopschinski (also music);
dir: Thomas Graves, Lana Lesley.
Apr 28-May 8. Co-production with Center
Theatre Group, CA.
Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin,
www.salvagevanguard.org
Biography of Physical Sensations, Matt Hislope,
Josh Meyer (both also dir), Oct 13-30.
Works Progress Austin, dir: Halena Keys, Jenny
Larson, Aaron Mace. Dec 19-Jan 9.
Guest by Courtesy, Hannah Kenah, Jenny
Larson. Feb 11-Mar 5.
Shakespeare Dallas, Dallas,
www.shakespearedallas.org Season TBA
Stages Repertory Theatre, Houston,
(713) 527-0123, wwiv.stagestheafre.com
The Marvelous Wonderettes, Roger Bean;
dir: Melissa Rain Anderson. Jul 14-Oct 17.
Auntie Mame, Jerome Lawrence, Robert Lee;
dir: Kenn McLaughlin. Thru Oct 10.
Panto Pinocchio, lyrics: Eric Coble (also book),
Kenn McLaughlin (also dir); music: Steven Jones.
Nov 23-Jan 9.
Oh, the Humanity (and other exclamations),
Will Eno; dir: Alex Harvey. Jan 26-Feb 20.
Yankee Tavern, Steven Dietz; dir: Penelope
Hasekoester. Mar 16-Apr 10.
Four Places, Joel Drake Johnson; dir: Kenn
McLaughlin. Apr 27-May 22.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical,
book: Betsy Kelso; lyrics and music: David
Nehls; dir: Leslie Swackhamer.
Jun 1-Jul 17.
Undermain Theatre, Dallas, (214) 747-5515,
www.undermain.com
The Dog Problem, David Rabe. Oct 23-Nov 27.
The Golem (Undermain Reads at the Dallas
Museum of Art), H Leivick. Oct 30.
Two Noh Plays (Undermain Reads at the Dallas
Museum of Art), Yukio Mishima. Dec 10.
Ilira (Winter Reading Series), Thomas Riccio.
Feb 1-28.
Time in Kafka (Winter Reading Series),
Len Jenkin. Feb 1-28.
Easter, Strindberg; trans: Michael Meyer.
Apr 2-23.
The Shipment, Young Jean Lee. May 21-Jun 11.
WaterTower Theatre, Addison, (972) 450-6232,
www.watertowertheatre.org
Our Town, Thornton Wilder. Thru Oct 24.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker.
Nov 4-21.
The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Martin McDonagh.
Jan 7-Feb 6.
The Traveling Lady, Horton Foote. Apr 1-May 1.
Shooting Star, Steven Dietz. May 27-Jun 26.
Little Shop of Horrors, book and lyrics: Howard
Ashman; music: Alan Menken; dir: Terry Martin.
Jul 22-Aug 21.
ZACH Theatre, Austin, (512) 476-0541,
www.zachtheatre.org
Rent, book, lyrics and music: Jonathan Larson;
dir: Dave Steakley. Thru Nov 28.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello
from David Sedaris; dir: Dave Steakley.
Nov 26-Jan 2.
Rockin' Christmas Party, dir: Dave Steakley.
Dec 8-26.
Red Hot Patriot: The Kick Ass Wit of Molly
Ivins, Margaret and Allison Engel. Jan 28-Mar 13.
Fiction, Steven Dietz (also dir). Feb 10-Apr 10.
August: Osage County, Tracy Letts; dir: Dave
Steakley. Mar 31-May 22.
Hairspray, book: Mark O'Donnell, Thomas
Meehan; lyrics: Marc Shaiman (also music), Scott
Whittman; dir: Dave Steakley. Jun 23-Aug 28.
The Book of Grace, Suzan-Lori Parks (also dir).
Jul 14-Aug21.
UTAH
Plan-B Theatre Company, Salt Lake city,
801355arts, www.planbtheatre.org
She Was My Brother, Julie Jensen; dir: Jerry
Rapier. Oct 27-Nov 7,
Mesa Verde, Matthew Ivan Bennett; dir: Cheryl
Ann Cluff. Feb 23-Mar 6.
Borderlands, Eric Samuelsen; dir: Jerry Rapier.
Mar 30-Apr 10.
And the Banned Slammed On, Matthew Ivan
Bennett, Aden Ross. May 7.
The Salt Lake Acting Company,
(801) 3637522, www.saltlaKeactingcompany.org Angels in America: Millennium Approaches,
Tony Kushner; dir: Keven Myhre. Oct 6-31.
boom, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb; dir: Robin Wilks-
Dunn. Nov 3-Dec 5.
Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika--
Reading, Tony Kushner; dir: Keven Myhre.
Nov 3-7.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, adapt: Jody
Davidson; dir: Penny Caywood. Dec 1-26.
The Persian Quarter, Kathleen Cahill; dir:
Alexandra Harbold. Feb 2-27.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker;
dir: Adrianne Moore. Apr 13-May 8.
Saturday's Voyeur 2011, Nancy Borgenicht,
Allen Nevins; dir: Cynthia Fleming. Jun 29-Sep 4.
Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar city,
(435) 586-7878, www.bard.org
The Adventures of Pericles, Shakespeare.
Thru Oct 16.
The Diary of Anne Frank, Frances Goodrich,
Albert Hackett. Thru Oct 15.
Greater Tuna, Ed Howard, Joe Sears, Jaston
Williams. Thru Oct 16.
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams.
Jun 23-Sep 3.
Richard III, Shakespeare. Jun 23-Sep 3.
Romeo and Julliet, Shakespeare. Jun 23-Sep 3.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare;
dir: Fred C. Adams. Jun 23-Sep 3.
The Music Man, Meredith Willson. Jun 23-Sep 3.
Noises Off!, Michael Frayn. Jun 23-Oct 29.
The Winter's Tale, Shakespeare. Sep 22-Oct 29.
Dial 'M' for Murder, Frederick Knott.
Sep 22-Oct 29.
VERMONT
Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier,
(802) 229-0492, www.lostnationtheater.org Complete History of America Abridged,
dir: Kim Bent. Sep 23-Oct 9.
An Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular!, adapt; Tim
Tavcar; dir: Tara Downs. Oct 30.
It's a Wonderful Life--A Live Radio Play,
Joe Landy; dir: Kathleen Keenan. Dec 7-9. Winterfest 2011. Feb 1-20. Lyddie, adapt: Kim Bent, Dan Boomhower, Megan Callahan; music: Dan Boomhower, Kathleen Keenan (also dir). Apr 21-May 15. Beaver Falls, Gary Moore. May 19-29. The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from Hitchco*ck. Jun 23-Jul 10.
Northern Stage, White River Junction,
(802) 296-7000, www.northernstage.org
Amadeus, Peter Shaffer; dir: Brooke Ciardelli.
Oct 6-24.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: Catherine Doherty. Nov 3-21.
The Wizard of Oz, book: L. Frank Baum; lyrics
and music: Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg; dir: Brooke
Ciardelli. Dec 8-Jan 2.
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the
Universe, Jane Wagner; dir: John Hayden.
Jan 19-Feb 6.
The Real Thing, Tom Stoppard; dir: Brooke
Ciardelli. Feb 16-Mar 6.
The Rainmaker, N. Richard Nash; dir: Giles
Ramsay. Mar 16-Apr 3.
Evita, lyrics: Tim Rice; music: Andrew Lloyd
Webber; dir: Brooke Ciardelli. Apr 13-May 1.
Vermont Stage Company, Burlington,
(802) 863-5966, www.vtstage.org
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams;
dir: Mark Nash. Oct 6-24.
Winter Tales, Mark Nash (also dir). Dec 8-12,
Oliver Twist, adapt; Neil Bartlett from Dickens;
dir: Jason Jacobs. Jan 26-Feb 13.
Underneath the Lintel, Glen Berger; dir: Jim
Gaylord. Mar 9-20.
Syivia, A.R. Gurney; dir: Mark Nash.
Apr 20-May 8.
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Weston,
www.westonplayhouse.org
Season TBA
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Pistarckle Theater, St. Thomas,
www.pistarckletheater.vi
The Rocky Horror Show, book, lyrics and music:
Richard O'Brien; dir: Frank Bartolucci. Oct 14-30.
The Star Spangled Girl, Neil Simon; dir: Frank
Bartolucci. Nov 18-Dec 3.
The All Night Strut, Fran Charnas; lyrics and
music: various; dir: Frank Bartolucci. Jan 13-29.
Happy Days, Beckett; dir: Frank Bartolucci.
Feb 17-Mar 2.
Hairl, book and lyrics: James Rado, Gerome
Ragni; music: Galt MacDermot; dir: Frank
Bartolucci. Apr 7-May 7.
VIRGINIA
American Shakespeare Center, Staunton,
(540) 851-1733,
www.americanshakespearecenter.com
The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare; dir: Jim
Warren, Thru Nov 28.
Othello, Shakespeare; dir: Jim Warren.
Thru Nov 27.
Wild Oats, John O'Keeffe; dir: Jim Warren.
Thru Nov 26.
As You Like It, Shakespeare; dir: Jim Warren.
Thru Jun 18.
Macbeth, Shakespeare; dir: Jim Warren.
Thru Jun 18.
Henry IV, Part 2, Shakespeare; dir: Ralph Alan
Cohen. Thru Nov 26.
Measure for Measure, Shakespeare; dir: Jim
Warren. Thru Jun 19.
The Fair Maid of the West, Thomas Heywood;
dir: Jim Warren. Oct 6-Nov 27.
The Twelve Dates of Christmas, Ginna Hoben.
Nov 30-Dec 30.
The Santaland Diaries, adapt: Joe Mantello from
David Sedans. Dec 7-31,
A Christmas Carol, Dickens; dir: Jim Warren.
Dec 9-29.
The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare. Jan 7-Mar 31.
The Malcontent, John Marston. Jan 20-Apr 2.
Look About You, anonymous. Feb 3-Apr 3.
Henry IV, Part 3, Shakespeare. Feb 24-Apr 2.
A Trick to Catch the Old One, Thomas
Middleton. Mar 16-Apr1.
Barksdale Theatre, Richmond, (804) 282-2620,
www.barksdaletbeatre.org
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Donald
Margulies. Thru Oct 24.
White Christmas, lyrics and music: Irving Berlin;
dir: Patti D'Beck. Nov 19-Jan 9.
Legacy of Light, Karen Zacan'as. Feb 4-Mar 13.
Circle Mirror Transformation, Annie Baker.
Apr 15-May 22.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, lyrics and music: David
Yazbek. Jun 17-Aug 7,
Roadside Theater, Norton, www.roadside.org Season TBA
Signature Theatre, Arlington, (703) 820-9771,
www.signature-theatre.org
A Fox on the Fairway, Ludwig Ken; dir: John
Rando. Oct 12-Nov 14.
Walter Cronkite Is Dead., Joe Colarco (also dir).
Oct 26-Dec 19.
Sunset Boulevard, book and lyrics: Don Black,
Christopher Hampton; music: Andrew Lloyd
Webber; dir: Eric Schaeffer. Dec 7-Feb 13.
Wheatley's Folly, book: Michael Slade; lyrics: Mark Campbell; music: Joseph Thalken; dir: Eric Schaeffer. Mar 15-Apr 10.
Art, Yasmina Reza; trans: Christopher Hampton; dir: Matthew Gardiner. Mar 29-May 22.
Side by Side by Sondheim, book, lyrics and music: Stephen Sondheim; dir: Matthew Gardiner. Apr 26-Jun 12.
Theater of the First Amendment,
Fairfax. (703) 993-8888, www.TheateroftheFirstAmendment.org 24, 7, 365, Jennifer L. Nelson; dir; Juanita Rockwell. Feb 10-27; Mar 3-5; Mar 10-13. Live Wire, adapt: Rick Davis (also dir), Melissa Hurt, Kevin Murray. Apr 15-17.
WASHINGTON
A Contemporary Theatre (ACT), Seattle,
(206) 292-7676, www.acttheatre.org
The Lady with All the Answers, David Rambo.
Thru Nov 7.
Lieutenant of Inishmore, Martin McDonagh.
Oct 15-Nov 14.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Gregory A. Falls from
Dickens. Nov 23-Dec 26.
Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle,
(206) 216-0833, www.book-it.org The Cider House Rules, Part Two: In Other Parts of the World, Peter Parnell; dir: Jane Jones. Thru Oct 16.
Red Ranger Came Calling, A Guaranteed
True Christmas Story, adapt: Myra Platt;
music: Edd Key, Myra Platt (also dir).
Nov 23-Dec 23.
Great Expectations, Feb 8-Mar 6.
Prairie Nocturne, adapt: Elena Hartwell.
Mar 15-Apr 10.
Border Songs, adapt: Bryan Willis; dir; Jane
Jones. Jun 8-Jul 3.
Freehold Theatre Lab, Seattle, www.freeholdtheatre.org
Season TBA
Harlequin Productions, olympia,
(360) 786-0151, www.harlequinproductions.org The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare; dir: Scot Whitney. Oct 7-31.
Intiman Theatre, Seattle, (206) 269-1900,
www.intiman.org
A Doctor in Spite of Himself, adapt:
Christopher Bayes (also dir), Steven Epp.
Thru Oct 10.
The Scarlet Letter, Naomi lizuka; music:
Todd Reynolds; dir: Lear deBessonet.
Oct 22-Dec 5,
Black Nativity, Langston Hughes; dir: Jacqueline
Moscou. Dec 9-26.
Seattle Children's Theatre, (206) 441-3322,
www.sct.org
The Borrowers, adapt: Charles Way; dir: Rita
Giomi. Thru Oct 31.
Morgan's Journey, David S. Craig, Robert
Morgan. Oct 21-Nov 14,
Lyle the Crocodile, Kevin Kling; music:
Rich Gray; dir: Linda Hartzell.
Nov 18-Jan 9.
Go, Dog. Go!, Steven Dietz (also dir), Allison
Gregory. Jan 13-Mar 13.
The Man Who Planted Trees, adapt: Ailie
Cohen, Rick Conte, Richard Medrington.
Apr 7-May 1. Co-production with Puppet State
Theatre Company of Ireland.
Jackie & Me, Steven Dietz; dir: Sheila Daniels.
Apr 28-Jun 5.
Seattle Public Theater, (206) 523-1300,
www.seattepublictheater.org
Mauritius, Theresa Rebeck; dir: Russ Banham.
Thru Oct 24.
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Tom Mula;
dir: Keith Dahlgren. Dec 2-24.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Barbara
Robinson; dir: Shana Bestock. Dec 9-24.
My Wonderful Day, Alan Ayckbourn; dir: Marcus
Goodwin. Jan 27-Feb 20.
The Happy Ones, Julie Marie Myatt; dir: David
Gassner. Mar 17-Apr 10.
Arms and the Man, Shaw; dir: Shana Bestock.
May 19-Jun 12.
Seattle Repertory Theatre, (206) 443-2222,
www.seattlerep.org
God of Carnage, Yasmina Reeza; dir; Wilson
Milam. Oct 1-24.
Three Tall Women, Edward Albee; dir: Allison
Narver. Oct 22-Nov 28.
Dancing at Lughnasa, Brian Friel; dir: Sheila
Daniels. Nov 12-Dec 5.
The K of D, Laura Schellhardt; dir: Braden
Abraham. Jan 14-Feb 20.
The Brothers Size, Tarell McCraney; dir: Juliette
Carrillo. Feb 4-27.
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; dir: Jerry
Manning. Mar 18-Apr 10.
This, Melissa James Gibson; dir: Braden
Abraham. Apr 8-May 15.
The Agony and the Ecstacy of Steve Jobs,
Mike Daisey; dir: Jean-Michele Gregory.
Apr 22-May 22.
Taproot Theatre Company, Seattle,
(206) 781-9707, www.taproottheatre.org
Wedding Belles, Alan Bailey, Ronnie Claire
Edwards; dir: Karen Lund. Thru Oct 23.
The Odyssey, adapt: Mary Zimmerman; dir: Scott
Nolte. Feb 2-Mar 4.
The Beams Are Creaking, Douglas Anderson;
dir: Karen Lund. Mar 23-Apr 23.
Brownie Points, Janece Shaffer; dir: Karen Lund.
May 18-Jun 18.
Something's Afoot, Robert Gerlach (also music), James McDonald, David Vos (also music): music: Ed Linderman, James McDonald:
dir: Scott Nolte. Jul 13-Aug 13.
An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde; dir: Karen Lund.
Thru Oct 22.
Wing-It Productions, Seattle, (206) 352-8291,
www.wingitpresents.com
Jet City Improv. Jul 2-Dec 31.
Twisted Flicks. Jul 29-Dec 31.
Unspeakable Horrors, dir: lan Schempp.
Oct 7-Nov 19.
Rudolph: The next verse, dir: Andrew
McMasters. Dec 2-24.
WEST VIRGINIA
Contemporary American Theater Festival,
Shepherdstown, www.catf2.org
Season TBA
Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Lewisburg,
(304) 645-3838, www.gvtheatre.org
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller.
Thru Oct 16.
Nevermore, Grace Barnes; music: Matt Connor.
Oct 28-Nov 13.
A Christmas Carol, Cathey Sawyer; music: Joe
Buttram. Dec 2-22.
American Folklore Theatre, Fish creek,
(920) 854-6117, www.folkloretheatre.com
Guys & Does, book and lyrics: Lee Becker, Frederick Heide; music: Paul Libman; dir: Jeffrey Herbst Thru Oct 23.
WISCONSIN
American Players Theatre, spring Green,
(608) 588-2361, www.americanplayers.org
As You Like It, Shakespeare; dir: Tim Ocel.
Thru Oct 3.
All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare;
dir: John Langs. Thru Oct 1.
Waiting for Godot, Beckett; dir: Kenneth Albers.
Thru Oct 17.
The Syringa Tree, Pamela Gien; dir: C. Michael
Wright. Thru Oct 16.
Major Barbara, Shaw; dir: David Frank.
Thru Oct 2.
The Gift of the Magi, lyrics: James DeVita (also adapt), Josh Schmidt (also music); dir: James DeVita. Nov 26-Dec 19.
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles'
Philoctetes, Seamus Heaney; dir: David Frank.
Thru Oct 16.
Crime and Punishment, adapt: Marilyn
Campbell, Curt Columbus from Dostoyevsky.
Jun 4-Oct 16.
The Critic, Richard Brinsley Sheridan; dir: William
Brown. Jun 4-Oct 2.
The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare.
Jun 4-Oct 2.
Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward; dir: David Frank.
Jun 4-Oct 2.
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck. Jul 29-Oct 2.
TBA. Aug 5-Oct 16.
The Tempest, Shakespeare; dir; James Bohnen.
Aug 5-Oct 2.
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, (414) 291-7800,
www.milwaukeechambertheatre.com
Main-Travelled Roads, book and lyrics: Dave
Hudson; music: Paul Libman; dir: Molly Rhode.
Oct 14-31.
The Subject Was Roses, Frank D. Gilroy;
dir: C. Michael Wright. Nov 18-Dec 12.
Mauritius, Theresa Rebeck; dir: Andrew Volkoff.
Feb 17-Mar 13.
The Lion in Winter, James Goldman;
dir: C. Michael Wright. Apr 14-May 1.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater,
(414) 224-9490, www.milwaukeerep.com
Cabaret, Joe Masteroff; lyrics: Fred Ebb; music:
John Kander; dir: Mark Clements. Thru Oct 24.
Laurel and Hardey, Tom McGrath; dir: Laura
Gordon. Thru Nov 14.
My Name Is Asher Lev, adapt and dir: Aaron
Posner. Thru Nov 14.
Liberace!, Brent Hazelton (also dir).
Nov 19-Jan 16.
Bombshells, Joanna Murray-Smith; dir: Mark
Clements. Nov 22-Dec 19.
A Christmas Carol, adapt: Joseph Hanreddy
(also dir), Edward Morgan. Dec 2-26.
The 39 Steps, adapt: Patrick Barlow from
Hitchco*ck; dir: J.R. Sullivan. Jan 11-Feb 13.
Nobody Lonesome for Me, Lanie Robertson;
dir: Sandy Ernst. Jan 21-Mar 13.
Speaking in Toungues, Andrew Bovell; dir: Laura
Gordon. Jan 26-Mar 13.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, August Wilson;
dir: Ron OJ Parson. Mar 1-27. Co-production with
Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY.
The Bomb-itty of Errors, Jordan Allen-Dutton,
Jason Catalano, Gregory J. Qaiyum, Erik Weiner;
dir: Megan O'Brien. Mar 18-May 8.
REP LAB--Featuring The Rep's Artistic Intern
Ensemble, Apr 1-4.
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller; dir: Mark
Clements. Apr 12-May 8.
Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee, (414) 278-0765,
www.nextacf.org
Four Places, Joel Drake Johnson; dir: David
Cecsarini. Thru Oct 10.
Home for the Holidays, John McGivern.
Dec 1-Jan 2.
Big Boys, Rich Orloff; dir: Mary MacDonald Kerr.
Jan 20-Feb 13.
A Sleeping Country, Melanie Marnich.
Mar 24-Apr 17.
Peninsula Players Theatre, Fish Creek,
(920) 868-3287, www.peninsulaplayers.com
Panic, Joseph Goodrich. Thru Oct 17.
Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee,
(414) 291-7800, www.r-f-w.com
reasons to be pretty, Neil LaBute; dir: Suzan
Fete. Oct 1-24.
Two Sisters and a Piano, Nilo Cruz; dir: Mary
MacDonald Kerr. Nov 8.
Crumbs from the Table of Joy, Lynn Nottage;
dir: Dennis F. Johnson. Jan 14-Feb 6.
In Acting Shakespeare, James DeVita;
dir: John Langs. Mar 25-Apr 17.
RELATED ARTICLE: clue us in
Theatre professionals nationwide weigh in on what in-the-know people should know about the 2010-11 theatre season.
MAY ADRALES, director, New York City:
"If you are in Seattle, check out Tommy Smith's Sextet at Washington Ensemble Theatre in Seattle Oct. 7-Nov. 15. It's a choral play about composers Tchaikovsky, Schoenberg and Gesualdo; I saw a reading a year ago and have been haunted by it ever since. Tommy's writing is thrilling and provocative--you are emotionally shaken as you follow the destructive love lives of these musical geniuses. Also: David Henry Hwang (whose Chinglish goes up at the Chicago's Goodman Theatre in June) is one of my all-time favorite writers--his plays are one of the reasons I'm in the theatre in the first place! Born from a deep curiosity about the cultural differences between the East and West, the play asks important questions about what it means to live in a global village."
MANDO ALVARADO, playwright, Brooklyn, N.Y.:
"Lou Moreno took over INTAR Theatre in New York, and I'm pumped to see what he does. I know that he's revamping the Hispanic Playwrights in Residence program and the New Works Lab."
BIANCA BAGATOURIAN, playwright, Los Angeles:
"My favorite upcoming season line-up is at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, with The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney
(through Oct. 17), Or, by Liz Duffy Adams (Nov. 4-Dec. 5), What We're Up Against by Theresa Rebeck (Feb. 2-Mar. 6) and Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge (Apr. 21-May 22, a rolling premiere with NYC's HERE Arts Center, Southern Rep of New Orleans, and the National Theatre of Scotland). I'm also interested in Factory 449 from Washington, D.C., which is doing The Saint Plays by Erik Ehn (through Oct. 10)--he's the writer all writers aspire to be!--and Our Wide, Wide Sea by Caridad Svich (Feb. 27, Mar. 6). And Noor Theater is one to watch for Middle Eastern work; it has started a monthly reading series at New York Theatre Workshop."
PHILIP BOEHM,
artistic director, Upstream Theater, St. Louis, Mo.:
"What I'm looking forward to most are the new faces taking part in Free Night of Theater this October. I'm especially intrigued by two pieces: Joan Macleod's Another Home Invasion at Echo Theatre, and Matthew Lombardo's High at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (fresh from runs at Hartford's TheaterWorks and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park)."
DAVID CALE, writer and performer, New York City:
"I hear Tommy Nohilly's Blood from a Stone, at the New Group in New York this fall, is a fantastic new play. An on-the-verge artist who deserves national recognition is Dan Fishback; a workshop of his thirtynothing is at the Jewish Theatre San Francisco Nov. 4-6. And the theatre community should rally around Holly Hughes's Let Them Eat Cake at Dixon Place in NYC Dec. 2-18. I just saw a preview of Hughes's other new show, The Dog and Pony Show (Bring Your Own Pony), and the writing was breathtaking."
STUART CARDEN,
associate artistic director, Writers' Theatre, Glencoe, Ill.: "Three Chicago premieres have me loving my risk-taking, hardworking city. Sex with Strangers, by the chameleon-like Laura Eason, is premiering at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Jan. 20-May 15): I am charged to see what sexy and cringe-worthy insights the play has on living, loving and sex(t)ing in the digital age. Playwright Brett Neveu's work is largely psychological and character-driven, so my interest is piqued
by his collaboration with composer Joshua Schmidt and the physically based House Theatre of Chicago on the premiere of Odradek (Jan. 7-Feb 26). Finally, Randall Colburn will mix things up this fall (and likely confound critics) with his horror play Ghostbox at the storefront InFusion Theatre (through Oct. 31). Outside of Chicago: After 31 seasons, Philadelphia's Wilma Theater is taking on Shakespeare for the first time: Blanka Zizka will direct the Scottish play (through Nov. 7)."
MICHAEL CERVERIS, actor and singer, New York City:
"I've seen several incarnations of Loup Garou, by ArtSpot Productions and Mondo Bizarro in New Orleans, as it's developed over the last year. Visceral, emotional, beautiful and challenging, it does all the things I think theatre is supposed to. The companies actively engage the communities they play in and create dialogue following the performances that lasts often for days after. They begin their fall 2010 tour of southern Louisiana in the continuing aftermath of the BP oil spill. Though written before that disaster, the piece was prescient in addressing the devilish dance between oil commerce and nature."
ARIEL DE MAN, co-artistic director,
Out of Hand Theater, Atlanta:
"The new work I'm most excited for this season is Dan Safer's dance/theatre company Witness Relocation's new piece Heaven on Earth, from a new script by Charles L. Mee, at La MaMa (Feb. 17-27) and Richard Garner's adaptation The Odyssey: A Journey Home at Georgia Shakespeare (Oct. 7-31)."
KRISTOFFER DIAZ, playwright. New York City:
"I'm a New Yorker, but the Chicago theatre scene holds a special place in my heart. The Goodman's 2010-11 season features new plays by three of my favorite writers: Sarah Ruhl's Stage Kiss, David Henry Hwanq's Chinglish, and Tanya Saracho's El Nogalar. I'm especially excited about that last one (Mar. 26-Apr. 24, a co-production with Teatro Vista); if you don't know Tanya's work already, you better get on board now."
STEVEN DIETZ, playwright and director, Austin:
"In Austin I'm eager to see the wicked minds of Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope present Rubber Rep's Biography of Physical Sensation (Oct. 14-30). I hope to catch John Lanqs's Hamlet for Seattle Shakes (Oct. 27-Dec. 5), Tony Taccone's Ghost Light at Oregon Shakes (a 2011 co-production with Berkeley Rep) and Jeffrey Hatcher's tantalizing new play about the Lunts and Uta Hagen, Ten Chimneys, at Arizona Theatre Company (Jan. 22-Mar. 6). Allison Gregory's hilarious adaptation, Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, is playing nationwide during the holidays, and our kids (full disclosure: the play-wright is my wife) are hoping we see it at Imagination Stage in D.C. (Nov. 24-Jan. 9), with seats right next to the Obamas."
DAN DONOHUE,
actor, Los Angeles;
"There are several productions and actors I am eager to see: Jack Willis as Max in Carey Perloff's production of The Homecoming at American Conservatory Theater (Mar. 3-27); Stephanie Beatriz as Isabella in Bid Rauch's production of Measure for Measure at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (summer 2011); Patrick Page in Julie Taymor's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (on Broadway this December); Michael Edwards's sure-to-be-brilliant season at Asolo Repertory Theatre; and the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, directed by Stephen Wadsworth (opening Oct. 11). There's also a brilliant new theatre company in Seattle--New Century Theatre Company--planning to do a new Glen Berger play in the spring."
BATHSHEBA DORAN,
playwright, New York City;
"It's got to be War Horse at Lincoln Center (opening in March). I saw the production at London's National Theatre and have not stopped talking about it since. It was originally conceived for children, and when you see an eight-year-old sit entranced at the theatre for two-and-a-half hours next to his two equally entranced parents, you know something very rare is happening. I believe a film is in the works, but what you'll see at Lincoln Center could only ever, ever happen on a stage."
PETER ELLENSTEIN, artistic director, William lnge Center for the Arts, Independence, Kans.:
"My top pick is Katori Hall's The Mountaintop (on Broadway this fall). I think audiences will be riveted, engaged and provoked by this exciting play by one of the American theatre's rising stars. J.T. Rogers's Blood and Gifts (through Nov. 2 at London's National Theatre) will undoubtedly be thought-provoking, funny and chilling, as is most of this writer's work. Marsha Norman's play-with-music adaptation of The Master Butchers Singing Club at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis (through Nov. 6) looks to be an exciting new work featuring Native Americans, based on the best-selling Louise Erdrich novel."
MEGHAN FINN,
director, Brooklyn, N.Y.:
"I am thrilled that Soho Rep will finally be doing debbie tucker green's born bad (opening Mar. 30). It's good writing from a structurally innovative voice, widely unknown in the States."
CHRIS FLIELLER, artistic director,
In Tandem Theatre, Milwaukee:
"There is a new African-American-based theatre company in Milwaukee called Uprooted that's committed to casting outside of type. They will be presenting the world premiere of local playwright Neil Haven's Pink Champagne here in our place, the Tenth Street Theatre, in late May/early June. The show was commissioned by the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center."
ROBERT FORD, artistic director, TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, Ark.:
"Artist's Laboratory Theatre (alt) made an auspicious storefront debut here in Fayetteville in August with a new play-in-progress by Merri Biechler called Babes, Bombs and Bingo, more evidence of the burgeoning theatre scene in northwest Arkansas. The play is bound for the New Orleans Fringe Festival (Nov. 17-21). Work-shopped using what co-artistic director Erika Wilhite calls alt's 'scientific method,' the result was edge-of-your-seat fascinating, with two fixed scenes book-ending a set of eleven others whose order was determined randomly. It's a structure that very smartly expressed the play's disturbing subject--the dissolution of a bomb scientist's mind."
IVAN FULLER, chair of the Department of Performing and Visual Arts, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D.:
"More than ever (or so it seems at the moment) we are in a time when all artists must embrace art that matters--art that is NOW and art that is HERE. Young companies like St. Fortune Productions out of Rochester, N.Y., have the right idea!"
NATHALIE HANDEL, playwright, New York City:
"The Gaza Mono-Logues, a poignant play by the Ashtar Theatre of Palestine, is written and performed by 33 young Palestinian actors and will play in Gaza, Ramallah, other cities in the West Bank and in more than 30 countries. On Nov. 29, it opens in New York at the United Nations General Assembly. Julia Cho's The Language Archive is at Roundabout Theatre Company, in a South Coast Rep co-production directed by Mark Brokaw, through Dec. 19. Cho is an intriguing voice. Her new play is about a man consumed with preserving the dying languages of far-flung cultures, but not knowing what to say to his wife to stop her from leaving him. Also, the Fulcrum Theater is a new, exciting, and much-needed playwright-run company dedicated to producing the work of New York-based playwrights of color. Look out for its inaugural production in summer 2011: Kara Lee Corthron's new play Julius By Design, which premieres at St. Paul, Minn.'s Penumbra Theatre (Jan. 20-Feb. 13)."
D.J. HOPKINS,
associate professor at San Diego State University, vice president of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, San Diego; "For years, I've been excited about productions that re-imagine classic texts in transformative ways. Ping Chong's stage adaptation of Kurosawa's film Throne of Blood runs at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (through Oct. 31) and Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York (Nov. 10-13). Also, the Wooster Group's smart, adventurous staging of Hamlet captured my imagination in 2008 and hasn't let go since--so I'm looking forward to the company's return to L.A. (at REDCAT, Dec. 1-12) with Tennessee Williams's Vieux Carre, following performances in Paris, Strasbourg and Edinburgh."
MORGAN JENNESS, literary agent, New York City:
"In general I am seeing a bit more courage in programming--and more willingness to collaborate and re-examine and expand old ideas of what to do and how to do them. I like what smaller regional theatres are doing: Marin Theatre Company, Southern Rep, About Face, PlayMakers Rep, the National Performance Network. Here's to more of it!"
ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL, playwright, performer and director, Minneapolis: "I'm most excited about this double feature: Mixed Blood's bilingual production of Isabel Allende's The House of Spirits, a new adaptation by Caridad Svich directed by Marcela Lorca (through Nov. 14); and the Ten Thousand Things production of Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, directed by Michelle Hensley (Oct. 29-Nov. 21). Juicy material, and a couple of really amazing women directors."
SIBYL KEMPSON, playwright, New York City and Tannersvilla, Pa.:
"I can't wait to see Young Jean Lee's one-woman show for 13P at Joe's Pub (April) and her Untitled Feminist Multi-Media Technology Show, a work-in-progress, at NYC's New Museum (Dec. 16-19)."
EMILIE S. KILGORE, co-founder of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Houston:
"Houston's Catastrophic Theatre creates innovative work; Blue-finger (Nov. 12-Dec. 18), a rock opera that founder Jason Nodler is creating around the music and concepts of Pixies frontman Black Francis, should be a humdinger. I'm also excited about the premiere of The Medusa Body by Rajiv Joseph at the Alley Theatre (Apr. 29-May 29), where he is now a resident artist."
KATE KITA, managing director and ensemble member, Theater Grottesco, Santa Fe, N.M.:
"I would love to see 31 Down's The Wind, at Brooklyn's Bushwick Starr in May. 31 Down creates theatre with spectacular imagery and uses light and sound brilliantly to transport the viewer. Also, Leslie Harrell Dillen's Two Wives in India, at the Santa Fe Playhouse house (Mar. 17-Apr. 3) wilt be directed by Ed Hastings--a fabulous writer/director combo!"
CAROLYN KRAS, playwright, Los Angeles:
"The shows I'm excited about include Theatre Seven of Chicago's Chicago Landmark Project--this critically acclaimed new company is commissioning 10 award-winning playwrights to write short plays that will be performed at various Chicago intersections in June; and Louder Faster at City Theatre Company in Pittsburgh--a world premiere by Eric Simonson and Jeffrey Hatcher about the playwright George S. Kaufman, directed by Tracy Brigden (May 7-29)."
SHAWN LACOUNT, artistic director, Company One, Boston: "My heart is skipping beats for three shows by three playwrights who are close to my heart. Marcus Gardley's world premiere of Every Tongue Confess at Arena Stage, directed by Kenny Leon and featuring Phylicia Rashad, is mouthwatering (Nov. 9-Jan. 2). I'm also hyped about Stephen Adly Guirgis's much-anticipated The Motherf*cker with the Hat, described as "a high-octane, verbal cage match about love, fidelity and misplaced haberdashery," at LAByrinth Theater Company/Public Theater (spring 2011). And keep your eye out for the beautiful writing of Kirsten Greenidge, whose play Bossa Nova is getting a world premiere at Yale Rep in New Haven, Conn. (Nov. 26-Dec. 18)."
SHIRLEY LAURO, playwright, a director of the Dramatists Guild Fund, New York City:
"The 'on the verge' Red Fern Theatre, along with its artistic director Melanie Mover, deserves national recognition. It pairs with philanthropies whose work relates to the social themes of its plays, and the philanthropies receive a portion of the ticket sales. Red Fern will open its season with Good Egg, by Dorothy Fortenberry, directed by Kel Haney (Oct. 21-Nov. 7). The play follows a woman who has been the caretaker for her bipolar brother; when she decides to get pregnant through artificial insemination, she contemplates having her embryos screened for bipolar disorder, which starts a debate with her brother about bio-ethics."
KEVIN LAWLER, producing artistic director, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha:
"In Omaha: KANEKO premieres a Philip Glass work in April, composed for Tim Fain, that will serve as the centerpiece of an evening-length musical exploration of the human longing for connection. Also, keep your eyes open for new work by the vibrant Omaha company aetherplough, which is dedicated to creating original, ensemble-based performance with multidisciplinary artists. In the Twin Cities: Workhaus Collective will produce Chimera, co-created by Deborah Stein and Suli Holum (Nov. 11-21) and Little Eyes by Cory Hinkle (Feb. 4-20). Skewed Visions is doing a series of video podcast plays set in cubicles. And the Walker Art Center will produce a season-long Adventures in New Puppetry Festival. In Seattle: UMO Ensemble will create phase one of Maldoror, inspired by 19th-century Surrealist writer Comte de Lautreamont, in collaboration with Seattle musician Andre Sanabria; the premiere on Halloween on Vashon Island will be followed by free performances in outdoor or public locations. Finally, in Chicago: New York company Big Dance Theater's Comme Toujours Here I Stand plays Nov. 4-7 at the Museum of Contemporary Art."
MICHAEL LEVINTON, artistic director, Little Lord, New York City:
"I'm looking forward to Incubator Arts Project's first full season outside of Richard Foreman's powerful shadow (formerly part of Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theater in the East Village). The company has a schedule packed full of daring, innovative, exciting-sounding work from a wide array of New York City artists."
VICTOR LIRIO, actor, artistic director of Diverse City Theater Company, New York City:
"Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet by Tarell Alvin McCraney at the Studio Theatre in D.C. (opening Jan. 5) is the last of Mr. McCraney's Brother/ Sister Plays, and offers a unique story about coming out/coming of age, set in San Pere, La. The poetry in the language ... provocative and gorgeous! Reminiscent of Mr. August Wilson's genre."
JOSE LLANA, actor and singer, New York City:
"Venice is playing this fall at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles (Oct. 7-Nov. 14). It's written and directed by Eric Rosen, with original music and lyrics by Matt Sax and additional music by Curtis Moore. It's a loose adaptation of Othello set in postwar futuristic America. It's theatre, hip-hop and R&B mixed with a smart sense of political satire. This, to me, is where theatre is most moving--when collaborators from different worlds come together to tell a story that can touch people from different worlds."
JASON LOEWITH,
executive director,
National New Play Network,
Washington, D.C.:
"Anyone who doesn't already know him needs to meet playwright Steve Yockey; since collaboration gives me goose bumps, I'm hot for the rolling world premiere of his ghost story of a play called Afterlife, with three separate productions at Southern Rep in New Orleans (Oct. 20-Nov. 14), New Repertory Theatre in Boston (Jan. 16-Feb. 6), and Santa Monica, Calif's Edgemar Center (summer). Closer to home, I really can't wait to see how plays--especially new ones--work in the Kogod Cradle in Arena Staqe's fabulous new space (who doesn't want to see plays in a cradle?). Finally, my office windows look directly into the rehearsal room at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, so I'm just surfing the net until I can watch Robert O'Hara get his Bootycandy up (May 30-June 26)."
LIZ MAESTRI, managing director, Taffety Punk, Washington, D.C.:
"D.C. appears to be veering from its conservative roots--there are a number of visually focused, weird, contemporary productions this season. Top on my list are Studio Theatre 2ndStage's production of Young Jean Lee's Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven (through Oct. 24), and Chuck Mee's bobrauschenbergamerica at the Forum Theatre (June 2-25, directed by Derek Goldman). I'm also stoked for Mike Daisey's return to Woolly Mammoth for The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (Mar. 21-Apr. 10)."
ART MANKE, director, Los Angeles:
"I attended the Pacific Playwrights Festival reading of Itamar Moses's Completeness this past April, and am excited to see the premiere at South Coast Repertory (Apr. 7-May 8): As always with Itamar's work, there is a deep emotional river running beneath the glistening surface of brilliant dialogue. Having seen Brian Bedford as Lady Bracknell in the Stratford Festival's incarnation of The Importance of Being Earnest, I can promise you its Broadway transfer (this winter), with breathtaking design by the great Desmond Heeley, will be a must-see of the New York season. Brian captures the very essence of Lady Bracknell without ever sending her up."
VIJAY MATHEW,
co-director, New Play institute, Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.:
"I'm looking forward to I've Never Been So Happy by the Rude Mechanicals, premiering in April and May at the Off Center in Austin."
LAURA OSNES,
performer, New York City:
"I will give a little shout-out to my friend Kathleen Monteleone, who is playing Amber Von Tussle in the upcoming production of Hair-spray at Paper Mill Playhouse (through Oct. 17). I recently saw her as Elle Woods on the Legally Blonde tour and she is phenomenal!"
J.T. ROGERS, playwright, Brooklyn, N.Y.:
"Lucy Thurber's Scarcity is the most underrated American play of the last three years. Thus I'm eager to see her latest, Bottom of the World, at the Atlantic Theater Company (through Oct. 3). Also, Lisa D'Amour, the most protean playwright of my generation, has a new work, Detroit, debuting at Steppenwolf (through Nov. 7)."
TINA SATTER, artistic director, Half Straddle, New York City:
"I'm looking forward to Karinne Keithley's Montgomery Park, or Opulence at NYC's Incubator Arts Project (Nov. 4-13). I've read the text (which is published by 53rd State Press) and it's intoxicating, lovely and strange on the page--I cannot wait to see it on the stage."
TANYA SELVARATNAM, producer/performer, Cambridge, Mass., and New York City:
"I always check out BAM's Next Wave Festival (through Dec. 19) and this year I'm seeing Laurie Anderson's Delusion, Evan Ziporyn's A House in Bali, James Thierree's Raoul, Ping Chong's Throne of Blood and Thomas Ostermeier's The Marriage of Maria Braun. I'm hoping to see the new plays by Lisa Kron (In the Wake, Oct. 19- Nov. 21 at New York's Public Theater) and Tony Kushner (The Intelligent hom*osexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, a Public Theatre Company co-production, Mar. 22-June 12). When in Cambridge, I'll see Trajal Harrell's 20 Looks (Nov. 5-6) and Bill T. Jones's Body Against Body (Feb. 4-6), both at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and Sarah Benson's direction of Ajax at American Repertory Theater (opening Feb. 12)."
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY, playwright, New York City: "Stephen Adly Guirgis's play about the *&%$# hat."
SHANNON SINDELAR, director of special projects, Incubator Arts Project, New York City:
"I'm looking forward to The Little Foxes at New York Theatre Workshop (through Oct. 31). It's rare that Lillian Heliman's work is done in New York City, so we're lucky--but Ivo van Hove directing is what makes this especially exciting. His treatment of his female characters is so intelligent, grounded and fine--it's going to be a piece that revolutionizes this classic."
DEVON SMITH, management consultant, New York City: "Washington Ensemble Theatre up in Seattle has one of the hottest collections of young, talented artists that I've ever met. Their seventh season is bursting with exciting world premieres, including works by the dark and dangerous Tommy Smith and the irreverently bizarre Michael Mitnick. WET also does an awesome job of inviting the local Capitol Hill community into their artistic process--I'm often most enchanted by these ensemble-created pieces, like the upcoming Raw (spring 2011)."
LOUIS G. SPISTO,
CEO/executive producer, Old Globe, San Diego:
"Annie Baker is just about my favorite playwright, and she and director Sam Gold are a match made in heaven in Circle Mirror Transformation (at South Coast Rep Jan. 9-30). This play is far more than it might seem on the page. And there's a new musical version of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City with a libretto by Jeff Whitty (directed by Jason Moore at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, May 17-Jul. 19). I admit to reading all of Maupin's books, so they have me already--but I would be excited to see any new musical that re-teamed Avenue Q's Moore and Whitty. Add in music and lyrics by Jake Shears and John Garden from the Scissor Sisters, and this musical is likely to be a rare treat for everyone."
TERRENCE SPIVEY, artistic director, Karamu House, Cleveland:
"I look forward to the new Cleveland Play House and Cleveland Public Theatre seasons, particularly the African-American version of The Trip to Bountiful to be directed by Timothy Douglas at the Play House (Feb. 4-27). National attention should go to two deserving locals in Cleveland: Tom Schorgl, executive director of Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, is a one-man army fighting for local artist and arts organizations; and there is Michael Mauldin, head of theatre at Cleveland State University, who within three years has brought the theatre department to a higher level through his Summer Stage productions, combining the students with professionals."
DANIEL TALBOTT,
artistic director of Rising Phoenix Rep, literary manager of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York City:
"In NYC, I can't wait to see Cherry Jones, Adam Driver and Sally Hawkins in Mrs. Warren's Profession at the Roundabout (through Nov. 28), A Free Man of Colorby John Guare (starting Oct. 21 at Lincoln Center Theater) and Orlando, adapted by Sarah Ruhl and starring Francesca Faridany at Classic Stage Company (through Oct. 17)."
ERIC TING, associate artistic director, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Conn.:
"I'm excited for most of Yale Rep's season, but in particular the new Adam Bock/Todd Almond musical directed by Anne Kauffman (We Have Always Lived in the Castle, through Oct. 9). Between that and the brilliant work James Bundy and Jennifer Kiger are doing to shepherd the Rep into this new millennium--sign me up! While I'm sad (along with much of Connecticut) to lose Jeremy Cohen, I look forward with great anticipation to the work he will be doing in Minneapolis at the Playwrights Center. I don't envy him his winters, but I do envy the first-class artistry he'll be hanging out with every day."
SUSAN TSU, designer, Pittsburgh:
"I am most excited about seeing a production here in Pittsburgh called Maria de Buenos Aires (at Quantum Theatre, Mar. 24-Apr. 17) with music by Astor Piazzolla, libretto by Horacio Ferrer, directed by Karla Boos with music direction by Andres Cladera. It's described as a 'tango operita' from the streets of Buenos Aires. The Boos/Cladera team created a unique Candide last season set in an abandoned car dealership, and everything in that space was used meaningfully and creatively. The fullness of that experience has me holding my breath to see what Karla and Andres come up with next! All Quantum's productions are site-specific, and as part of its 20th anniversary, the theatre has established the Quantum Corridor--which is a pledge to locate several upcoming works in the communities surrounding Penn Avenue, an area that has seen some reclamation but still has a way to go."
JON TUTTLE, playwright and dramaturg, Columbia, S.C.: "If I could see only two shows in South Carolina this season, they'd be Mahalia at Trustus Theatre (in Columbia, Feb. 11-Mar. 5) and Something More Than a Game at the Warehouse Theatre (in Greenville, May 20-June 4). The former promises to spill out into the streets and showcases one of the Midlands' finest, boldest performers, Valdina Hall, as gospel legend Mahalia Jackson. Something More Than a Game is an original script by the very talented actor/musician/director/designer/writer Jayce Tromsness. A revisitation of the Black Sox scandal, the play is inspired by the old newspaper adage, 'When the legend outweighs the facts, print the legend.'"
JESSICA WALLENFELS, director/choreographer and artistic director of Many Hats Collaboration, Portland, Ore.;
"I am looking forward to upstart Portland director Megan Ward's production of 99 Ways to f*ck A Swan, by Kimberly Rosenstock (Jan. 14-Feb. 12 at Theatre Vertigo in Portland). This play was all the buzz after a reading at Portland Center Stage's JAW Festival in 2009. I also can't wait for Oregon Children's Theatre's productions of Alice in Wonderland: A Rock Opera, (Oct. 30-Nov. 21) and A Wrinkle in Time (May 14-June 5)."
DAVID M. WHITE, artistic director, WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory, Baltimore, Md.:
"The Theatre@Boston Court in Pasadena, Calif., has been flitting all over my radar this year. Its 2010 season ends with a new Jordan Harrison piece (Futura, a shared world premiere with Portland Center Stage and the National Asian American Theatre Company, through Nov. 7). Considering its interest in international work, passion for producing new works and past roster, including a ton of playwrights whose work I love, I'm itching to see what it announces for 2011."
PRESTON WHITEWAY, executive director, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Conn.:
"I'm excited to see what happens at the new Arena Stage in D.C., both in the beautiful new spaces, and the output of its joint project with the Mellon Foundation, employing playwrights for three years as they write. It is an incredible and inspiring investment in regards to the value of writers and new work."
HANK WILLENBRINK, playwright and assistant professor of theatre, University of Scranton, Pennsylvania: "I'm looking forward to the first offering of the season from Louisville, Ky.'s Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company: Miss Julie, directed by Alec Volz (Oct. 7-16). The most exciting season overall for me is the one coming up at Berkeley Rep, which includes Compulsion by Rinne Groff (through Oct. 31; Oskar Eustiss production also plays NYC's Public Theater Feb. 1-Mar. 6) and Les Waters directing Sarah Ruhl's version of Three Sisters (Apr. 8-May 22). The production I'd most love to see is Intiman Theatre of Seattle's The Scarlet Letter in a new adaptation by Naomi lizuka, directed by Lear deBessonet (Oct. 22-Dec. 5). I'm also interested in Lisa D'Amour and Katie Pearl's latest collaboration, How to Build a Forest, in June at the Kitchen in NYC. And, as always, I'm stoked for the Humana Festival of New American Plays (at Actors Theatre of Louisvilfe in Kentucky, Feb. 27-Apr. 2) and the University of California-San Diego's Baldwin New Plays Festival (Apr. 13-23)."
THE GARCES ULTIMATUM
An interview by Stephen Leigh Morris
In high school in Bogota, Colombia, Michael John Garces played an apostle in Godspe//--which provided this young man from a Catholic country the experience of doing a musical written by a Jew about the coming of Christ. "We were all too busy putting on a show to ask why we were doing it," he reflects. After working for 25 years in LORT theatres as a director and playwright--and now as artistic director of L.A.'s Cornerstone Theater Company--the questions "Why do these shows, and for whom?" still haunt him. (Pictured from left, Andres Munar and Carlos Gomez in Naomi lizuka's 3 Truths, directed by Garces at Cornerstone this past June).
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'THEATRE FACTS 2009' By Sarah Hart
Despite the many financial difficulties faced by the arts sector (and, of course, the nation), the not-for-profit theatre field contributed $1.9 billion to the national economy during the 2008-09 fiscal year. American Theatre takes stock of the art form's finances and productivity with a narrative version, penned by arts reporter Sarah Hart, of TCG's indispensable annual report Theatre Facts.
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