SEP - OCT, 2016 - ARCADIA  by TOM STOPPARD

Recognized as one of the greatest plays of the last 50 years, Arcadia is a captivating, comedic cocktail of literary sleuthing, romantic entanglements and scientific discoveries. In a stately home in the British countryside, poets, tutors, historians and lovers roam the halls some two hundred years apart, trying to solve their particular mystery. In the early 19th century, impetuous 13-year-old Thomasina and her tutor, Septimus, are discovering chaos theory too early. In the late 20th century, scholars Hannah and Bernard are piecing together history from the puzzling documents that remain. Along the way, there are mistaken identities, hermits, duels and sex—the irrational force that brings everyone together and splits them apart with hilarious and tragic results. 

NOV - DEC, 2016 - THE CHILDREN'S HOUR by LILLIAN HELLMAN 

Setting: 1930s New England, a girls boarding school. Mary, a disgruntled and notoriously deceitful student, thinks she’s being treated unfairly. Stopping at nothing to get even, she starts a rumor that the headmistresses, Karen and Martha, are having an affair. The ensuing scandal throws the women’s careers into chaos and pushes relationships to the brink, with surprising and devastating consequences for everyone.  A controversial success when it opened on Broadway in 1934, Hellman’s groundbreaking play about the culture of fear and the power of public shaming is startlingly relevant today.

JAN - FEB, 2017 - AMERICAN BUFFALO by DAVID MAMET

During one long day in a Chicago junk shop, three small-time, tough-talking crooks plot to rob a man of his valuable coin collection, including the rare Buffalo nickel. But when their con goes awry, it’s every man for himself in a testosterone-fueled game of dead-end pipe dreams. By turns horrifying and hilarious, cynical and moving, American Buffalo is a small-scale tragedy packed with enough power to explode the American Dream. Hailed as a new American classic in 1977, Mamet’s award-winning play is an engrossing experience whether you’re seeing it for the first time or rediscovering this defining work.

MAR - APR, 2017 - KING ELIZABETH -  a new version of Mary Stuart by FRIEDRICH SCHILLER, adapted by TONY ESTRELLA

This thrilling new version of Schiller’s classic Mary Stuart pits the ousted queen of Scotland against her cousin the reigning queen of England, in a titanic battle of wills. Imprisoned by the English crown on suspicion of treason, Mary vies for her cousin’s throne even as she pleads for her life. Elizabeth must navigate the male-dominated world of court politics, foreign wars and domestic intrigue to decide her cousin’s fate. Will she act on her conscience? Or will she conform to patriarchal politics as usual to achieve her goals? Based on historical events, King Elizabeth is a classic for today.

MAY 2017 - THE NETHER - by JENNIFER HALEY

Log in. Choose an identity. Live out your private dreams. This is life in the Nether—a lush, virtual wonderland offering total sensory immersion, free of judgement and, seemingly, consequence. But when a real-world cop discovers a disturbing form of entertainment in “The Hideaway” realm, she triggers a virtual investigation with gasp-worthy revelations and an unimagined result. Part fairy tale, part sci-fi thriller, The Nether is a taut, haunting and highly original play for our times. 

Plays and dates are subject to change.