2022-2023 Season
“Crossing Generations”
The Taming
by Lauren Gunderson
Regional Premiere
Directed by Maegan McNerney Azar
Tweetering and undying giddiness for James Madison -- what else could you expect to find at a Miss America pageant? In this raucous, "power-play" contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions. All she needs to revolutionize the American government is the help of one ultra-conservative senator's aide on the cusp of a career breakthrough, and one bleeding-heart liberal blogger who will do anything for her cause. Well, that and a semi-historically-accurate ether trip. Here's lookin' at you, America.
October 20-30, 2022
Educating Rita
by Willy Russell
Directed by Maggie Kettering
Frank is a tutor of English in his fifties whose disillusioned outlook on life drives him to drink and bury himself in his books. Enter Rita, a forthright 26 year-old hairdresser who is eager to learn. After weeks of cajoling, Rita slowly wins over the very hesitant Frank with her innate insight and refusal to accept no for an answer. Their relationship as teacher and student blossoms, providing new leases on life for both the student and the teacher.
December 8-18, 2022
Lifespan of a Fact
by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
Directed by Blake White
Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check D’Agata’s essay, the two come head to head in a hilarious yet gripping battle over facts versus truth.
January 19-29, 2023
Mitchelville
by Aurin Squire
World Premiere
Directed by Cezar Williams
When a young man tries to save his Gullah family home, he dives into the history of his family lineage, the Civil War, and the first town of Black freedmen in America. Mitchelville is a story about learning from the past, saving for the future, and keeping a tradition going.
March 16-26 2023
Ripcord
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Chip Egan
A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with new-arrival Marilyn, she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman by any means necessary. A seemingly harmless bet between the old women quickly escalates into a dangerous game of one-upmanship. Comedic and heart-warming all at the same time, this play is a home run on aging, strange friendships, and the lifelong struggle of satisfaction versus disappointment.
April 26-30, 2023
