2024 Short Season
(sponsored in part by Erasmus Books)
7/2/2024 Murder at the Howard Johnsons by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick – Is all fair in love? Even murder? A light and funny suspense comedy about a love triangle in a Howard Johnson Motor Inn.
8/6/2024 Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen – An intense, witty and concise adaptation of this harrowing and thrilling 1881 classic which generated strong controversy and criticism and is now considered a play that historically holds a position of immense importance.
9/3/2024 Admissions by Joshua Harmon – The admissions head of a New England prep school has fought to diversify the student body. But when her only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values. A no-holds-barred look at privilege, power, and the perils of hypocrisy.
10/1/2024 Spider’s Web by Agatha Christie – This comedy thriller (a conscious parody of the detective thriller in three acts) delivers a unique blend of suspense and humor in an intricate plot of murder, police, drug addicts, invisible ink, hidden doorways and secret drawers.
11/6/24 (Wednesday) The Making of a Great Moment by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb – Mona and Terry are actors on a mission: to change people’s lives with the power of theater—while traveling by bicycle and camping out on the side of the road. Likely to resonate with anyone who’s ever had doubt about personal life choices.
12/3/24 Terra Nova by Ted Tally – Drawn from the journals and letters found on the frozen body of Captain Scott, this play blends scenes of the explorer and his men at various stages of their ordeal, with flashbacks of Scott and his young wife and with fateful glimpses of his Norwegian rival, Roald Amundsen, whose party beat him to the South Pole.
(sponsored in part by Chris and Dick Currey)
8/22 – 8/26/2024 12 x 10 by KC Matthews – An evening of 12 ten-minute plays, written and directed by local artists and rehearsed and produced in two weeks.
9/27 – 9/28/2024 Next of Kin by Kyle Hutslar and Eddie Castle – A series of interrelated scary scenes for your spooky pleasure.
MAINSTAGE(7 shows each)
7/26 – 8/4/24 District Merchants by Aaron Posner Love, loss, litigation, and predatory lending are examined in surprising ways in this uneasy comedy, which wades fearlessly into the endless complexities and contradictions of life in America. Set among the Black and Jewish populations of an imagined time and place that is simultaneously Shakespearean, Reconstruction-era,
Washington, D.C., and today. District Merchants is a remarkable tale of money, merchandise, and merc
Postponed until January! The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith From the author of “Unnecessary Farce”. Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be governor. He might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for…the worst candidate to ever run for office. A timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
12/6 – 12/15/2024 The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson
Soon after Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, she was the object of ruthless gossip and joined her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer. This play revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women.
Activities are made possible in part by the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Harvey R. and Doris Klockow Foundation.
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