2013/14
SEASON 16
Regional Premiere
AFTER THE REVOLUTION
By Amy Herzog
September 7 – October 19, 2013
Previews September 5 – 6, 2013
The passionate, brilliant Emma Joseph proudly carries the torch of her family's long-held Marxist traditions by devoting her life to the memory of her legendary blacklisted grandfather. When a stunning revelation uncovers a dark secret, each member of the family must reconcile everything they thought they stood for with the shadowy truth of history.
National New Play Network
Rolling World Premiere
RANCHO MIRAGE
By Steven Dietz
November 2 – December 7, 2013
Previews October 31 – November 1, 2013
From the playwright of Yankee Tavern comes a Rolling World Premiere of hilarious proportions. When six longtime friends gather for a one final dinner party, the evening unfolds with sidesplitting surprises, alarming secrets, and shocking bombshells that none of them will soon forget. Dietz’s dark comedy asks what remains between us when our youth, our dreams and our last bottle of wine is gone?
Regional Premiere
THE WHIPPING MAN
By Matthew Lopez
January 11 – February 15, 2014
Previews January 9 – 10, 2014
In the aftermath of the Civil War, a Jewish Confederate soldier returns home to discover his two former slaves living in the ruins of his family’s once grand plantation. Bound together by faith, they reunite to celebrate Passover and confront their past, present and future. The Whipping Man is a hauntingly powerful drama about newfound freedom and the painful legacy of slavery.
Regional Premiere
GOOD PEOPLE
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Artistic Company Member Christy Montour-Larson
March 8 – April 19, 2014
Previews March 6 – 7, 2014
In South Boston, good people lean on their neighbors in tough times, nights are spent playing bingo at the local church, and they live from paycheck to paycheck. Falling on hard times, Margie looks up a former boyfriend hoping to turn her luck – and her life – around. Pulitzer Prize Winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire explores how a twist of fate can change your life and whether you can ever escape your circumstances without abandoning your roots in this humor-filled story about society and class.
VENUS IN FUR
By David Ives
Directed by Producing Artistic Director Chip Walton
May 3 – June 14, 2014
Previews May 1 – 2, 2014
In this darkly seductive tale, a sexy and mysterious actress shows up hours late for her audition, and knows that she may have blown her chances at the role of a lifetime. But she slowly turns the tables into an erotic and electrifying game of cat and mouse that changes all the rules. Nominated for the 2012 Tony Award for Best Play, award-winning playwright David Ives’ new play blurs the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, and love and sex.
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