Welcome to season 29
Who are we to each other?
This season makes space for stories about identity and memory, belonging and responsibility, and the ways we care for one another when it isn’t simple. It’s not about doing more. It’s about doing what matters—with intention, depth, and heart.
With four productions, each given deeper focus and care, the season unfolds as a conversation—one that invites you to sit inside the work, and stay with it a little longer.
A Venerated Modern Classic
Topdog/Underdog
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Previews: August 27–28, 2026
August 29 – September 20, 2026
Two brothers. One room. A lifetime of history they can’t outrun. Topdog/Underdog is a fierce, darkly funny story about Lincoln and Booth — brothers bound by blood, rivalry, and names that feel more like a prophecy than a joke. As old wounds resurface and survival becomes a daily gamble, this Pulitzer Prize–winning play asks what we inherit from family — and what it costs to break the cycle. Tense, intimate, and electric, this is theatre that puts you right inside the collision between love and survival.
Regional Premiere
One of the Good Ones
by Gloria Calderón Kellett
Previews: November 12–13, 2026
November 14 – December 13, 2026
A family dinner. A very serious boyfriend. Expectations that don’t quite line up. One of the Good Ones is a sharp, funny, and deeply human comedy about love, identity, and what happens when the people closest to us see the world differently. You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll leave thinking about the stories we tell — and who gets to belong inside them.
Regional Premiere
Marjorie Prime
by Jordan Harrison
Previews: January 28–29, 2027
January 30 – February 21, 2027
What if the people we love could live again — not as they were, but as we remember them? Marjorie Prime is a quietly powerful, deeply human exploration of memory, loss, and the stories we tell ourselves to keep the ones we love close. As artificial intelligence fills the spaces left behind by grief, this play invites you to sit with the beauty and the heartbreak of what it means to remember, to forget, and to be remembered.
Regional Premiere
Purpose
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Previews: April 29–30, 2027
May 1–30, 2027
The prominent Chicago Jasper family is back under one roof, reunited for a weekend that promises to upend expectations. Secrets surface, tensions flare, and connections are tested as parents, grown sons, and their partners navigate what they mean to each other and who they are within a world of family, culture, and politics. Sharp, human, and unflinching, this play asks: how do we define ourselves — and each other — when everything we thought we knew is on the table?
See the full season. Stay for the conversation.
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Curious @Cleo
For Season 29, we’ll be gathering in a new space.
While our home at 1080 Acoma Street evolves, Curious will move to Cleo Parker Robinson Dance’s Historic Shorter AME Building at 119 Park Ave West. It’s a space rooted in history, artistry, and community—and we’re honored to share this season there, together.
