THE THANKSGIVING PLAY

September 26 – October 13, 2024

by Larissa FastHorse

Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally woke teaching artists scrambles to create an elementary school pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month without ruffling any feathers. What could possibly go wrong? Just about everything. Rambunctious, thorny and not altogether politically correct, The Thanksgiving Play serves up the hypocrisies of woke America on a big, family-style, platter. Come get ya some.

THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS

AT PEMBERLEY 

December 5 – 22, 2024

by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon

A yuletide sequel to Pride And Prejudice. In the downstairs servants’ quarters Mrs. Reynolds, a no-nonsense housekeeper; Cassie, an eager new maid; and Brian, a lovesick footman, are bustling with preparations for holiday guests. But their work is interrupted by the midnight arrival of the definitely not invited Mr. Wickham - Lydia’s rogue of a husband and Mr. Darcy’s sworn enemy. A charming holiday tale that explores the confines of class and the generosity of forgiveness.

THE EFFECT

January 23 – February 9, 2025

​by Lucy Prebble

Connie and Tristan have palpable chemistry - or is it a side effect of a new antidepressant? They are volunteers in a clinical trial, but their sudden and illicit romance forces the supervising doctors to face off over the ethical consequences of their work. The Effect takes on our pill-popping culture with humor and scintillating drama.

MAYTAG VIRGIN

May 8 – 25, 2025

by Audrey Cefaly

Alabama school teacher Lizzy Nash and her new neighbor, Jack Key, have lost their spouses and now find themselves living next door with their back porches and lives staring each other in the face. Two new neighbors put their hearts and laundry on the line and wonder if good clotheslines make good neighbors. As a year passes, kept secrets shake loose and they find themselves wondering if they are ready to live and love again. Laughter, love and laundry.

SAMANTHA INSIDE OUT

May 30, 2025

by Marisa Smith

Samantha, a woman of a certain age has had it—with her life, her marriage, modern life, everything. She’s a high school English teacher, mother of grown twins and wife of Eliot, a cruel, pompous philanderer.  After a humiliating and violent encounter with her husband, Samantha flees a stultifying Christmas party at the President of the College’s house. She ends up in the host’s teenage daughter’s cluttered room on the third floor.  Amid the chaos Samantha reviews the wreckage of her life and reveals her truth and her secrets out loud. By doing so Samantha charts a new course for herself. It’s never too late to start again.

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