2018 Season
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
by Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Rich McGarvey
Apr. 12 - 15 2018
Set in Baghdad in 2003, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo uses the Iraq War to explore such themes as redemption and the never-ending cycle of violence, which is already in effect by the beginning of the play, and which will almost certainly continue after the curtain closes.
Rust
Written & Directed by FJ Hartland
May 17, 19, 20, 24, & 26 2018
Set in 1984, this play written by a local playwright follows a family’s adjustments when the bread-winner finds himself unemployed and his wife returns to work, sending their traditional lifestyle sideways.
God of Carnage
by Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Tom Liszka
Oct. 13 - 16 2018
The story of two sets of parents in the aftermath of a fight between their sons on the playground. At first diplomatic, their conversations progress and devolve. Tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than their principles in tatters.
a feminine ending
by Sarah Treem
Directed by Robin Reese
Dec. 6 - 9, 2018
This bittersweet comedy is about a girl who knows what she wants (to be a great composer), but not quite sure how to get it. Her parents are getting divorced, her fiancé is almost famous, her first love reappears, and there’s a lot of noise in her head, but none of it is music.