Season 14
2021-2022 SEASON
We are thrilled to welcome you back to our house of play for our 14th Season.
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BARBECUE
OCTOBER 20 – NOVEMBER 21, 2021
by Robert O'Hara
directed by Patdro Harris
The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and straight talk with their sister Barbara, whose spiral of drugs and recklessness has forced her siblings to stage an open-air intervention. But the event becomes raucous and unpredictable as familial stereotypes collide with hard realities, and racial politics slam up against the stories we tell—and maybe even believe—about who we were and who we’ve become. (The Public)
This production is not available for streaming on demand.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
NOVEMBER 28 – DECEMBER 30, 2021
By Charles Dickens
Adaptation and Original Lyrics by Rick Lombardo
Original Music by Anna Lackaff and Rick Lombardo
Music Arrangements by Anna Lackaff
Directed by Brian Weaver
Join Ebenezer Scrooge (played by Cycerli Ash, (pictured) and the ghostly spirits who visit on Christmas Eve to guide the grumpy miser through a redemptive and transformative journey towards friendship and love. The traditional tale, surprisingly staged and contemporarily cast. Hopeful, musical, and above all fun!
Please note: A Christmas Carol is offered as an add-on performance to our Season 14 Ticket package . Purchase season tickets now and get 10% off plus early access to single tickets for the production now. (Single tickets go on sale to the general public August 1.)
This production is available for streaming on demand.
THURGOOD
JANUARY 21 – FEBRUARY 27, 2022
by George Stevens, Jr.
directed by Lou Bellamy
presented in cooperation with Penumbra Theatre Company
Lester Purry (pictured) and Lou Bellamy return to the Playhouse for Thurgood – the inspiring story of the first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States. From his early days as a civil rights lawyer arguing the landmark case of Brown vs. Board of Education to the end of institutionalized segregation, Thurgood spans the impressive 58-year career of Justice Thurgood Marshall all the way to his appointment to the highest court in the land.
This production is available for streaming on demand.
TITUS ANDRONICUS
MARCH 16 – APRIL 10, 2022
by William Shakespeare
directed by Tina Packer and Brian Weaver
One of Shakespeare’s earliest plays and the most wildly popular hit of his lifetime, the story follows Titus (Nigel Gore, pictured) and his triumphant return to Rome from ten years of war with the intent to live out his final days in peace and tranquility. He brings Tamora, Queen of the Goths, her Black lover, Aaron, and her three sons home as his prisoners and per Roman custom, sacrifices the eldest son to the gods. This begins a revenge cycle that swallows everyone- man, woman, child and leaves no one unscathed.
This production is available for streaming on demand.
BELLA: AN AMERICAN TALL TALE
MAY 4 – JUNE 5, 2022
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Kirsten Childs
Directed by Damaris Webb
All aboard for a Western musical adventure the likes of which you’ve never experienced. As a wanted woman of mythic proportions looks to begin life anew out west, Bella takes us on the trip of a lifetime to escape her scandalous past and bounce into the arms of her awaiting Buffalo Soldier. Rowdy, wild, and hilarious, Kirsten Childs (Bubbly Black Girl…) infuses this tall tale with soulful tunes and madcap antics aplenty. Giddy-up to our get-down! (description, images and video courtesy of Playwright Horizons)
This production is not available On Demand.
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