There is something sneakily subversive about taking Peter Pan, one of our culture’s most enduring fantasies about never growing up, and allowing it...
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R.O.I. – A Note from the Artistic Director
There are moments in history when civilization changes so rapidly that our moral imagination struggles to keep up. We are living through one of those...
Continue Reading →Hairspray – A Note from the Artistic Director
When Hairspray burst onto movie screens in 1988, John Waters hid a razor-sharp social critique inside a gloriously outrageous comedy. Beneath the...
Continue Reading →Dracula – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Dracula is not a relic of gothic horror, but a sly, muscular act of theatrical reclamation. What was once a tale...
Continue Reading →Flex – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
In Flex, playwright Candrice Jones gives us a story that pulses with the rhythm of gym shoes on maple and the heartbeat of young women yearning to...
Continue Reading →M. Butterfly – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
When M. Butterfly premiered in 1988, it detonated theatrical expectations. It asked Western audiences to confront how deeply our fantasies about the...
Continue Reading →Into the Woods – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
We live in a world built on stories: fairy tales, myths, and inherited narratives that shape what we believe is possible. Many of these myths are...
Continue Reading →Noises Off – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
At first glance, Noises Off is pure farce—slamming doors, dropping trousers, flying sardines, and backstage mayhem. But beneath the perfectly timed...
Continue Reading →My Fair Lady – A Note from the Artistic Director
George Bernard Shaw was a revolutionary for his time, a member of the famed and radical Fabian Society and a passionate feminist who believed...
Continue Reading →Curious Incident – A Note from the Artistic Director
When I first read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, I was awed not only by its original storytelling format, but by its unique...
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