Theatre Season 2020 – 2021
Social Creatures
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Nicholas Newell
Streaming October 7 – 14
During a global pandemic that turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies, 7 survivors find safety in an abandoned theatre. When a lone traveler who is different from the others enters their camp, it forces all of them to question what they have and will do to survive and what truly makes a monster. A surprisingly prophetic dark comedy from Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury
The Every 28 Hours Plays
co-created and produced by Claudia Alick and Dominic D’Andrea
Streaming November 5 – 8
The Every 28 Hours Plays was co-created and produced by Claudia Alick of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), Dominic D’Andrea of The One-Minute Play Festival (1MPF), with the participation of theater artists around the country. Originally created and produced on the ground in the St. Louis and Ferguson communities, the project includes engagements all over the country. Visit the play website for more information on the original artists who created this body of work.
Touch
A Devised Production
Directed by Lisa Abbott
Streaming November 11 – 15
What do you do in a world where you cannot touch?
a performance created by the cast around the theme of touch in a society where social distancing is the new normal.
Our Town
by Thorton Wilder
Directed by Dr. Sarah McCarroll
February 24 – 28
in the Center for Art and Theatre
Thornton Wilder’s Our Town shows the moments – small and large – that combine to make up the lives in an American town. From birth and school years, through courting and marriage, to death and, ultimately, the constants that remain when we are gone, the play reminds us to pay attention to the little things, because time moves quickly and tomorrow is not promised to us.
Slingsong
by Jim Magnuson
Directed by Nicholas Newell
Produced by Mical Whitaker
April 21 – 25
in the Center for Art and Theatre
Commissioned to perform in New York at the 50th Anniversary of the Lincoln Center summer series in 2021, Slingsong is a musical play adapted loosely from the biblical story of David and Goliath.
Last updated: 8/19/2020
