Production History

Explore productions from previous seasons here.

Season 26: 2023-2024

Blues for an Alabama Sky

by Pearl Cleage

Directed by Mikael Burke
September 14 – October 15, 2023

Love Song

by John Kolvenbach

Directed by Artistic Director Marti Lyons
March 21 – April 21, 2024

Season 25: 2022-2023

Routes

by Rachel De-lahay

Directed by Mikael Burke
October 12, 2022 – November 20, 2022

Anna in the Tropics

by Nilo Cruz

Directed by Laura Alcalá Baker
February 8, 2023 – March 19, 2023

Galileo’s Daughter

by Jessica Dickey

Directed by Marti Lyons
April 5, 2023 – May 14, 2023

 

Season 24: 2022

Passage

by Christopher Chen, Inspired by E.M. Forster’s Passage to India.

Directed by Kaiser Ahmed
March 2, 2022 – April 10, 2022

The Year of Magical Thinking

by Joan Didion

Directed by Gabrielle Randle-Bent
April 27, 2022 – June 5, 2022

2020 - 2021

The Chimes

by Charles Dickens, adapted and performed by Nick Sandys
December 7, 2020 – January 3, 2021

Artist Descending A Staircase

a radio play by Tom Stoppard
Directed by James Bohnen
April 5 – April 18, 2021

Season 23: 2019 - 2020

Howards End

by Douglas Post, from E.M. Forster’s classic novel

Directed by Nick Sandys
August 29 – October 5, 2019

Top Girls

by Caryl Churchill

Directed by Keira Fromm
January 16 – February 22, 2020

Season 22: 2018 - 2019 (The New Classic)

Frankenstein

by Nick Dear, from the novel by Mary Shelley

Directed by Ian Frank
October 11 – November 17, 2018

The Father

by Florian Zeller

Directed by Kay Martinovich
January 31 – March 9, 2019

Bloomsday

by Steven Dietz

Directed by J.R. Sullivan
May 16 – June 22, 2019

Season 21: 2017 - 2018 (Truth Be Told)

hang

by debbie tucker green

Directed by Keira Fromm
March 21 – April 29, 2018

Puff: Believe It Or Not

by Eugène Scribe, translated by Ranjit Bolt

Directed by Nick Sandys
November 22, 2017 – January 7, 2018

The Skin of Our Teeth

by Thornton Wilder

Directed by Krissy Vanderwarker
October 4 – November 12, 2017

Season 20: 2016 - 2017 (An Age of Enlightenment)

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens, adapted by Tanika Gupta

Co-Directed by Lavina Jadhwani and Nick Sandys
May 11 – July 2, 2017

Born Yesterday

by Garson Kanin

Directed by David Darlow
March 22 – April 30, 2017

Pygmalion

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Shawn Douglass
November 23, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Pirandello’s Henry IV

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by Nick Sandys
October 5 – November 13, 2016

Season 19: 2015 - 2016 (Biting the Apple)

The Life of Galileo

by Bertolt Brecht, Translated by David Hare

Directed by Nick Sandys
March 23, 2016 – May 1, 2016

Fallen Angels

by Noël Coward

Directed by Shannon Cochran
November 25, 2015 – January 10, 2016

Love and Information

by Caryl Churchill

Directed by Shawn Douglass
September 24, 2015 – November 1, 2015

Season 18: 2014 - 2015 (Welcome to the Fun House)

Travesties

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by Nick Sandys
March 25 – May 3, 2015

The Clean House

by Sarah Ruhl

Directed by Ann Filmer
December 3, 2014 – January 11, 2015

Both Your Houses

by Maxwell Anderson

Directed by James Bohnen
October 1 – November 9, 2014

Season 17: 2013 - 2014 (The Human Puzzle)

Our Class

by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, English version by Ryan Craig

Directed by Nick Sandys
April 2 — May 11, 2014

The Chimes

adapted by Nick Sandys from the novel by Charles Dickens

December 21 — 31 2013

An Inspector Calls

by J.B. Priestley

Directed by David Darlow
December 4, 2014 — January 12, 2014

Northanger Abbey

adapted by Tim Luscombe from the novel by Jane Austen

Directed by Joanie Schultz
October 2 — November 10, 2013

Season 16: 2012 - 2013 (The Marriage Game)

Creditors

by August Strindberg, adapted by David Grieg

Directed by Sandy Shinner
April 10 — June 2, 2013

The Chimes

adapted by Nick Sandys from the novel by Charles Dickens

December 15 — 30, 2012

You Never Can Tell

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Shawn Douglass
November 21, 2012 — January 6, 2013

Seascape

by Edward Albee

Directed by Nick Sandys
September 12 — October 14, 2012

Season 15: 2011 - 2012 (The American Evolution)

Chesapeake

by Lee Blessing

Directed by Shawn Douglass
March 28 — May 6, 2012

Changes of Heart

by Marivaux, Translated by Stephen Wadsworth

Directed by Timothy Douglas
November 23, 2011 — January 8, 2012

Mourning Becomes Electra

by Eugene O’Neill, Adapted by Gordon Edelstein

Directed by Timothy Douglas
September 21 — October 30, 2011

Season 14: 2010 - 2011 (Secret Lives, Public Lies)

The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?

by Edward Albee

Directed by James Bohnen
March 30 — May 8, 2011

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Shawn Douglass
November 24,2010 — January 9, 2011

Night and Day

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by James Bohnen
September 22 — November 14, 2010

Season 13: 2009 - 2010 (Friendships Tested)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos

Directed by David Darlow
March 17 — May 2, 2010

The Island

by Athol Fugard

Directed by James Bohnen
January 27 — March 7, 2010

Heroes

by Gerald Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard

Directed by James Bohnen
October 14 — November 29, 2009

Season 12: 2008 - 2009 (The Perils of Possession)

Old Times

by Harold Pinter

Directed by James Bohnen
April 23 — May 31, 2009

thinkTank: American Ethnic

by Usman Ally, Idris Goodwin, and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

Directed by Nick Sandys
March 12 — 29, 2009

The Marriage of Figaro

by Beaumarchais, adapted by Ranjit Bolt

Directed by Jonathan Berry
November 13, 2008 — January 4, 2009

The Voysey Inheritance

by Harley Granville-Barker, adapted by David Mamet

Directed by James Bohnen
September 18 — November 2, 2008

Season 11: 2007 - 2008 (Life, Love & Other Inventions)

On The Verge, or The Geography of Yearning

by Eric Overmeyer

Directed by James Bohnen
May 15 – June 1, 2008

Bronte

by Polly Teale

Directed by James Bohnen
March 20 – May 4, 2008

thinkTank: The inSecurity Blanket

featuring Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Rasaka Theatre Company, Teatro Vista, and Usman Ally

March 6 – 30, 2008

Dickens in America

by James DeVita

Directed by James Bohnen
December 16 – 18, 2007

The Philadelphia Story

by Philip Barry

Directed by Shawn Douglass
November 15, 2007 – January 6, 2008

365 Days / 365 Plays

by Susan-Lori Parks

Directed by Nick Sandys
October 25 – 27, 2007

Fiction

by Steven Dietz

Directed by Nick Sandys
September 27 – November 4, 2007

Season 10: 2006 - 2007 (Lost Innocence)

thinkTank: An Immigrant Class

adapted by Shawn Douglass, from the book by Jeff Libman

Directed by Linda Gillum
March 22 — April 15, 2007

Mrs. Warren’s Profession

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by David Darlow
March 7 — April 22, 2007

A Child’s Christmas in Wales

by Dylan Thomas

Directed by Edward Sobel
December 6, 9, 16 & 23, 2006

The Real Thing

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by James Bohnen
November 15, 2006 — January 7, 2007

The Best Man

by Gore Vidal

Directed by James Bohnen
September 20 — November 5, 2006

Season 9: 2005 - 2006 (Temptation)

Power

by Nick Dear

Chicago Premiere
Directed by James Bohnen
May 3 — June 4, 2006

Tartuffe

by Molière, translated by Ranjit Bolt

U.S. Premiere
Directed by James Bohnen
January 18 &mdash March 5, 2006

Aren’t We All

by Frederick Lonsdale

Directed by Jessica Thebus
November 23, 2005 — January 8, 2006

 

Season 8: 2004 - 2005 (Chaos Theory... and Other Family Gatherings)

Humble Boy

by Charlotte Jones

Midwest Premiere
Directed by James Bohnen
March 9 — April 24, 2005

Arcadia

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by James Bohnen
November 24, 2004 — January 9, 2005

A Delicate Balance

by Edward Albee

Directed by James Bohnen
September 15— October 31, 2004

Season 7: 2003 - 2004

Hidden Laughter

by Simon Gray

Directed by James Bohnen
March 31 — May 16, 2004

Some Americans Abroad

by Richard Nelson

Directed by James Bohnen
February 4 — March 21, 2004

Major Barbara

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by James Bohnen
December 3 — January 25, 2004

Season 6: 2002 - 2003

Money

by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Directed by James Bohnen
February 19 — March 29, 2003

Holiday

by Philip Barry

Directed by James Bohnen
November 20, 2002 — January 5, 2003

The Secret Rapture

by David Hare

Directed by James Bohnen
October 2 — November 10, 2002

Season 5: Late 2001

Top Girls

by Caryl Churchill

Directed by James Bohnen
November 21,2001 — January 27, 2002

No Man’s Land

by Harold Pinter

Directed by James Bohnen
October 6 — November 11, 2001

Season 4: Early 2001

Hapgood

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by James Bohnen
February 21 — April 1, 2001

Man & Superman

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by James Bohnen
January 10 — February 11, 2001

Season 3: 1999

The Road to Mecca

by Athol Fugard

Directed by James Bohnen
September 8 — October 17, 1999

Season 2: 1998

Heartbreak House

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by James Bohnen
October 28 — December 6, 1998

Waiting for Godot & Rockabye

by Samuel Beckett

Directed by James Bohnen
September 16 — October 18, 1998

Season 1: 1996 - 1997

The Seagull

by Anton Chekhov

Directed by James Bohnen
January 12 — February 23, 1997

Night and Day

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by James Bohnen
November 4 — December 8, 1996