Production History
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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 A 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