AMERICAN PLAYERS THEATRE

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This extraordinary play, widely regarded as Friel’s masterpiece, is the study of five unmarried sisters, named for Friel’s mother and sisters, (“those five brave, Glenties ...

Winner of the 2001 Tony Award® for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, ...

“'Mala’ means ‘bad.’ Not that you have done something bad, but that you are, in your core, bad.” Funny, brutally honest, and ultimately cathartic, Mala ...

David Ives, adapted from Le Menteur by Pierre Corneille Baylor University...

Anna Ziegler University of Southern California...

"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost ...

Every so often a new play arrives that we simply can’t ignore. And oh my, The Moors. There’s no genre big enough to contain it. ...

Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine Hansberry's celebrated play concerns the divergent dreams and conflicts in three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, ...

In Love’s Labor’s Lost, the comedy centers on four young men who fall in love against their wills. The men, one of them the king ...

A mystery emerges from a river, and a fable takes flight. It’s unabashedly romantic; nestled in the everyday, and buoyed by magic. It slips seamlessly ...

If there’s one thing we’ve learned in recent years, it’s the power of a good laugh. The kind that bubbles up from deep in the ...

In ancient Greece, Dynamene is prepared to die from grief over the death of her husband and has barricaded herself, fasting, in his tomb. She ...

When his daughter Imogen secretly marries Posthumus – a good man without much financial means – King Cymbeline banishes Posthumus in a fury. In Rome, ...

Revisit Homer’s epic tale, distilled by one war-torn poet. Actor Jim DeVita takes us on a thrilling, wrenching tour of the Trojan War. The intimate ...

Lisa Peterson and Denis O?Hare American Players Theatre...

Two established playwrights hoping to refresh their careers take their show on the road. Or, rather, on the high seas, along with their two established ...

The world-premiere staging of James DeVita's new play, told largely in Shakespeare's own words. It's plague time, and Shakespeare's characters are out of sorts (and ...

The night before his assassination, Martin Luther King, Jr. returns to the Lorraine Hotel after delivering his last impassioned speech, I’ve Been to the Mountaintop. ...

The night before his untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering a speech ...

adapt: Simon Stephens from Henrik Ibsen; trans: Simon Stephens; music: Mikhail Fiksel; dir: Keira Fromm....

Emerson College Shakespeare Society...

William Shakespeare; music: Josh Schmidt; dir: John Langs....

Allen Elizabethan Theatre: Lauren Gunderson; music: Paul James Prendergast; dir: Christopher Liam Moore....

William Shakespeare; music: Josh Schmidt; dir: James DeVita....

Winner of the New York Drama Critic's and Tony® Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, this sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy ...

Four women in Depression-era St. Louis live and work together in a valiant effort to stave off loneliness and despair. And, along the way, they ...

Oliver Goldsmith; music: Joe Cerqua; dir: Laura Gordon....

This unexpected new comedy follows the battle of wits and the real life romance between socialite Charlotte Payne-Townshend and playwright George Bernard Shaw. When wealthy ...

An idyllic Forest of Arden provides the lush backdrop for Shakespeare's glorious romantic comedy of courtiers, clowns, philosophers and provincials—all bewitched by the trials and ...

Timberlake Wertenbaker; trans: Thomas Keneally....

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Shakespeare’s black comedy tingles with intrigue in this story of love, lust, and politics. A full ...

Hill Theatre: adapt: Aaron Posner from George Bernard Shaw; dir: Aaron Posner....

It’s with the promise of money, glory and adventure that Captain Plume is recruiting the men of Shrewsbury for the King’s army. He’s also determined ...

Touchstone Theatre: Athol Fugard; dir: Ron OJ Parson....

Recently revived on Broadway (2009) this absurdist exploration of ego and mortality is set in the crumbling throne-room of a palace in an unnamed country ...

Ex-show girl and mistress, Billie Dawn, gets a new lesson on life and love when her corrupt and uncouth junk czar boyfriend hires a newspaper ...

This fall, the Touchstone takes on a darker hue. A seemingly solid relationship suddenly teeters, attacked from without and within. Motes of mistrust, sown in ...

In a community entrenched in honor and iron wills, secrets have a way of exploding. It’s an uneasy venue for a patchwork family. For a ...

William Shakespeare; music: Josh Schmidt; dir: John Langs....

adapt: David Frank from Georges Feydeau; trans: Abbot Chrisman; music: John Tanner; dir: David Frank....

adapt: James DeVita from Edmond Rostond; trans: Henderson Dangerfield Norman, Mary Guillemard, Gertrude Hall, Charles Rendauld, Gladys Thomas; music: Sarah Pickett; dir: James DeVita....

Loosely based on true events, THE MAIDS takes place in 1940s France where we find Solange and Claire two housemaids and sisters who construct secret, ...

Yasmina Reza; trans: Christopher Hampton; music: Joe Cerqua; dir: Laura Gordon....

Here we have something of a rare delicacy. Funny and heartfelt, with a healthy dose of danger. Like the sea that serves as his path, ...

Discover the humor and heartbreak of one of the world’s greatest plays by Anton Chekhov, revealed through the lyricism of one of the leading voices ...

Directed by Wendy Wagner November 6-10 & 13-17, 2012 It is the eve of Mary’s wedding, a night filled with dreams: dreams of love, dreams ...

Samuel Beckett; dir: Aaron Posner....

Samuel Beckett; dir: Aaron Posner....

It’s 1821 in New York, and two productions of Shakespeare’s Richard III are vying for audiences. One is presented by the African Company of New ...

"Eurydice" reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. ...

William Shakespeare; dir: David Frank....

William Shakespeare; dir: David Frank....

From the man who gifted us Travesties and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, we giddily present you with what may be his masterwork. This dazzling, ...

ARCADIA is set in April 1809 in a stately home in Derbyshire. Thomasina, a gifted pupil, proposes a startling theory, beyond her comprehension. All around ...

William Shakespeare; dir: William Brown....

William Shakespeare; dir: William Brown....

The tragedy of a typical American - a salesman who at the age of sixty-three is faced with what he cannot face: defeat and disillusionment. ...

Oscar Wilde; dir: TBA ....

This boy-meets-girl tale is a charming romp about mistaken identity, true love, and the business of marriage. Artistic & General Director Matthew Jocelyn brings a ...

adapt: Denis O'Hare, Lisa Peterson from Denis O'Hare, Lisa Peterson; trans: Robert Fagles; dir: John Langs....

After losing her Mississippi home to creditors, Blanche du Bois relocates to the New Orleans home of her younger sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley ...

William Shakespeare; dir: Tim Ocel....

William Shakespeare; dir: John Langs....

Revived in 2002 by the Royal National Theatre in a production that sparkled on Broadway, Private Lives is one of the most sophisticated, entertaining plays ...

Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona; dir: Derrick Sanders....

On a deserted stretch of beach, a middle-aged couple relaxes after a picnic lunch and converse idly about home, family, and their life together. She ...

Pride and Prejudice is a theatrical version of Jane Austen’s classic novel involving manners, courtship and relationships. Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet's most ...

The last time APT took on a Greek, it was named Production of the Year by The Wall Street Journal. Alcestis revisits that extraordinary conflux ...

American Buffalo David Mamet; dir: Kenneth Albers....

Travesties is the funny, clever and generally mind-blowing proof of Tom Stoppard’s genius.Henry Carr weaves a tale of the famous people he knew in his ...

An astounding play from the master of American drama, three men struggle with poverty, friendship and trust while contemplating a robbery. Don, Teach and Bobby ...

Leonato’s house is a happy one, complete with beautiful daughter Hero and clever niece Beatrice, as well as Beatrice’s aging father Antonio. But when Leonato’s ...

Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare; dir: David Frank....

Romeo is looking for some distraction when he and his friends decide to crash a Capulet ball. There he meets Juliet and the two instantly ...

Based on the book by decorated literary journalist Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking recounts the twelve months following the unexpected death of her ...

Dr. Ridgeon has developed a cure for tuberculosis. He’s at the very top of his game – and his patient load – when the charming ...

Responsible, mild-mannered Jack Worthing is harboring a couple of secrets. First, he is in love with his friend Algernon’s cousin, Gwendolen. And second, they both ...

It’s tough to live up to your parents’ expectations, and tougher when your mom is a famous – and very critical – actress. Such is ...

Where decadent wealth has bred soul-deep boredom, one needs something to pass the time. And with sex readily available, why not fill it with that? ...

Antony and Cleopatra is a love story with the power to shatter nations. (Sound hyperbolic? Trust us, it’s not.) But reality has a way of ...

You may know APT core company member James Ridge. Whether you recognize him is another matter. You see, he’s nothing if not adaptable. He transforms ...

The Touchstone Theatre: - James DeVita; dir: C. Michael Wright....

James DeVita; dir: C. Michael Wright....

Our two gentlemen seek travel, adventure and, yes, love too. But nothing complicates friendship like a little romantic competition, as the boys attempt to thrive ...

Tom Stoppard makes his debut on our Hill with the play that first put him on the map. Take a peek around the corners of ...

Up the Hill Theatre: - William Shakespeare; dir: John Langs....

The Keller family struggles with a real-life willing suspension of disbelief in a community rocked by war, scandal and one very specific combination of the ...

Molly is a new bride – happy, content. And blind. And now, she has a chance to see. For Molly’s husband, restoring her sight is ...

Up the Hill Theatre: - W. Somerset Maugham; dir: David Frank....

W. Somerset Maugham; music: John Tanner; dir: David Frank....

Winter is special at APT. An experience not to be missed. As our iconic oak tree dons its snowy crown, The Touchstone Theatre breaks stage ...

- Vern Thiessen; music: Marc Desmoreaux; dir: Miles Potter....

James DeVita....

Three aging WWI French army veterans, a very different "band of brothers," muse on life, the past and what is over the next hill as ...

Edna Ferber, George S. Kaufman; dir: Rachel Chavkin. McGuire Proscenium:...

Hitch a ride to 1930’s California for this journey through the heartland of America. The Fine Arts Center’s 75th anniversary celebration concludes with this production ...

There could scarcely be a more provocative start to the season—or a more vivid way to experience Shakespeare’s beloved final play. Unique staging that transports ...