Capital Stage Announces 2021/22 Season
Shows include: HOLD THESE TRUTHS by Jeanne Sakata, ADMISSIONS by Joshua Harmon, THE GREAT LEAP by Lauren Yee and more.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Jul. 09, 2021
Capital Stage is reopening its doors on August 25, 2021. The 2021-2022 Season will mark their 17th season beginning with Jeanne Sakata's HOLD THESE TRUTHS, directed by Jeffrey Lo (VIETGONE, THE GREAT LEAP - A VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE), and starring Jomar Tagatac (VIETGONE). HOLD THESE TRUTHS is a Co-Production with SF Playhouse, and will be offered as live in person performances, as well as virtually with a performance filmed at SF Playhouse.
Subscription sales will begin on July 19, 2021 and range from $150-$228 per person. Regular tickets will go on sale August 16, 2021, and range from $25-$49 per person. Patrons who subscribed to the 2020-2021 Season (during the pandemic) will roll over automatically to this coming season. The Box Office is available for any questions or concerns regarding tickets and subscriptions at 916-995-5464, boxoffice@capstage.org, Tue-Thu 12-4pm.
ADMISSIONS by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Michael Stevenson
2018 Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards Winner for Outstanding Play
October 13 - November 14, 2021
Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school's Headmaster, they've largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values with convulsive results.
THE GREAT LEAP by Lauren Yee
Directed by Jeffrey Lo
2017 Kesselring Prize Winner
January 26 - February 27, 2022
When an American college basketball team travels to Beijing for a "friendship" game in the post-Cultural Revolution 1980s, both countries try to tease out the politics behind this newly popular sport. Cultures clash as the Chinese coach tries to pick up moves from the Americans and Chinese-American player Manford spies on his opponents. Inspired by events in her own father's life, Yee "applies a devilishly keen satiric eye to...her generation (and its parents)."
i??PASS OVER by Antoinette Nwandu
Directed by TBD
2018 New York Times Critics Pick
Sacramento Premiere
March 16 - April 17, 2022
Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner - talking shit, passing the time, and hoping that maybe today will be different. As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space with his own agenda and derails their plans. Emotional and lyrical, PASS OVER crafts everyday profanities into poetic and humorous riffs, exposing the unquestionable human spirit of young men stuck in a cycle just looking for a way out.
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT by Jeremy Karekan, David Murell & Gordon Farrell
Directed by Michael Stevenson
Sacramento Premiere
May 4 - June 5, 2022
Based on the true story of reporter John D'Agata's essay 'What Happens There', THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT follows Fingal, who has a small job: to fact-check articles for one of the best magazines in the country. His boss has given him a big assignment: to apply his skill to a groundbreaking piece by legendary author D'Agata. But now Fingal has a huge problem: D'Agata made up a lot of his article. What starts professional quickly becomes profane. A brilliant comedy grappling with a seminal issue of our time.
SMART PEOPLE by Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Judith Moreland
Sacramento Premiere
June 22 - July 24, 2022
It is the eve of Obama's first election. Four of Harvard University's brightest; a surgeon, an actress, a psychologist, and a neuro-psychiatrist, are all interested in different aspects of the brain, particularly how it responds to race. But like all smart people, they are also searching for love, success, and identity in their own lives. Lydia R. Diamond brings these characters together in this sharp, witty play about social and sexual politics.
Special Holiday Production
MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
Special Holiday Production
December 1 - 26, 2021
In this charmingly imagined sequel to Pride and Prejudice, Mary Bennet is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings' romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an unexpected guest sparks Mary's hopes for independence, an intellectual match, and possibly even love. This romantic comedy picks up two years after Jane Austen's beloved tale ended, with a clever and captivating style that will delight Austen aficionados and newcomers alike!
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