2023-2024 Season
Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike
Directed by Emily York
August 11 to August 27, 2023
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up, eventually leading to threats to sell the house.
Juke Joint Jukebox
Directed by Gary Stanford Jr
October 5 to October 8, 2023
Juke Joint Jukebox pays homage to the lineage of Gary Stanford Jr. (Creator/Director), and hopes to present a slice of history you may find challenging to learn in standard academia. His grandmother and her brother spent many years making a living behind the closed doors of adult-only entertainment Juke Joints on the east coast.
The Boys in the Band
Directed by Lauren Burgat
November 10 to November 19, 2023
In his Upper East Side apartment, Michael is throwing a birthday party for Harold, a self-avowed "thirty-two-year-old, pockmarked, Jew fairy," complete with a surprise gift: "Cowboy," a street hustler. As the evening wears on – fueled by drugs and alcohol – bitter, unresolved resentments among the guests come to light when a game of "Truth" goes terribly wrong.
Spring Awakening
Directed by Jepoy Ramos
January 19 to January 28, 2024
It is Germany, 1891, a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body and wonders aloud where babies come from... until Mama tells her to shut it and put on a proper dress. Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy, Moritz – a boy so traumatized by puberty that he can't concentrate on anything. This beautiful musical tells the story of these teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of adolescent sexuality.
Detroit
Directed by Steve Bologna
March 1 to March 17, 2024
In a first-ring suburb just outside a city that might be Detroit, Ben and Mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house next door and invite their new neighbors Sharon and Kenny over for a barbecue. The quintessential American back-yard party quickly turns into something more dangerous—and filled with potential.
Calendar Girls
Directed by Roxane Ashe
April 12 to April 28, 2024
When Annie's husband John dies of leukemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow Women's Institute members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence.
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Directed by Heather Skelley
June 14 to June 30, 2024
In a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating "hysteria" in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor's laboratory, his young and energetic wife tries to tend to their newborn daughter—and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room.
