May 2022
With plays, musicals, and more, check out these offerings on U.S. stages.
Alabama
The Marvelous Wonderettes
By: Roger Bean
Directed by: Melissa Rain Anderson
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Alabama
Event Date(s): Tue May 24 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Theatre Performance — Musical
Venue: Festival Stage
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://asf.net/the-marvelous-wonderettes-2022/
Description:
This smash Off-Broadway hit takes us to the 1958 Springfield High School prom, where we meet and learn about the lives and loves of four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts. More than 30 classic ’50s and ’60s hits, including “Lollipop” and “Dream Lover.”
Alaska
The Mommy Dance
By: Written and directed by Jill Bess. Music by Jill Bess & Darcy McMullen Kreger
Directed by: Jill Bess
Cyrano's Theatre Company
Anchorage
Event Date(s): Fri May 06 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Cyrano's Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.cyranos.org
Description:
Ah, motherhood! With the birth of a new baby, one new mother discovers all the ways her life has changed. The joys, the angst, the confusion and more, in a comic musical journey that explores all of the changes that birthing a new life brings.
Arizona
Schoolhouse Rock Live!
By: Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating and Kyle Hall Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
Childsplay Theatre
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 23 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Herberger Theatre Center
Price: $Starting at $13
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/shows/21-22season/spring-show22
Description:
A pop culture phenomenon returns to the musical stage with songs you loved updated for a whole new generation! Schoolhouse Rock Live! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
Arkansas
Into the Woods
By: Stephen Sondheim
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 19 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Price: Varies
Reference Link: https://therep.org
Description:
Stephen Sondheim’s most popular musical turns the world of fairy tales topsy-turvy, reminding us that granted wishes often bring complications. Filled with exquisite music and lyrics, this innovative new production is sure to enchant as it ventures beyond “happily ever after.”
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
By: Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by: Dexter Singleton
TheatreSquared
Fayetteville
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 13 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: In-Person and Streaming
Venue: TheatreSquared
Price: $10-58
Reference Link: https://theatre2.org
Description:
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity slams together thrilling spectacle, incredible characters, and geopolitical allegory into an invigorating theatrical experience you can’t find on pay-per-view.
Mariposa/Butterfly
By: José Casas and Sandy Asher
Tricycle Theatre for Youth
Bentonville
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 08 - Fri May 20
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Tricycle Theatre (and the Trike Theatre Truck tour)
Description:
A low fence separates neighbors but much more divides them. Even the arrival of a caterpillar causes disagreement — until mariposa/butterfly and its eventual departure unites them in wonder, sadness, and a new understanding of their shared, beautiful world.
Next Gen Project
By: Trike Resident Actor Company (TRAC)
Directed by: Meg Greene and Christopher Tennison
Tricycle Theatre for Youth
Bentonville
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sat May 21
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Tricycle Theatre
Description:
TRAC artists and their directors will work as an ensemble to create an original production from the ground up. They will explore multicultural theatre styles, theatrical devising methods, and diverse writing techniques.
California
Real Women Have Curves
By: Josefina Lopez
Directed by: Marie Ramirez Downing
6th Street Playhouse
Santa Rosa
Event Date(s): Thu May 12 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Monroe Stage
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description:
Chronicles a week in a hot, cramped, house-turned-sewing factory of a 34-year-old undocumented immigrant owner in danger of losing her sewing equipment (and being deported) if she can’t make her payments. Funny, uplifting, and insightful.
Metamorphoses
By: Mary Zimmerman from Ovid
Directed by: Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
A Noise Within
Pasadena
Event Date(s): Sun May 08 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Price: $25-79
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/play/metamorphoses/
Description:
Primal storytelling and modern sensibility collide in a sensual re-envisioning of Greek myths — while immersed in a pool of water on stage. Mary Zimmerman creates this Tony-nominated masterpiece that mesmerizes with tales of Midas, Orpheus, Aphrodite, and more.
The Lehman Trilogy
By: Adapted by Ben Power from Stefano Massini
Directed by: Sam Mendes
American Conservatory Theater
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 20 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geary Theater
Price: $25–130
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/20202122-season/the-lehman-trilogy/
Description:
A.C.T. presents the National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ international theatrical sensation, The Lehman Trilogy. This critically-acclaimed modern theatrical classic about a family and a company that changed the world is told in three epic parts over one evening.
The Zip Code Plays, Season Three
By: Peppur Chambers, Diana Burbano, Daniel Hirsch, Ann Noble, Alex Goldberg, and Steve Apostolina
Directed by: Rondrell McCormick, Cameron Watson, Sara Lyons, Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx, Lisa Sanaye Dring, and Gregg T Daniel
Antaeus Theatre Company
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Thu Dec 02 - Fri Dec 02
Type of Event: Audio Play Series
Venue: Zipcodeplays.info or wherever you get your podcasts
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/plays-events/the-zip-code-plays-season-three/
Description:
Celebrate the diverse culture and history of Los Angeles neighborhoods from the safety of your home with The Zip Code Plays, Season Three, a new series of six original audio plays written by Playwrights Lab members and recorded by Antaeus Actors.
The Lifespan of a Fact
By: Jeremy Karekan, David Murell & Gordon Farrell
Directed by: Michael Stevenson
Capital Stage
Sacramento
Event Date(s): Wed May 04 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/the-lifespan-of-a-fact/
Description:
Based on a true story, we follow 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: A groundbreaking piece by legendary author D’Agata. Fingal soon discovers the piece is full of lies.
Our Town
Directed by: Markus Potter
Center REPertory Company
Walnut Creek
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 15 - Sat May 07
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
Price: $
Reference Link: https://lesherartscenter.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=1500
Description:
Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,” Our Town presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.”
Hadestown
By: Music, Lyrics and Book by Anaïs Mitchell, Developed with Rachel Chavkin
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Center Theatre Group
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 26 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson
Price: $subject to change
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2021/hadestown/
Description:
Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the 2020 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin is a love story for today… and always.
Come From Away
By: Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Directed by: Christopher Ashley
Center Theatre Group
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Tue May 31 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson
Price: $subject to change
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2021/come-from-away/
Description:
Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. Cultures clashed and nerves ran high, but uneasiness turned into trust, music soared into the night, and gratitude grew into enduring friendships.
World Premiere: Waiting for Next
By: Jeffrey Lo
Directed by: Leslie Martinson
City Lights Theater Company
San Jose
Event Date(s): Thu May 19 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: Play
Venue: In Person
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/explore-our-2021-22-season/
Description:
Frank is in a school parking lot waiting for his parents (like he always is) when he meets Marcus, who is also waiting (like he always is). What comes next is a friendship that defines both of their lives.
A Cabbello: A Tribute to Sondheim
Coachella Valley Repertory
Cathedral City
Event Date(s): Sat May 14 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Musical Theater Concert
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
Price: $40
Description:
A Cabbello, Men Making Magical Music, the desert’s premier male vocal performance group, presents a tribute to the musical genius of Stephen Sondheim and modern Broadway composers.
Broadway Showstoppers: The Musicals of Stephen Sondheim, With Guest Star Teri Ralston
Coachella Valley Repertory
Cathedral City
Event Date(s): Thu May 19 - Thu May 19
Type of Event: Musical Theater Concert
Price: $35
Description:
Join Glenn Rosenblum and guest star Teri Ralston as they explore the musicals of the legendary composer Stephen Sondheim.
You Must Believe in Spring
Directed by: Eileen Barnett
Coachella Valley Repertory
Cathedral City
Event Date(s): Thu May 26 - Thu May 26
Type of Event: Cabaret Performance
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
Price: $35
Description:
Eileen Barnett and musical director Michael Collum take the stage with this one-night-only cabaret. Barnett inspires with an extensive mix of songs and comedy on why you must believe in spring.
Eighty-Sixed
By: Book by Jeremy J. King, Music and Lyrics by Sam Salmond
Directed by: Kevin Newbury
Diversionary Theatre
San Diego
Event Date(s): Thu May 12 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: World Premiere Musical
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
Price: $20-65
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/azul
Description:
NYC 1986: BJ Rosenthal is determined to keep the party going despite the HIV/AIDS crisis closing in around him. Based on the celebrated novel and pulsating with joy, Eighty-Sixed unearths an epidemic that shook the world to reveal a community’s fight to reclaim its future.
Man of God
By: Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by: Maggie Burrows
Geffen Playhouse
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Tue May 24 - Fri Jul 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geffen Playhouse
Price: $65+
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/tickets/25th-anniversary-season/
Description:
During a mission trip to Bangkok, four members of a Korean Christian girls’s youth group discover that their revered pastor has hidden a camera in their hotel bathroom.
Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia
By: Josh Azouz
Directed by: TBA
L.A. Theatre Works
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Fri May 20 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Live in performance audio theatre recording
Venue: James bridges Theater
Price: $65.00
Reference Link: https://latw.org
Description:
Four months into the Nazi occupation of Tunisia, two couples—one Muslim and one Jewish—are trying to survive war and marriage, and save themselves from a Nazi named Grandma. Recorded live in front of an audience for radio, distribution on CD, digital download, and streaming.
The Sound Inside
By: Adam Rapp
Directed by: Jasson Minadakis
Marin Theatre Company
Mill Valley
Event Date(s): Thu May 26 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Boyer Theatre
Price: $25-$60
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org/
Description:
Nominated for six 2020 Tony Awards including Best Play, this riveting thriller by Obie Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp was named a New York Times Critic’s Pick and was listed among “Best of the Year” in Time, the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, and more.
PrEP Play, or Blue Parachute
By: Yilong Liu
New Conservatory Theatre Center
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 01 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Walker Theatre
Price: $25-55
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/21-22-Season/PrEP-Play
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Description:
Erik’s world is thrown into free-fall when he’s pulled into a wondrously bizarre time-traveling journey by Agent 701 (AKA his now-sentient PrEP pill). Landing in the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, Erik finds himself in a race against history to save a life lost decades ago.
Encore
New Conservatory Theatre Center
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Decker Theatre
Price: $25-55
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/21-22-Season/Encore
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Description:
Celebrate 40 years of New Conservatory Theatre Center with a magically melodious performance of iconic numbers from a songbook of over 50 musical productions that have lit up our stage, featuring hit songs from blockbuster mega-musicals and hidden gems from indie darlings.
Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits
By: Gerard Alessandrini
Directed by: William Selby
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Solana Beach
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 20 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: North Coast Rep
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org
Description:
Celebrate Broadway’s unforgettable musical legends! Experience Broadway’s greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s most cherished stars and songwriters. Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits parodies Broadway musicals.
Into the Woods
By: James Lapine, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by: Roger DeLaurier
PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre
Santa Maria
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marian Theatre
Price: $19.25-50.00
Reference Link: http://pcpa.org/IntoTheWoods/
Description:
When the Baker and his wife learn that a witch’s curse has left them childless, the two set off on a journey into the woods to break the spell. Wishes are granted, but the consequences follow closely behind.
JFest
By: numerous
Directed by: numerous
San Diego Reperatory Theatre
San Diego
Event Date(s): Mon May 23 - Tue Jul 19
Type of Event: Festival
Venue: San Diego Repertory Theatre & Virtually
Price: $ranges
Reference Link: www.sdrep.org/jfest
Description:
JFest 2022 is back! Celebrate Jewish heritage, culture, art, and ideas this summer at the 29th Annual Lipinsky Family Jewish Arts Festival, presented by SD Rep. Free and paid events take place in person at the REP theatre downtown and at venues in North County, plus online events.
In Every Generation
By: Ali Viterbi
Directed by: Todd Salovey
San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego
Event Date(s): Thu May 26 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: San Diego Repertory Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.sdrep.org/show-detail.php?id=659
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Description:
One family. One holiday. Four millennia. The Levi-Katz family celebrates Passover again and again—1416 BCE, 1954, 2019, and 2050 to be exact! While the time, location, and language changes, the traditions stay the same.
In Every Generation
By: Ali Veterbi
Directed by: Todd Salovey and Emily Moler
San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego
Event Date(s): Thu May 26 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lyceum Space
Price: $25
Reference Link: www.sdrep.org/generation
Description:
SD Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of In Every Generation, the story of one family over four millennia. The Levi-Katz family celebrates Passover again and again—in 1416 BCE, 1954, 2019, and 2050, to be exact.
The Children
By: Lucy Kirkwood
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
San Luis Obispo
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
Price: $20-38
Reference Link: https://
Description:
Two retired nuclear scientists reside in an isolated cottage by the sea as the world around them crumbles. Together they are going to live forever on yogurt and yoga, until an old friend arrives with a frightening request.
A Small Fire
By: Adam Bock
Directed by: Mary Ann Rodgers
Shotgun Players
Berkeley
Event Date(s): Sat May 14 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Ashby Stage
Price: $7-40
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/small-fire
Description:
The story follows Emily Bridges, a woman used to running all things—from her construction business to her family—until she suddenly begins experiencing mysterious changes. As her world shifts, her relationships transform in poignant and revelatory ways.
A Small Fire
By: Adam Bock
Directed by: Mary Ann Rodgers
Shotgun Players
Berkeley
Event Date(s): Sat May 14 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
Price: $8-40
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/small-fire
Description:
Adam Bock’s meticulously crafted script follows Emily Bridges, a woman used to running all things — from her construction business to her family — until she suddenly begins experiencing mysterious changes. As her world shifts, her relationships transform.
Apartment Living
By: Boni B. Alvarez
Directed by: Jon Lawrence Rivera
Skylight Theatre Company
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 23 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Skylight Theatre
Price: $35-40
Reference Link: https://skylighttheatre.org/
Description:
Behaviors change in forced captivity during the pandemic in Los Angeles. Do we like what we learn about the people we love? Presented with Playwrights’ Arena.
Colorado
The Liar
By: Adapted by David Ives from Pierre Corneille
Directed by: Geoffrey Kent
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Arvada
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 04 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center Black Box Theatre
Price: $45-50
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/the-liar
Description:
Fiendishly clever and a bit naughty, this updated adaptation of the classic French farce weaves wordplay and swordplay into a wild 17th-century romp.
Animal Farm
By: Adapted by Nelson Bond from George Orwell
Directed by: Jessica Robblee
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Arvada
Event Date(s): Fri Feb 25 - Sat May 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center Black Box Theatre
Price: $45-50
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/animal-farm
Description:
All animals are created equal — or are they? Animal Farm is a timely fable of power and corruption revealing sharp insights and relevant questions about today’s society.
Stick Fly
By: Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by: Jada Suzanne Dixon
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Arvada
Event Date(s): Fri Mar 18 - Thu May 19
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center Black Box Theatre
Price: $45-50
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/stick-fly
Description:
What should be a relaxing summer weekend on Martha’s Vineyard goes south when the LeVay brothers bring new girlfriends home to meet their wealthy and imposing parents. Lydia Diamond’s refreshing and bold story grapples with race, class, and cultural expectations.
Fireflies
By: Donja R. Love
Curious Theatre Company
Denver
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
Price: $$28-$45
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/fireflies/
Description:
A church bombing has shaken the Civil Rights Movement to its core and Reverend Charles Grace now must galvanize his followers to continue their journey. Meanwhile, he and his wife Olivia struggle with too many secrets, regrets, and uncertainty about the future of Black Americans.
Fireflies
By: Donja R. Love
Directed by: TBA
Curious Theatre Company
Denver
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 28 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
Price: $20-45
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/fireflies/
Description:
A church bombing has shaken the Civil Rights Movement to its core, and the Rev. Charles Grace now must galvanize his followers to continue their journey onward. However, it is his wife, Olivia, who authors his fiery speeches while playing the role of the supportive partner at home.
Choir Boy
By: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Kilstrom Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/choir-boy/
Description:
Despite embodying the strong morals his school promotes, being gay has made Pharus an outsider. Featuring gorgeous gospel music, this soaring coming-of-age drama was created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight).
Quixote Nuevo
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Wolf Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/quixote-nuevo/
Description:
¡Que viva el Quixote! An inspiring modern reimagining of the classis. Set in the fictional modern-day Texas border town of La Plancha, the story follows Quixote and his luckless but trusty sidekick, Sancho, as they embark on a fantastical quest in search of long-lost love.
Choir Boy
By: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by: Jamil Jude
Denver Center Theatre Company
Denver
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Kilstrom Theatre
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/choir-boy/
Description:
Featuring gorgeous gospel music, this stunning coming-of-age drama was created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney of Moonlight.
Quixote Nuevo
By: Octavio Solis
Directed by: Lisa Portes
Denver Center Theatre Company
Denver
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Wolf Theatre
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/quixote-nuevo/
Description:
¡Que viva el Quixote! An inspiring modern reimagining of the classic.
Until the Flood
By: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Neel Keller
Denver Center Theatre Company
Denver
Event Date(s): Sat Aug 07 - Thu Nov 30
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Online
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/until-the-flood/
Description:
After the death of Michael Brown, the Ferguson Unrest shook the nation to its core and put a spotlight on the police brutality and discrimination that plague our institutions. Dael Orlandersmith created eight fictional characters to represent the broad spectrum of perspectives.
The Bluest Eye
By: Adapted by Lydia R. Diamond from Toni Morrison
Theatreworks Colorado
Colorado Springs
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 21 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ent Center for the Arts
Price: $32.00
Reference Link: https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events
Description:
A longing to be loved dwells in all of us. This story follows a young Black girl’s coming of age in 1940s Ohio, in a beautiful staging of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison’s classic novel.
Connecticut
Queen
By: Madhuri Shekar
Directed by: Aneesha Kudtarkar
Long Wharf Theatre
New Haven
Event Date(s): Tue May 17 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Theatre
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://longwharf.org/shows-events/queen/
Description:
Queen is a provocative portrayal of brilliant women confronting inconvenient truths.
District-of-Columbia
Cambodian Rock Band
By: Lauren Yee
Directed by: Chay Yew
Arena Stage
Washington
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 12 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play with music
Venue: Kreeger Theater
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/
Description:
Arena will kick off the first North American tour of New York’s Signature Theatre’s production of Lauren Yee’s acclaimed play. Thrilling mystery meets rock concert in this passionate story about survivors, family and the enduring power of music.
Drumfolk
By: Step Afrika!
Arena Stage
Washington
Event Date(s): Tue May 31 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Dance
Venue: Fichandler Stage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/
Description:
Drumfolk takes audiences on a journey from the 17th century to today, revealing the hidden histories and resounding movements that transformed America.
On Your Feet! En español
By: Book by Alexander Dinelaria; Music, Lyrics & Orchestration by Gloria and Emilio Estefan
Directed by: Luis Salgado
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: GALA Hispanic Theatre
Price: $30-70
Reference Link: https://www.galatheatre.org/post/on-your-feet-en-espa%C3%B1ol
Description:
The Spanish-language premiere of this jukebox musical that took Broadway by storm, based on the inspiring story of the Cuban-American 26-time Grammy-winning husband-and-wife team Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Prepare to be On Your Feet from curtain to curtain!
Marys Seacole
By: Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by: Eric Ruffin
Mosaic Theater Company of DC
Washington
Event Date(s): Wed May 04 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: In-person/live theater
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center - Sprenger Theatre
Price: $50 - 68
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/marys-seacole
Description:
A “dazzling hall of mirrors” (New York Times) told with a furiously singular vision by Pulitzer winner Jackie Sibblies Drury, this play, based in part on the autobiography of Mary Seacole, charts one woman’s extraordinary journey through space and time.
District-Of-Columbia
John Proctor Is the Villain
By: Kimberly Belflower
Directed by: Marti Lyons
Studio Theatre
Washington
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 27 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Theatre Play
Venue: Studio Theatre
Price: $50-95
Reference Link: https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2021-2022-john-proctor-is-the-villain
Description:
In this world premiere by a major new voice, the students of Helen County High are dealing with sex ed, group projects for The Crucible, and a small town scandal that might not actually be a total witch hunt after all.
There’s Always the Hudson
By: Paola Lázaro
Directed by: Jess McLeod
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington
Event Date(s): Mon May 09 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Price: $Starting at $29
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/theres-always-the-hudson/
Description:
A hilarious, fearless, and fucked-up adventure about two fractured souls who make a pact to get revenge and let loose their fury. A new work by and staring Paola Lázaro (AMC’s The Walking Dead).
Florida
Footloose
By: Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie, with music by Tom Snow and lyrics by Pitchford and additional music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, and Jim Steinman
American Stage
St. Petersburg
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 06 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Demens Landing Park
Price: $21-53
Reference Link: https://americanstage.org
Description:
Based on the explosive rock-n-roll musical movie, this Broadway hit tells the story of Ren McCormack, a big city teen who finds himself out of place in a rural town where dancing has been outlawed. Footloose celebrates the spirit and optimism of young people fighting for change.
Knoxville
By: Frank Galati, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens
Directed by: Frank Galati
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 15 - Wed May 11
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Mertz Theatre
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/knoxville-1
Description:
This innovative world premiere musical reunites the Tony Award-winning creative team of Ragtime and is based on the novel A Death in the Family. A powerful illumination of the forces that shape who we are, Knoxville is a coming-of-age story about family, faith, and love.
Eureka Day
By: Jonathan Spector
Directed by: Bianca LaVerne Jones
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed May 11 - Sat Jun 04
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Cook Theatre
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/eurekaday
Description:
An illness is spreading through the progressive and accepting Eureka Day School — and it isn’t just the mumps. When the outbreak threatens to become an epidemic, it’s a race to see what will destroy this community first: The disease or each other. When does “us” become “them?”
Maytag Virgin
By: Audrey Cefaly
Directed by: Greg Longenhagen
Florida Repertory Theatre
Fort Myers
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 12 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/maytag-virgin/
Description:
This heartwarming new comedy is an old-fashioned romance about two people who thought they’d never find love again. A funny and heartwarming romance from the author of Alabaster! Voted Best Comedy by ArtsAtlanta.
The Legend of Georgia McBride
By: Matthew Lopez
Directed by: Kate Alexander
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed Mar 30 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Mainstage Play
Venue: FST's Gompertz Theatre
Price: $36+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/legend-georgia-mcbride
Description:
He’s young, he’s broke, and he’s just found out his wife is pregnant. To make matters more desperate, Casey is struggling with his gig as an Elvis impersonator. When his boss brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, Casey finds that he has a whole lot to learn.
Laughing Matters
By: Rebecca Hopkins, Kevin Allen, Stephan deGhelder, Sarah Durham, and Jim Prosser
Directed by: Richard Hopkins
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed Feb 09 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: FST Original Musical Revue
Venue: FST's Court Cabaret
Price: $36+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/laughing-matters-0
Description:
Laughing Matters, FST’s hit musical sketch comedy show, is back for round six! And this time, nothing and no one is safe from a good-spirited roast. Laughing Matters delivers fast-paced comedy inspired by the culture and politics of today.
Boca
By: Jessica Provenz
Directed by: Julianne Boyd
GableStage
Coral Gables
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: GableStage @ the Biltmore Hotel & Resort
Price: $35-65
Reference Link: http://www.gablestage.org/production/
Description:
Celebrate our Sunshine State by traveling to Boca Raton, where the lawns and residents are perfectly maintained. This not-to-be-missed comedy follows a group of retirees who — between golf, bridge, and Botox — can be found bickering, gossiping, and living it up like they’re teens anew.
Another Revolution
By: Jacqueline Bircher
Directed by: Lisa Rothe
Gulfshore Playhouse
Naples
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Norris Center
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.gulfshoreplayhouse.org/2021-2022-season/another-revolution/
Description:
Two graduate students are forced to share a lab at Columbia University and find they are opposed in more ways than just their scientific disciplines. Amid the chaotic and uncertain year 1968, they each discover what it’s like to be thrown into someone else’s orbit.
The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui
By: By Bertolt Brecht, Translated By George Tabori
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Jobsite Theater
Tampa
Event Date(s): Wed May 11 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center
Price: $19.50+
Reference Link: https://jobsitetheater.org
Description:
Bertolt Brecht’s 1941 literary shot-across-the-bow at the Nazi takeover, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui recasts Hitler’s rise to 1930s Chicago, where a gangster methodically pulls the green grocer trade into a stranglehold.
The Belle of Amherst
By: William Luce
Palm Beach Dramaworks
West Palm Beach
Event Date(s): Fri May 20 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: play
Price: $59-94
Reference Link: https://www.palmbeachdramaworks.org/program/groupevent
Description:
Based on the life of Emily Dickinson, this one-woman show paints a vivid portrait of the beloved, enigmatic poet.
A Skeptic and a Bruja
By: Rosa Fernandez
Directed by: Patrice Amon
Urbanite Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 01 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Urbanite Theatre
Price: $5-35
Reference Link: https://www.urbanitetheatre.com/askepticandabruja
Description:
Priscilla buys a home in the middle of nowhere with the hopes of turning it into a bed and breakfast. When she starts having paranormal experiences, she calls Sam and Jess from the hit ghost-hunting show A Skeptic and a Bruja to help her.
Float Like a Butterfly and From Birmingham to Broadway
By: Tarra Conner jones and Michael Jacobs and Nate Jacobs
Directed by: Nate Jacobs
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed May 04 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://westcoastblacktheatre.secure.force.com/ticket#/events/a0S5a00000FHM0JEAX
Description:
WBTT is thrilled to present two world premiere one-act plays under the auspices of its New Playwrights Series: one an ode to Nell Carter and the other about the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali.
Georgia
TBA World Premiere Musical
By: TBA
Directed by: Kenny Leon
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Wed May 25 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre
Price: $25 - 85
Reference Link: https://alliancetheatre.org/production/2021-22/world-premiere-musical
Description:
The Alliance will produce a world-premiere musical by an exciting creative team with direction by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Leon is known to Atlanta audiences as the former artistic director of Alliance and as the founder and artistic director emeritus of True Colors Theatre.
Swindlers
By: Chris Anthony Ferrer
Aurora Theatre
Lawrenceville
Event Date(s): Thu May 19 - Mon Jun 06
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Aurora Theatre
Description:
Swindlers is a hilarious new farce that centers around bungling burglars, Jerry and Miles, who are set to make easy pickings of a millionaire Miami mansion. The madcap caper? Finding the $300 million diamond first and getting out alive!
Southbound: True Life Tales from the ATL and Beyond
By: Various
Directed by: Megan Hayes, Brittani Minnieweather producers
Horizon Theatre Company
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Mon Sep 13 - Thu Jun 30
Type of Event: Performance virtual/live
Venue: Horizon Theatre Company, on location and virtual
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://www.horizontheatre.com/southbound-true-life-tales-from-the-atl-and-beyond/
Description:
From the depths of the ATL, an original show of short-form performances based on true-life tales told from the heart by writers, musicians, actors, journalists, leaders. Story, song, spoken word, film, and more, once a month on Monday nights—virtual and eventually live.
TBA
By: TBA
Directed by: TBA
Horizon Theatre Company
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Atlanta or Southeastern premiere
Venue: Horizon Theatre
Price: $25-45
Reference Link: https://www.horizontheatre.com/
Description:
Summer production of an Atlanta, Southeastern, or world premiere of a contemporary play.
TBA
By: TBA
Directed by: TBA
Horizon Theatre Company
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Atlanta or Southeastern premiere
Venue: Horizon Theatre
Price: $25-45
Reference Link: https://www.horizontheatre.com/
Description:
Summer production TBA
Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice
By: Various Playwrights
Directed by: Various Directors
Out of Hand Theater
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Sun Sep 19 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Virtual Via Zoom
Price: $0.00
Reference Link: https://www.equitabledinners.com
Description:
A new play every month. Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice is a free monthly, online series featuring art, experts, and conversation. Every month, we address a different racial equity topic—with a guest speaker, a 10-minute play, and small-group conversations.
Idaho
The Show on the Roof
By: Book by Tom Ford, Music/Lyrics by Alex Syiek
Directed by: Rory Pelsue
Boise Contemporary Theater
Boise
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 13 - Sat May 07
Type of Event: World Premiere Musical
Venue: Boise Contemporary Theater
Price: $$10-38
Reference Link: https://bctheater.org/the-show-on-the-roof-2/
Description:
There’s a nightly floor show at the local drive-in, on the roof! Join us for a journey through the turbulent times of 1955 in Boise, Id., where no one is safe from suspicion. This hilarious and heartbreaking world premiere examines the “homosexual panic” that swept through the city.
Illinois
Last Hermanos
By: Exal Iraheta
A Red Orchid Theatre
Chicago
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 21 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: World
Venue: A Red Orchid Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://aredorchidtheatre.org/
Description:
Reunited and on the run, Miguel and Julio are fleeing an America where being Latinx is a life sentence. Sequestered in a Texas state park, the arrival of a sympathetic deserter brings the conflict between Julio’s desire for revolution and Miguel’s longing for normalcy into focus.
The Magnolia Ballet
By: Terry Guest
Directed by: Mikael Burke
About Face Theatre
Chicago
Event Date(s): Thu May 12 - Sat Jun 11
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Den Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://aboutfacetheatre.com/show/the-magnolia-ballet/
Description:
When Ezekiel, a Black teenager with a secret, discovers a trove of forbidden love letters among his late grandfather’s belongings, he begins to believe that the only way to fight the ghosts of racism, homophobia, and toxic masculinity is to burn everything to the ground.
All’s Well That Ends Well
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Shana Cooper
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Play
Venue: CST's Courtyard Theater
Price: $49-$90
Reference Link: https://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/allswell
Description:
Besotted with a man who does not return her love, the intelligent, resourceful young Helena navigates the complexities of unrequited romance, courtly drama, and the pesky meddling of her elders — only to discover that happy endings are never as simple as they seem in fairy tales.
Two Trains Running
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Ron OJ Parson
Court Theatre
Chicago
Event Date(s): Thu May 12 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Court Theatre
Reference Link: https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2021-2022-season/two-trains-running/
Description:
Amidst the Civil Rights Movement, Memphis Lee fights to get a fair price for his restaurant which is slated for demolition. Meanwhile, the diner’s regulars search for work, love, and justice as their neighborhood continues to change and the rules are stacked against them.
Enough to Let the Light In
By: Paloma Nozicka
Directed by: Kimberly Senior
Jackalope Theatre Company
Chicago
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 28 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: World Premiere Play Production
Venue: Jackalope Theatre in the Broadway Armory
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: https://jackalopetheatre.org
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Description:
A couple spends the night celebrating a milestone, but it quickly devolves into chaos as buried secrets are revealed and lives are irrevocably changed. Enough to Let the Light In is a full-length psychological thriller about love, truth, and the ghosts that won’t let us go.
Intimate Apparel
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Tasia A. Jones
Northlight Theatre
Skokie
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 14 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Northlight Theatre
Price: $30-$89
Reference Link: https://northlight.org/events/intimate-apparel/
Description:
In 1905, a Black seamstress named Esther sews her way out of poverty stitch by delicate stitch, creating fine lingerie for her Manhattan clientele while longing for more. But as her new marriage quickly leads to regret, Esther turns back to her sewing machine to rebuild her life.
The Luckiest
By: Melissa Ross
Directed by: Cody Estle
Raven Theatre Company
Chicago
Event Date(s): Wed May 04 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: Play
Venue: East Stage
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.raventheatre.com/stage/the-luckiest/
Description:
A diagnosis shatters Lissette’s world and she finds herself at odds with her best friend and her mother, both with strong opinions wrapped in good intentions. This tender and funny play explores the uncertain and tragic territory of how we choose to take ownership of our lives.
Seagull
By: Yasen Peyankov from Anton Chekhov
Directed by: Yasen Peyankov
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 28 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Price: $44-110
Reference Link: https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/2021-22/seagull/
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Description:
In a giant country house filled to overflow on a long summer weekend in the Russian countryside, three generations collide in Yasen Peyankov’s extraordinarily funny and magical adaption of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. This all-ensemble cast will open our new Round Theater.
Athena
By: Gracie Gardner
Directed by: essica Fisch, with choreography by Steph Paul
Writers Theatre
Glencoe
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Sun Jul 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Writers Theatre - Gillian Theatre
Reference Link: https://www.writerstheatre.org/athena
Description:
A fast-paced, engaging new play from Gracie Gardner, Athena received an acclaimed premiere in New York in 2018. Director Jessica Fisch brings her deft touch for storytelling to this portrait of two high-achieving young women, simultaneously rivals and allies, pushing each other.
Indiana
The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin
By: Jessica Huang
Directed by: Jaki Bradley
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Indianapolis
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 19 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: IRT Upperstage
Price: $26-$67.50
Reference Link: https://www.irtlive.com
Description:
Despite the U.S. ban against Chinese immigrants, Harry Chin forged a new identity to earn precious American dollars to send home to his starving village. A hauntingly theatrical tale from our overlooked history considers the repercussions of making a group of people illegal.
Steel Magnolias
By: Robert Harling
Directed by: Laura Gordon
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Indianapolis
Event Date(s): Tue May 10 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: One American Stage
Price: $26-$67.50
Reference Link: https://www.irtlive.com
Description:
With sharp, witty banter and memorable one-liners, six women from all walks of life celebrate the everyday joys and tears of small-town living while gathered at their favorite hair salon.
Kentucky
When I Read My Daughter Rudyard Kipling
By: Adapted by Manik Choksi from Rudyard Kipling
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Animated play
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Free with Membership
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/when-i-read-my-daughter-rudyard-kipling/
Description:
In this brief animated series reminiscent of Charlie Brown, a daughter’s perceptive questions prompt her father to see Kipling’s tales in a new light. With humor and warmth, When I Read My Daughter Rudyard Kipling illuminates how a child’s curiosity can catalyze fresh insight.
Finding Black Boy Joy
By: Lance G. Newman II
Directed by: Featuring Isiah Fish, Nipsey Green, David Moore, Lance G. Newman II, and DeepSea Rice
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Streaming Performance
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Free with Membership
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/finding-black-boy-joy/
Description:
Finding Black Boy Joy is an exploration of the nature of existing in this nation as a Black man. It spans politics to love to introspections on race, class, and masculinity. These selections were written at various stages of Newman’s 16-year career writing and performing poetry.
Plague Doctor: Contagion 430 BCE–2020 AD
By: Robert Barry Fleming and Jenni Page-White
Directed by: Game design by Alex Bezuska
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Video Game
Venue: Virtual
Price: $5
Reference Link: https://bit.ly/PlagueDoctorGame
Description:
Athens, 430 BCE. Marseille, 1720. Philadelphia, 1918. Louisville, 2020. In this first-person narrative game, explore four deadly epidemics and the choices that save—or cost—the lives of countless people. A gripping story of greed, compassion, and courage in times of crisis.
Unscripted
Directed by: curated by Erica Denise
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Conversation Series
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Free with Membership
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/unscripted/
Description:
Launched in 2020 as a series of live broadcasts, this responsive discussion series brings together panelists across the community to investigate an array of topics—from the protests and reckoning with systemic racism in Louisville to questions of equity in the American theatre.
Still Ready: Originals
By: Created and performed by Christina Acosta Robinson and Ken Robinson
Directed by: Robert Barry Fleming
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Mon Sep 27 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Musical Celebration of Black Artistry
Venue: Virtual
Price: Pay what you choose, starting at $10
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/still-ready/
Description:
Still Ready shares the creative partnership between the Robinsons, together for more than a decade. Blending Ken’s gorgeous musical compositions and Christina’s stunning artwork and poetry, this production celebrates love, joy, and expansive Black artistry.
Romeo & Juliet: Louisville 2020
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Robert Barry Fleming
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 01 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Digital play
Venue: Virtual
Price: Pay what you choose, starting at $10
Reference Link: https://https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/romeo-juliet-louisville-2020/
Description:
A global pandemic and social unrest embroil the nation in conflict as the children of sworn enemies dare to imagine a world where hearts are not ruled by hatred. This interpretation explores the divisions that animate contemporary culture — and the tragic costs of intolerance.
Ali Summit
By: Idris Goodwin
Directed by: Robert Barry Fleming in collaboration with Crux Cooperative, with graphic art by Andy Perez
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 02 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Play and virtual reality experience
Venue: Virtual
Price: Pay what you choose, starting at $10
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/ali-summit/
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Description:
Inspired by the 1967 summit of prominent Black athletes who met to question Muhammad Ali about his conscientious objection to military service, this project is a collaboration between Idris Goodwin, Robert Barry Fleming, and the extended reality storytellers of Crux Cooperative.
Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
By: Brian Quijada
Directed by: Matt Dickson, with digital creation by Satya Chávez and Dickson
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 02 - Tue May 31
Type of Event: Play and virtual
Venue: Virtual
Price: Pay What You Choose Starting at $10
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/where-did-we-sit-on-the-bus/
Description:
During a lesson on Rosa Parks, a Latinx kid begins searching for her own people’s place in American history. Infused with a mix of rap, hip-hop, and spoken word, this exploration delves into the experience of growing up in an immigrant family and finding identity in making art.
COVID Classics: One-Act Plays for the Age of Quarantine
By: Guillaume Apollinaire, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, August Strindberg, and Thucydides
Directed by: Robert Barry Fleming
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 02 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Streaming Short Plays
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Pay What You Choose Starting at $10
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/covid-classics/
Description:
Reimagining works by master dramatists—and the first surrealist—this vibrant assortment of short plays brings together tales from trailblazing writers whose creative experiments redefined the possibilities of theatre in moments of seismic change.
The Yellow Wallpaper
By: Adapted from Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Directed by: Cinematography and editing by Christopher Gerson, with associate producing by Tarah Flanagan and costume coordinator by Margaret E Weedon
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 02 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Animated play
Venue: Virtual
Price: Pay What You Choose Starting at $10
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/the-yellow-wallpaper/
Description:
Cut off from intellectual stimulation and coddled by her doctor husband, a woman with a “nervous condition” begins to notice troubling things hiding in the bedroom wallpaper. This animated suspense-thriller breathes new life into Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist masterpiece.
Okolona Habla (okolona speaks)
By: Marcos Morales
Directed by: performed by Alexa Echeverria, Marcos Morales, and Sassa Rivera
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Streaming Spoken Word Performance
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Free with Membership
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/okolona-habla/
Description:
It’s political. It’s hopeful. Written by poet Marcos Morales, Okolona Habla (okolona speaks) is a bilingual exploration of being a child of immigrants in Louisville, Ky. This event celebrates remembering where you came from and claiming space where you are.
Fix It, Black Girl
By: Hannah L. Drake
Directed by: Performed by Erica Denise, Hannah L. Drake, Janelle Renee Dunn, Robin G, Sujotta Pace, and Kala Ross
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Virtual
Price: Free with Membership
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2020-2021/fix-it-black-girl/
Description:
Hannah L. Drake, nationally recognized poet and author, presents an original curation of spoken word poetry, essay, and song. Performed by Drake and other Louisville artists, this virtual event celebrates resilience and the power generated by collective action.
Louisville Sessions
By: sessions by Bridge 19, Chanson Calhoun, Coyia, JONJOHN, Rob Lee, Sasha Renee, Kiana & the Sun Kings, Tez of 2Deep, Tiny Tiny, and Unusual Heat
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Music Series
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Free with Membership
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/louisville-sessions/
Description:
This series celebrates the vast sound, feel, and artistry of Kentucky’s dynamic music scene. Each session features a local band or solo artist responding to the moment through an original song and video. The first 10 sessions are available to watch in our Member Library.
Borrowed Wisdom With Robert Barry Fleming
By: featuring guests from many different disciplines
Directed by: Robert Barry Fleming
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Dec 31
Type of Event: Podcast
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Free with Membership
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/borrowed-wisdom/
Description:
Theatre is an inherently interdisciplinary craft, and Robert Barry Fleming, Actors Theatre’s executive artistic director, finds inspiration everywhere. In each episode, he talks with an unrivaled expert in their field, full of ideas, strategies, and challenges around their work.
Louisiana
Treasure Island
By: A.J. Allegra, James Bartelle, Alex Martinez Wallace
Directed by: A.J. Allegra
The NOLA Project
New Orleans
Event Date(s): Wed May 11 - Fri May 27
Type of Event: Play
Venue: NOMA's Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Price: $20-55
Reference Link: https://www.nolaproject.com/treasureisland
Description:
Jim Hawkins and his mother Ruth are innkeepers in a quiet seaside English village. All that changes following the surprise visit of a mysterious sailor on the run from a one-legged pirate. Soon, they find themselves headed straight for adventure on a ship bound for Skull Island.
Maryland
Dream Hou$e
By: Eliana Pipes
Directed by: Laurie Woolery
Baltimore Center Stage
Baltimore
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 21 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Baltimore Center Stage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.centerstage.org/plays-and-events/dream-house/
Description:
Two Latinx sisters guest star on an HGTV-style reality show to sell their family home in rapidly gentrifying Hilo Villa, California. While on camera, one sister grapples with turmoil in the family’s past while the other learns how much she’s willing to sacrifice for the future. In partnership with Alliance Theatre and Long Wharf Theatre.
Crying on Television
By: R. Eric Thomas
Directed by: Reginald L. Douglas
Everyman Theatre
Baltimore
Event Date(s): Tue May 31 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: mainstage
Price: $Starting at $29
Reference Link: https://everymantheatre.org/everymans-20212022-season-0
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Description:
This world premiere comedy from a Baltimore-based writer, humorist, and internet sensation is both laugh-out-loud funny and beguilingly sweet. It’s a platonic rom-com about four strangers, the notion of loving TV characters a little too much, and trying to form friendships as an adult.
The Legend of Georgia McBride
By: Matthew Lopez
Directed by: Julie Herber
Maryland Ensemble Theatre
Frederick
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Stageplay
Venue: Maryland Ensemble Theatre
Price: $28
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35900/production/1066209
Description:
A down-on-his-luck Elvis impersonator in a run-down, small-town Florida bar is fired from his gig. When the bar owner brings in a B-level drag show to replace his act, he finds that he has a whole lot to learn about show business—and himself.
it’s not a trip it’s a journey
By: Charly Evon Simpson
Directed by: Nicole A. Watson
Round House Theatre
Bethesda
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 05 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Round House Theatre
Price: $refer to website
Reference Link: https://www.roundhousetheatre.org/
Description:
June needs a journey. Like, now. So she convinces her friends to ditch New York City (and their cellphones) for an impromptu road trip to the Grand Canyon.
“We declare you a terrorist…”
By: Tim J. Lord
Directed by: Ryan Rilette & Jared Mezzocchi
Round House Theatre
Bethesda
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 07 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Round House Theatre
Price: $refer to website
Reference Link: https://www.roundhousetheatre.org/
Description:
Moscow, 2002, halfway through Putin’s first official term as president. After he brutally crushes a rebellion in the territory of Chechnya, a group of Chechen insurgents hijack a blockbuster musical and take the entire audience, including the playwright, hostage.
Massachusetts
1776
By: Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards
Directed by: Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus
American Repertory Theater
Cambridge
Event Date(s): Sun May 15 - Sun Jul 24
Type of Event: Musical Revival
Venue: Loeb Drama Center
Price: $25 and up
Reference Link: https://
Description:
How much will we compromise in the pursuit of freedom? And who does that freedom belong? A new production of the Tony Award-winning musical reexamines a pivotal moment in American history with a cast that reflects multiple representations of race, gender, and ethnicity.
Sea Sick
By: Alanna Mitchell
Directed by: Franco Boni with Ravi Jain
ArtsEmerson
Boston
Event Date(s): Wed May 11 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Jackie Liebergott Black Box
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://artsemerson.org/events/sea-sick/
Description:
A journalist trades headlines for the stage in an attempt to save the world. Presented with the Theatre Centre.
Best Summer Ever
By: Kevin Kling
Directed by: Steven Dietz
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell
Event Date(s): Wed May 04 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.mrt.org
Description:
Ah, summer for a kid: sleepaway camps, lazy days at the pool, and late nights gazing at the stars. That’s the life for 9-year-old Maurice, until a significant loss and one little lie threaten to throw shade on his summer.
The Inheritance Parts 1 & 2
By: Matthew Lopez
Directed by: Paul Daigneault
SpeakEasy Stage Company
Boston
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sat Jun 11
Type of Event: Theatre - Play - Drama
Venue: Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
Price: $25+
Reference Link: http://www.speakeasystage.com/2021-22-season/
Description:
Inspired by E.M. Forster’s Howards End, The Inheritance is an epic two-part play that follows three generations of gay men as they grapple with the tragedy of the past and what it means for their future.
Michigan
Night Blooming
By: Joseph Zettelmaier
Detroit Repertory Theatre
Detroit
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 14 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Theatrical Play
Venue: Detroit Repertory Theatre
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.detroitreptheatre.com
Description:
The transcendent power of a mother’s love that ever blooms, even in the darkest of nights.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
By: Lainie Robertson
Directed by: Shanisia Davis
Farmers Alley Theatre
Kalamazoo
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Farmers Alley Theatre
Price: $10-40
Reference Link: http://www.farmersalleytheatre.com/shows/2021-22/lady-day-emersons-bar-grill
Description:
Farmers Alley Theatre is honored to once again partner with the Gilmore Piano Festival for a moving production about the last days of Billie Holiday.
Minnesota
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical
By: Kevin Del Aguila
Directed by: Jenn Thompson
Children's Theatre Company
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sat Jun 18
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
Price: $15-63
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/shows-and-tickets/2021-2022-season/
Description:
Grab a hall pass and don’t be late for this hilarious musical, familiar to anyone who survived middle school!
Once
By: Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard, and Markéta Irglová
Directed by: Amanda White
DalekoArts
New Prague
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Prague Theater
Price: $15-25
Reference Link: https://www.dalekoarts.com/c/tickets-season/once
Description:
On the streets of Dublin, an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant are drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story.
Destiny of Desire
By: Karen Zacarías
Directed by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: McGuire Proscenium Stage
Price: $15-$80
Reference Link: https://www.guthrietheater.org
Description:
The joys, tribulations, and plot twists of epic love are bursting onstage in Karen Zacarías’ brilliantly funny and Broadway-bound homage to the telenovela.
Dirty Laundry
By: Mathilde Dratwa
Directed by: TBA
Playwrights' Center
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Mon Apr 25 - Fri May 13
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Playwrights' Center & Online
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://pwcenter.org/playlabs-festival
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Description:
Following the unexpected loss of her mother and subsequent discovery of her father’s infidelity, an adult daughter alternates between grief and anger. In Dirty Laundry, Mathilde Dratwa explores the absurdity and messiness of life and death.
The Percy Meacham Dance Experience
By: Darren Canady
Directed by: TBA
Playwrights' Center
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 26 - Fri May 13
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Playwrights' Center & Online
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://pwcenter.org/playlabs-festival
Description:
The Percy Meacham Dance Experience is known the world over as a vibrant, propulsive ambassador for Black life and culture. But new times demand new dreams…and apparently new bodies.
Trapt
By: Stacey Rose
Directed by: TBA
Playwrights' Center
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Thu May 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Playwrights' Center and Online
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://pwcenter.org/playlabs-festival
Description:
Trapt, part fable, part documentary theatre with an ensemble cast, explores the world of trap music, its artists, and its culture. Inspired by the events surrounding the legal woes of Soundcloud rapper Tay K 47, Trapt seeks to understand the motivation behind the music.
Two Jews Walk Into A War…
By: Seth Rozin
Six Points Theater (formerly Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company)
St. Paul
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Highland Park Community Center, 1978 Ford Parkway St. Paul, MN, 55116:
Price: $15-38
Reference Link: https://mnjewishtheatre.org/two-jews-walk-into-a-war
Description:
Zeblyan and Ishaq are the last two Jews living in Kabul. Against a backdrop of explosions and bullets, the two men must reconcile their theological differences. Inspired by true events, this play balances humor and poignancy in a touching look at cultural continuity.
All American Boys
By: Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Stages Theatre Company
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capri Theater
Price: $14-16
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/all-american-boys/
Description:
The lives of two high school boys, one Black and one white, powerfully intersect after a violent act of racially motivated police brutality. A co-production with the Capri Theater.
The North Star
By: Peter H. Reynolds
Directed by: Sandy Boren-Barrett and Ann Marie Omeish
Stages Theatre Company
Hopkins
Event Date(s): Fri Jan 14 - Mon Feb 13
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Stages Theatre Company
Price: $14-16
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/north-star/
Description:
From the award-winning author of The Dot and Ish comes an encouraging tale of self-determination, creativity, and hope. Chart a meaningful path through constellations, in collaboration with Escalate Dance.
What Do You Do With An Idea?
By: Based on the book by Kobi Yamada
Stages Theatre Company
Hopkins
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 08 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Stages Theatre Company
Price: $14-16
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/what-do-you-do-with-an-idea/
Description:
Our idea was to create a new musical based on this award-winning book and in April 2022, our idea will unfurl on our main stage. “What do you do with an idea?” the boy asks, and at first, it seems the best thing to do is ignore it.
All American Boys
By: Adapted by Jody Drezner Alperin and Vicky Finney Crouch from Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Stages Theatre Company
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Capri Theater
Price: $14-15
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/all-american-boys/
Description:
The lives of two high-school boys, one Black and one white, powerfully intersect after a violent act of racially-motivated police brutality. Unfolding through the boys’s alternating perspectives, the story follows their journey as they grapple with the devastating impact of racism. Presented with the Capri Theater.
Thunder Knocking on the Door
By: Keith Glover
Directed by: Marcela Lorca
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Twin Cities
Event Date(s): Thu Mar 31 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Live, in person performance
Venue: Plymouth Congregational Church - Guild Hall
Price: $0-$35
Reference Link: https://tenthousandthings.org/season/thunder-knocking-on-the-door
Description:
Featuring Ronnie Allen, Brian Bose, Rajané Katurah, Thomasina Petrus, T. Mychael Rambo. This mythical tale takes place at the crossroads of “here and there,” where Marvell Thunder, a mysterious shapeshifter, challenges Glory, a blind songstress, to a magical duel on the guitar.
Jelly’s Last Jam
By: George C. Wolfe
Directed by: Kelli Foster Warder
Theater Latté Da
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Wed Mar 30 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ritz Theater
Price: $$35 and up
Reference Link: https://www.latteda.org/jellys-last-jam
Description:
From the back alleys of New Orleans to the dance halls of Chicago and the clubs of New York, the Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning Jelly’s Last Jam tells the troubled story of the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz with spectacular dance breaks and a smokin’ jazz score.
Missouri
The Old Man and the Old Moon
By: Book, Music, and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co.
Directed by: Stuart Carden
Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep)
Kansas City
Event Date(s): Tue May 03 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Spencer Theatre
Price: $35-79
Reference Link: https://kcrep.org/21-22-season
Description:
A whimsical American fable performed by live folk musicians that will charm and delight audiences of all ages.
Pete the Cat
By: Adapted by Sarah Hammond from James and Kimberly Dean, with music by Will Aronson
Directed by: Jeff Church
The Coterie Theatre
Kansas City
Event Date(s): Tue Mar 29 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Coterie Theatre
Price: $14.00-$18.00
Reference Link: https://thecoterie.org/performance/pete-the-cat
Description:
With its Beach Boys musical vibe and ’60s feel, Pete the Cat will have everyone in the family strumming and strutting along with the grooviest guitar-slinging cat in town.
Jitney
By: August Wilson
Directed by: TBA
The St. Louis Black Repertory Company
University City
Event Date(s): Wed May 11 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Edison Theater
Price: $15-50
Reference Link: https://theblackrep.org
Description:
Set in the late 1970s, Jitney takes place in the midst of urban renewal, which threatens to eliminate the makeshift gypsy cab service. The story follows a group of men who drive these cabs as they navigate love as fathers and sons, loss and hope, and ultimately, community.
The Inheritance, Part 1 & 2
By: Matthew Lopez
Directed by: Jeff Church & Ian R. Crawford
Unicorn Theatre
Kansas City
Event Date(s): Wed May 11 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Unicorn Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://unicorntheatre.org/the-inheritance/
Description:
An epic and touching journey through generations of gay America.
New-Jersey
Double Play
By: Dan McCormick, Alan Zweibel
Directed by: Roy Steinberg
Cape May Stage
Cape May
Event Date(s): Wed May 25 - Sat Jun 18
Type of Event: Theater
Price: $45.00
Reference Link: https://capemaystage.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=375
Description:
In Dan McCormick’s Becoming Satchel Paige, the legendary pitcher Satchel Paige, speaks at a festive gala only to be drawn into much deeper memories of his life when he sees a well-worn leather satchel. And in Alan Zweibel’s Happy, a baseball fan travels to Delray Beach to find “Happy” Haliday, a favorite baseball player from his youth.
Ride the Cyclone: The Musical
By: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Directed by: Sarah Rasmussen
McCarter Theatre Center
Princeton
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Berlind Theater
Price: $65-$85
Reference Link: https://www.mccarter.org/cyclone
Description:
Part comedy, part tragedy, and wholly unexpected, this wildly imaginative story delivers surprises at every turn and reveals the resilience of the human spirit in spite of senseless tragedy.
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Rakesh Palisetty
Two River Theater
Red Bank
Event Date(s): Fri May 06 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Two River Theater
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://tworivertheater.org/2021-22-season-announcement/
Description:
75-minute abridged version of a Shakespeare play, performed and supported backstage by high school students, and directed and designed by theatre professionals.
New-York
The Oregon Trail
By: Bekah Brunstetter
Directed by: Chris J Handley
Alleyway Theatre
Buffalo
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Comedy
Price: $30-42
Reference Link: https://www.alleyway.com/show/the-oregon-trail
Description:
It’s 1996 and Jane is trapped in her middle school computer lab playing “The Oregon Trail.” Suddenly the game comes to life and whisks us back to 1848 to travel, covered-wagon style, with Jane’s great-great-grandmother. A must for anyone who grew up trying not to die of dysentery.
Clarkston
By: Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by: Daniel Elihu Kramer
Bridge Street Theatre
Catskill
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bridge Street Theatre
Price: $$10-$25
Reference Link: https://bridgest.org/clarkston/
Description:
In a small town on the Snake River in Washington, two young men from wildly different backgrounds discover a common connection while stocking shelves together on the night shift at Costco.
The Chinese Lady
By: Lloyd Suh
Geva Theatre Center
Rochester
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 20 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Fielding Stage
Price: $25-$69
Reference Link: https://gevatheatre.org/season-49/
Description:
In 1834, a 14-year-old girl is brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province. Allegedly the first Chinese women to set foot in the U.S., for over 45 years, she is toured around the country as a sideshow act. Based on the true story of Afong Moy.
Yoga Play
By: Dipika Guha
Directed by: Melissa Crespo
Geva Theatre Center
Rochester
Event Date(s): Tue May 10 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Wilson Stage
Price: $25-$69
Reference Link: https://gevatheatre.org/season-49/
Description:
Corporate yoga giant Jojomon is at the pinnacle of its game when a scandal sends the company into freefall. Joan, the newly hired CEO, risks everything on a wild plan to recover the company’s earnings and reputation.
How I Learned to Drive
By: Paula Vogel
Directed by: Mark Brokaw
Manhattan Theatre Club
New York
Event Date(s): Tue Mar 29 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Broadway Play
Venue: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/
Description:
The thrilling Broadway premiere of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece reunites the two original stars with their award-winning director for a new production.
Golden Shield
By: Anchuli Felicia King
Directed by: Danya Taymor
Manhattan Theatre Club
New York
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 26 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Off-Broadway Play
Venue: MTC at New York City Center - Stage I
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/
Description:
From international playwright Anchuli Felicia King comes a riveting new play about loyalties, intrigue, and the delicate art of translation. Directing this fast-paced production is Danya Taymor (Heroes of the Fourth Turning).
Dreaming Zenzile
By: Somi Kakoma
Directed by: Lileana Blain-Cruz
New York Theatre Workshop
New York
Event Date(s): Sun May 01 - Tue May 31
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: New York Theatre Workshop
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.nytw.org/show/dreaming-zenzile/
Description:
At her final concert, South African musical legend and activist Miriam Makeba delivers the performance of her life, raising the conscience and consciousness of a people. But the ancestors are calling—transporting her through the music and fractured memories. Exact Dates TBA.
Wish You Were Here
By: Sanaz Toossi
Directed by: Gaye Taylor Upchurch
Playwrights Horizons
New York
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 13 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Playwrights Horizons
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/wish-you-were-here/
Description:
With breathtaking humanity and cutting wit, Wish You Were Here chronicles a decade of life during war, as best friends forever become friends long lost, scattered and searching for home.
Torched!
By: Pregones/PRTT
Directed by: Rosalba Rolón
Pregones / Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
Bronx
Event Date(s): Thu May 19 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Performances
Venue: Pregones Theater
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://pregonesprtt.org/torched-spring-2022/
Description:
Pulsing to salsa, funk-disco, and hip-hop rhythms, Torched! speaks to the now legendary era of the Bronx fires of the 1970s, collecting moments in the experience of those who lived through and survived the arson-for-profit business.
Until the Flood
By: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Neel Keller
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Sun Nov 15 - Sun Oct 15
Type of Event: Virtual Screening of Recorded Live Performance
Venue: All Arts TV
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://allarts.org/programs/all-arts-performance-selects/until-the-flood-wtcesv/
Description:
Writer-performer Dael Orlandersmith’s one-woman show explores Ferguson following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown. Based on extensive interviews, this theatrical event gives voice to a community grappling with injustice and yearning for change.
Little Women…Now
By: Donna Hoke
Directed by: Doug Weyand
Road Less Traveled Productions
Buffalo
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 21 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Road Less Traveled Theater
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://www.roadlesstraveledproductions.org/little-womennow
Description:
Little Women…Now brings the beloved March sisters to life in this contemporary adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic story by RLTP Ensemble member Donna Hoke.
Grass
By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Signature Theatre
New York City
Event Date(s): Mon May 30 - Sun Jul 03
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://signaturetheatre.org/shows-and-events/Productions/2021-2022/Grass.aspx
Description:
A nightmare eviction leaves an out-of-work actor with nowhere to go but his father’s house on an island in southeast Texas. But in order to get there—and not get shot—he’s going to have to let his mother drive. Hilarity ensues. Or doesn’t. In either case, History narrates.
Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
Directed by: Saheem Ali
The Public Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Sun May 01 - Tue May 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Public Theater
Price: $
Reference Link: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2122/fat-ham/
Description:
In this reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Juicy is a queer Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. Exact Dates TBA.
Sandra
By: David Cale, Music by Matthew Dean Marsh
Directed by: Leigh Silverman
Vineyard Theatre
New York City
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 01 - Sat May 14
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street, NY, NY 10003
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.vineyardtheatre.org/sandra/
Description:
In this new one-woman thriller, Sandra seeks to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of her closest friend, a young pianist and composer, who went on a trip to Mexico and never returned. From the team behind Harry Clarke (2018 Lucille Lortel Award).
Lessons in Survival Part 2
By: Created with and performed by The Commissary
Directed by: Tyler Thomas
Vineyard Theatre
New York City
Event Date(s): Sun May 15 - Tue May 31
Type of Event: Special Event
Venue: Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street, NY, NY 10003
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.vineyardtheatre.org/lessons-in-survival-part-2/
Description:
Part retrospective, part re-envisioning, Lessons in Survival, Part 2 explores and elevates the layers of relationship, ideas, and provocations set within James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni’s seminal 1971 conversation. Dates TBD
North-Carolina
Pigs Is Pigs
Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Charlotte
Event Date(s): Tue May 31 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Price: $Starting at $10
Reference Link: https://
Description:
Cuteness is on overload in this humorous story where guinea pigs steal the show. (For PreK)
Ohio
Becoming Dr. Ruth
By: Mark St. Germain
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 09 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre
Price: $35+
Reference Link: https://cincyplay.com/productions/becoming-dr-ruth
Description:
This heartwarming portrait is a humorous and illuminating one-woman show about America’s favorite sex therapist, Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
By: Jocelyn Bioh
Directed by: Candis C. Jones
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marx Theatre
Price: $35+
Reference Link: https://cincyplay.com/productions/school-girls
Description:
This biting comedy explores the universal challenges of teenage girlhood and all the drama that comes with it.
Pride and Prejudice
By: Adapted by Kate Hamill from Jane Austen
Directed by: Sara Clark
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Fri May 20 - Sat Jun 18
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Otto M. Budig Theater
Price: $14-68
Reference Link: https://cincyshakes.com/event/pride-and-prejudice/
Description:
Sweepingly romantic, with a good dose of the tongue-in-cheek, Pride and Prejudice—in a fresh and funky new adaptation—follows the love stories of the Bennet sisters as they find that the path to true love can lead to the most unexpected of places.
The Three Musketeers
By: Catherine Bush, Adapted from the Dumas novel
Directed by: Laura Kepley, Director | Rod Kinter, Fight Director
Cleveland Play House
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Theatrical Production
Venue: Allen Theatre
Price: $15-95
Reference Link: https://www.clevelandplayhouse.com/shows/2021/the-three-musketeers
Description:
Get ready for exhilarating action that will have you cheering “All for One and One for All!” This fast, fun, and fresh reimagining of the timeless novel is jam-packed with secret plots, sweeping romance, treacherous spies, and dazzling swordplay.
The Absolutely Amazing and True Adventures of Ms. Joan Evelyn Southgate
By: Nina Domingue, 2019 Nord Family Foundation Playwright Fellow
Directed by: Nathan Henry
Cleveland Public Theatre
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sat May 14
Type of Event: World Premiere
Venue: Gordon Square Theatre
Price: $Choose What You Pay
Reference Link: https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2021-2022-season/
Description:
In 2002, Joan Southgate, a retired social worker and Cleveland-area activist, stepped off from the small town of Ripley, Ohio, with a simple goal: to highlight the courage and resourcefulness of freedom seekers and conductor families who risked everything on the Underground Railroad.
Candlelight Hypothesis
By: Text by Raymond Bobgan, Candlelight Hypothesis jointly created by Raymond & Cleveland CORE Ensemble
Directed by: Raymond Bobgan
Cleveland Public Theatre
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 29 - Sat May 21
Type of Event: World Premiere
Venue: CPT Campus
Price: $Choose What You Pay
Reference Link: https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2021-2022-season/
Description:
Raymond Bobgan creates new bold, multilayered, and highly physical performances through an ever-evolving ensemble process. The ensemble’s performances are characteristically layered with powerful physical action, poetic texts, and original music.
Station Hope
Cleveland Public Theatre
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Sat May 28 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Special Event
Venue: St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ohio City.
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2021-2022-season/
Description:
Station Hope is a jubilant community event celebrating Cleveland’s social justice history and exploring contemporary struggles for freedom and equity.
Life Sucks.
By: Aaron Posner from Anton Chekhov
Directed by: Nathan Motta
Dobama Theatre
Cleveland Heights
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Dobama Theatre
Price: $1-38
Reference Link: https://www.dobama.org/life-sucks
Description:
In this raw and hilarious reimagining of Chekhov’s timeless classic Uncle Vanya, a group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong enemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions — and each other. What could possibly go wrong? Cleveland premiere.
Tiny Beautiful Things
By: Adapted by Nia Vardalos from Cheryl Strayed
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Wed May 18 - Sat Jun 18
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Reference Link: https://https://ensemblecincinnati.org/21-22-season/
Description:
Based on the acclaimed book by Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things is a funny and deeply touching exploration of resilience following the then-struggling writer as she took over the unpaid, anonymous position of an advice columnist named Sugar.
American Moor
By: Keith Hamilton Cobb
Directed by: Kim Weild
Karamu House
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Karamu House
Reference Link: https://www.karamuhouse.org
Description:
American Moor examines the experience and perspective of Black men in America through the metaphor of William Shakespeare’s character Othello. American Moor is a poetic exploration of Shakespeare, race, and America.
The Twunny Fo’
By: AJ Baldwin
Directed by: TBD
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 15 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Know Theatre of Cincinnati and virtual
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.knowtheatre.com/the-twunny-fo/
Description:
The overnight shift of a neighborhood 24-hour convenience store — recently taken over by corporate overlords — fights to keep the last vestiges of neighborhood identity safe from gentrifiers. Whose bricks are these?
Spring Awakening
By: Duncan Sheik
Directed by: Edward Carignan
Short North Stage
Columbus
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
Price: $40-55
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description:
Broadway’s hit angsty rock musical hits the Garden Mainstage in a spectacular new staging in the round. Featuring a heart-pounding score by alternative singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik.
Oklahoma
The Elephant Man
By: Bernard Pomerance
Directed by: Lisa Wilson
American Theatre Company
Tulsa
Event Date(s): Fri May 06 - Sat May 14
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Doenges Theatre
Price: $24 - $32
Reference Link: https://AmericanTheatreCompany.org
Description:
John Merrick, a horribly deformed young man—victim of rare skin and bone diseases—becomes the star freak attraction in traveling sideshows. Found abandoned and helpless, he is admitted to the prestigious Whitechapel Hospital. Merrick is introduced to London society and slowly evolves from an object of pity to an urbane and witty favorite of the aristocracy and literati, only to be denied his ultimate dream – to become a man.
Oregon
The Children
By: Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by: Luan Schooler
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 09 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Ellyn Bye Studio: Portland Center Stage @ The Armory
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/the-children/
Description:
A nearby nuclear power station melts down. Retired nuclear physicists Robin and Hazel are visited by an old friend and former colleague with a frightening request. A timely and tantalizing look at the cost of climate change and what, if anything, does one generation owe the next.
City Without Altar
By: Jasminne Mendez
Milagro
Portland
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Milagro
Price: $10, 20, 30
Reference Link: https://https://milagro.org/event/city-without-altar/
Description:
City Without Altar is a two-act play in verse that seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of victims, survivors, and living ancestors of the 1937 Haitian Massacre, which occurred along the northwest Dominican/Haitian border during the Trujillo Era. World premiere.
Blast Off!
By: Maya Malán-González
Directed by: Mandy Khoshnevisan
Milagro
Portland
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Thu Jun 30
Type of Event: Teatro Milagro Virtual Tour
Venue: Milagro
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://https://milagro.org/event/blast-off/
Description:
This youth play for K-8 audiences tells the story of the first Latina astronaut, Ellen Ochoa. Blast Off! is paired with the STEAM curriculum from Milagro’s new Unidad Mas Alla (going higher with unity) curriculum.
¡Huelga!
By: Maya Malán-González
Directed by: Mandy Khoshnevisan
Milagro
Portland
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Thu Jun 30
Type of Event: Teatro Milagro Virtual Tour
Venue: Milagro
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://milagro.org/event/huelga-tour/
Description:
Written in El Teatro Campesino’s “actos” style, this show travels back in time to 1962 to share the beginning of the farmworkers movement and highlight the amazing journey of labor organizer Dolores Huerta.
Rent
By: Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Chip Miller
Portland Center Stage
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat May 21 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Musical
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://https://www.pcs.org/rent-musical
Description:
As a group of young artists fight for justice and visibility during the AIDS crisis, they revel in the beautiful bonds of friendship and chosen family. With its profound message of joy and hope in the face of uncertainty, this musical reminds us to measure our lives with love.
Bella: An American Tall Tale
By: Kirsten Childs
Directed by: Damaris Webb
Portland Playhouse
Portland
Event Date(s): Wed May 04 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Portland Playhouse
Reference Link: https://portlandplayhouse.org/season-14/
Description:
As a wanted woman of mythic proportions looks to begin life anew out west, Bella takes us on the trip of a lifetime to escape her scandalous past and bounce into the arms of her awaiting Buffalo Soldier.
Pennsylvania
School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play
By: Jocelyn Bioh
Arden Theatre Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arden Theatre Company
Price: $
Reference Link: https://ardentheatre.org/announcement2-2/
Description:
Members of an elite boarding school in Ghana are excited for the prospect of earning a spot in the Miss Universe pageant. When queen bee Paulina is threatened by unlikely newcomer Ericka, tensions run high. As the saying goes: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Into the Woods
By: Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Arden Theatre Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Thu May 26 - Sun Jun 26
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arden Theatre Company
Price: $
Reference Link: https://ardentheatre.org/announcement2-2/
Description:
One of Sondheim’s most beloved musicals returns to the F. Otto Haas stage with a magical radiance. Into the Woods explores the journey to the fairy tales’ happy ending—and the responsibilities that come with happily ever after.
The Christians
By: Lucas Hnath
Directed by: Eric Wunsch
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
Bloomsburg
Event Date(s): Thu May 26 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alvina Krause Theatre
Price: $7.00-$30.00
Reference Link: https://www.bte.org/index.php
Description:
Pastor Paul is having a crisis of conscience. After a divisive sermon, the congregants of Paul’s megachurch struggle to see eye to eye. Both epic and intimate, this melodic drama asks “legitimately difficult questions about belief and behavior” (The Guardian).
A Few Good Men
By: Aaron Sorkin
Directed by: Ken Kaissar
Bristol Riverside Theatre
Bristol
Event Date(s): Tue May 03 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bristol Riverside Theatre
Price: $43
Reference Link: https://www.brtstage.org/shows/a-few-good-men/
Description:
Can you handle the truth? One woman fighting for her place in a world of men, two teenage marines accused of murder, and a world in which lives and nations hang on the precision of orders followed. But if lives depend on following orders, where do you draw the line?
The Garbologists
By: Lindsay Joelle
Directed by: Monteze Freeland
City Theatre Company
Pittsburgh
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 30 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: City Theatre
Price: $29-50
Reference Link: https://citytheatrecompany.org/play/the-garbologists/
Description:
An unconventional buddy comedy follows first time sanitation worker Marlowe and lifer Danny in the cab of a nineteen-ton garbage truck in New York City. Tasked with picking up what the world has discarded, they learn that some things are easier to toss than others.
Travesties
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: Charles McMahon
Lantern Theater Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 08 - Sun Oct 09
Type of Event: Play
Venue: St. Stephen's Theater
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.lanterntheater.org
Description:
Zürich, 1917. In Tom Stoppard’s Tony Award-winning comic masterpiece, obscure British diplomat Henry Carr and Dadaist Tristan Tzara are in love with Cecily and Gwendolyn, who are both in love with someone named Jack.
Bayard Rustin Inside Ashland
By: Steve H. Broadnax III
Directed by: Steve H. Broadnax III, with music supervision and arrangements by Jason Michael Webb
People's Light
Malvern
Event Date(s): Wed May 18 - Sun Jun 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: People's Light (Leonard C. Haas Stage)
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://www.peopleslight.org
Description:
Chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and openly gay Civil Rights activist, Bayard Rustin was nearly written out of the history books. This world premiere play soars with African American spirituals and offers a glimpse into a transformative moment for young Rustin.
Where We Belong
By: Madeline Sayet
Directed by: Mei Ann Teo
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 15 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Reference Link: https://philatheatreco.org/where-we-belong/
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Description:
An Indigenous theatremaker journeys across geographic borders, personal history, and cultural legacies in search of a place to belong. Written and performed by Madeline Sayet.
Arsenic and Old Lace
By: Joseph Kesselring
Directed by: Liam Macik
Prime Stage Theatre
Pittsburgh
Event Date(s): Fri May 06 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: New Hazlett Theater
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: https://primestage.com/events/arsenic-and-old-lace/
Description:
This madcap comedy mixing young newlyweds and whimsical seniors still delights audiences. Be prepared: when insanity runs in the family, it practically gallops!
The 17th Annual Young Playwrights’ Festival
Touchstone Theatre
Bethlehem
Event Date(s): Sat May 21 - Sat May 21
Type of Event: Festival
Venue: Zoellner Arts Center
Price: $15
Reference Link: http://www.touchstone.org/events/17th-annual-young-playwrights-festival-gala/
Description:
Venture into the hearts and minds of our greatest storytellers—our children—with an evening of new plays written by Young Playwrights’ Lab students from across the Lehigh Valley. Back in person at Zoellner Arts Center and via livestream.
Wish You Were Here: Zion
By: Sara Group
Directed by: Sara Group
Touchstone Theatre
Bethlehem
Event Date(s): Mon Apr 04 - Sat Jun 04
Type of Event: Online
Venue: saragroupprojects.com
Price: $Free
Reference Link: http://www.touchstone.org/events/wish-you-were-here-zion/
Description:
Available online April 4-June 4 at saragroupprojects.com: Sara Group in collaboration with Touchstone Theatre presents a new audio experience called Wish You Were Here: Zion, which takes listeners to, through, and around Zion National Park.
Fairview
By: Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by: James Ijames
Wilma Theater
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Tue May 31 - Sat Jun 18
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Wilma Theater
Price: $Various
Reference Link: https://wilmatheater.org/event/fairview/
Description:
The Frasier family is preparing to celebrate grandma’s birthday, cooking dinner, drinking wine, and hiding secrets. But what starts as a sitcom about a Black family explodes into a raucously brilliant look at race in America.
Rhode-Island
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Fred Sullivan, Jr.
The Gamm Theatre
Warwick
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gamm Theatre
Price: $30-69
Reference Link: https://www.gammtheatre.org/s37
Description:
The Bard’s most popular and magical comedy—a fantastical, evergreen tale about how quickly our world can turn upside down and how ingenuity, love, and art can set it right again.
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
By: Dave Malloy
Directed by: Josh Short
The Wilbury Theatre Group
Providence
Event Date(s): Thu May 19 - Sun Jul 17
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Wilbury Theatre Group
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.thewilburygroup.org
Description:
From the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy comes Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace.
Sueño
By: Translated and adapted by José Rivera from Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Directed by: Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 07 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Dowling Theater
Price: Starts at $27
Reference Link: https://www.trinityrep.com/show/sueno/
Description:
Years after a Spanish prince is imprisoned at birth based on astrological predictions, the young man is released to test the prophecy. Once freed, his actions could either earn him the throne or return him to a lifetime of isolation to question the very nature of reality.
Fairview
By: Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by: Jude Sandy
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence
Event Date(s): Thu May 19 - Sun Jun 19
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Chace Theater
Price: Starts at $27
Reference Link: https://www.trinityrep.com/show/fairview/
Description:
It’s Grandma’s birthday, and Beverly needs the family’s celebration to be perfect. Then this family comedy takes a surprising turn, becoming an unpredictable and thrillingly theatrical experience that boldly confronts perceptions of race and identity.
South-Carolina
In The Heights
By: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by: Patdro Harris
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Hilton Head Island
Event Date(s): Tue May 03 - Sun May 29
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Price: $61
Reference Link: https://www.artshhi.com/theater-series/in-the-heights
Description:
With an exhilarating score of Latin rhythms, hip-hop, and soul, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical tells what it means to chase your dreams as you celebrate your roots.
Honoria Quietly Drawing Strength From Her Truth
By: Clifton Campbell
Directed by: Sharon Graci
PURE Theatre
Charleston
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 21 - Sat May 14
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Cannon Street Arts Center
Price: $28-40
Reference Link: https://puretheatre.org
Description:
A social activist, a Vietnam vet, and a progressive theatre artist, each eager to tell their stories to the world, vie for a valuable piece of property donated by an affluent Southern family with their own complicated past.
The Wolves
By: Sarah DeLappe
Directed by: Anne Tromsness
The Warehouse Theatre
Greenville
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sat May 07
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Warehouse Theatre
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://warehousetheatre.com/shows/the-wolves/
Description:
A pack of teenage girls gear up for their next indoor soccer match. Tensions are high, game faces are on, and inner-team battles are raging wild during this week’s warm-up, which offers a rare glimpse into the tumultuous and complex world of female adolescence.
Tennessee
Always, Patsy Cline
By: Ted Swindley
Directed by: Lianne Kressin
Clarence Brown Theatre
Knoxville
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 20 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Clarence Brown Theatre
Price: Prices vary
Reference Link: https://clarencebrowntheatre.com
Description:
Back by popular demand, this fabulous musical is based on the true story of Patsy’s long friendship with fan Louise Seger, and features 27 classic songs.
Mary Poppins
By: Anthony Julian Fellowes, with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, new music by George Stiles and Anthony Drew, and co-conception by Cameron Mackintosh
Directed by: Micah-Shane Brewer
Nashville Repertory Theatre
Nashville
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 28 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Price: $50-65
Reference Link: https://www.nashvillerep.org
Description:
Mary Poppins flies into the home of the Banks family to bring them the adventure, discipline, and affection they crave. Mary Poppins uses adventure, and a spoonful of sugar, to teach the entire Banks family to love each other and their supercalifragilisticexpialidocious lives.
Texas
Between Riverside and Crazy
By: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by: Bill Pruitt
4th Wall Theatre Company
Houston
Event Date(s): Thu May 12 - Sat Jun 04
Type of Event: play
Venue: 1824 Spring Street, Studio 101, Houston TX 77007
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.4thwalltheatreco.com
Description:
4th Wall is delighted to remount its critically acclaimed production, which the Houston Press described as “a glorious time at the theatre—explosive, funny, gritty, true.” This new American classic follows a retired NYC cop fighting down forces much larger than himself.
Dead Man’s Cell Phone
By: Sarah Ruhl
Directed by: Brandon Weinbrenner
Alley Theatre
Houston
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 15 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hubbard Theatre
Price: $16-$91
Reference Link: https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/dead-mans-cell-phone
Description:
An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And a dead man. So begins Dead Man’s Cell Phone, a wildly imaginative comedy by MacArthur “Genius” grantee Sarah Ruhl.
Born with Teeth
By: Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by: Rob Melrose
Alley Theatre
Houston
Event Date(s): Fri May 06 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Neuhaus Theatre
Price: $16-$91
Reference Link: https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/born-with-teeth
Description:
The great Kit Marlowe and the up-and-comer Will Shakespeare meet in the back room of a pub to collaborate on a history play cycle, navigate the perils of art under a totalitarian regime, and flirt like young men with everything to lose.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
By: Adapted by Joseph Robinette; Based on the book by C.S. Lewis
Directed by: Directed by Artie Olaisen
Dallas Children's Theater
Dallas
Event Date(s): Sun Apr 03 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Show/Performance
Venue: Rosewood Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $23-30
Reference Link: https://dct.org
Description:
Our fourth show provides a little winter in spring. It’s the beloved The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe! Join young adventurers Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy as they step into the mythical land of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia. On sale Oct. 4.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
By: Caridad Svich
Directed by: Amelia Rico
Main Street Theater Houston
Houston
Event Date(s): Sun May 08 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Main Street Theater - Rice Village
Price: $35-$59
Reference Link: https://mainstreettheater.com/aunt-julia/
Description:
A boisterous, high-spirited comedy with a big-hearted romantic story, it’s what playwright Svich calls “a coming-of-age story about the performance of everyday life, the wonderfully disordered nature of love, and an homage to the golden age of radio and classic screwball comedies.”
Charlotte’s Web
By: based on the book by E.B. White
Directed by: Robin Robinson
Main Street Theater Houston
Houston
Event Date(s): Sun Apr 24 - Sat May 07
Type of Event: play
Venue: Main Street Theater at the MATCH
Price: $30 - $18
Reference Link: https://mainstreettheater.com/charlottesweb/
Description:
The tender story of a wise and kind spider named Charlotte who devises a plan to save her friend, Wilbur the pig. Charlotte’s Web is the “just about perfect” tale of friendship, love, and life.
Hurricane Diane
By: Madeleine George
Directed by: Lily Wolff
Rec Room Arts
Houston
Event Date(s): Sat May 07 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Rec Room Arts
Price: $5-50
Reference Link: https://www.recroomarts.org/hurricane-diane
Description:
Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.
What To Send Up When It Goes Down
By: Aleshea Harris
Directed by: Akin Babatunde
Stage West Theatre
Fort Worth
Event Date(s): Thu Apr 14 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Evelyn Wheeler Swenson Theatre
Price: $10-45
Reference Link: https://stagewest.org/season/what-send-when-it-goes-down
Description:
A truly unique experience, this play-pageant-ritual-homegoing-celebration is a unifying theatrical response to the physical and spiritual loss of Black lives. What to Send Up creates a space for catharsis, reflection, and healing, offering a way for community to move forward.
How to Heal When the World is Killing You Harshly
By: Oktavea LaToi
Directed by: Simone Raquel Alexander
The VORTEX
Austin
Event Date(s): Sat Apr 23 - Sat May 07
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Eloise Stage @ The VORTEX
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: http://www.vortexrep.org
Description:
A solo work that tracks Oktavea LaToi’s personal journey towards communal healing, self love, and healthy relationships in a world that is killing us with racial violence, fetishism, climate crisis, rage, and a global pandemic. A fusion of art, poetry, music, and movement.
Reunion ‘85
By: Conceived by Susan Draus; Created by Susan Draus, David Larson and Cody Jamison Strand; Written by Sarah Goeke
Directed by: Dave Steakley
ZACH Theatre
Austin
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 13 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: ZACH360 in The Topfer at ZACH
Price: $starting at $28
Reference Link: https://zachtheatre.org/reunion85
Description:
Party back to when we were living in a material world of scrunchies, shoulder pads, and parachute pants. Reunion ’85 is a totally immersive concert experience that starts when the Reunion Committee welcomes you with your name tag and new identity.
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
By: Adapted by Allen Robertson from Eileen Spinelli
Directed by: Allen Robertson
ZACH Theatre
Austin
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 26 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Whisenhunt at ZACH
Price: $12-$18+
Reference Link: https://zachtheatre.org/mrhatch
Description:
From the Emmy Award-winning creator of the PBS hit “The Biscuit Brothers,” Rob1n, and Tortoise and Hare comes a new musical based on the beloved children’s book. Mr. Hatch is a lonely man leading a ho-hum life, until one Valentine’s Day.
Vermont
Monty Python’s Spamalot
By: Eric Idle
Directed by: Carol Dunne
Northern Stage
White River Junction
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 13 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Northern Stage
Price: $$19-59
Reference Link: https://northernstage.org/spamalot/
Description:
Experience the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as you’ve never seen it before, complete with a bevy of beautiful showgirls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls?
Spamalot
By: Eric Idle & John Du Prez
Directed by: Carol Dunne
Northern Stage
White River Junction
Event Date(s): Wed Apr 13 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Northern Stage
Price: $59
Reference Link: https://northernstage.secure.force.com/ticket#/events/a0S1Y00000T186XUAR
Description:
Experience the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as you’ve never seen it before, complete with a bevy of beautiful showgirls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls?
Virginia
As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: TBA
Mill Mountain Theatre
Roanoke
Event Date(s): Fri May 06 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Waldron Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://millmountain.org/?post_type=production&p=5190&preview=true
Description:
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Join the cast of Shakespeare’s As You Like It for this playful production, filled with flirtation, fun disguises, flippant fools, family dysfunction, and some of Shakespeare’s most famous phrases.
Boy Bands Through the Ages
Directed by: TBA
Mill Mountain Theatre
Roanoke
Event Date(s): Fri May 27 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Trinkle MainStage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://millmountain.org/production/boy-bands-through-the-ages/
Description:
Boy bands have defined popular culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. Join Mill Mountain Theatre favorites in this musical celebration of the guy groups we know and love, featuring songs by artists like the Beatles, One Direction, the Backstreet Boys, and BTS.
Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties
By: Jen Silverman
Richmond Triangle Players
Richmond
Event Date(s): Wed May 18 - Sat Jun 11
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre
Price: $10-$35
Reference Link: https://www.rtriangle.org
Description:
Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty’s busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs to hit something. Five different women named Betty collide at the intersection of anger, sex, and the “Thea-Tah.”
Ain’t Misbehavin’
By: Richard Maltby, Jr and Murray Horowitz, with music by Thomas "Fats" Waller
Directed by: Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Richmond
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 08 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The November Theatre
Price: $36-$67
Reference Link: https://https://va-rep.org/
Description:
Relive the Harlem Renaissance as we bring you the intoxicating music of celebrated jazz legend Thomas “Fats” Waller. It’s a vibrant, timeless journey into one of the most robust periods of creativity in American history.
Washington
Zen and the Art of an Android Beatdown
By: Tochi Onyebuchi
Directed by: Gin Hammond
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 12 - Fri Jul 01
Type of Event: Ply
Venue: Audio
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://book-it.org/events/zen-and-the-art-of-an-android-beatdown/
Description:
Cecile dreams of falling. Her work on the android keeps her grounded. This man, always battered and bruised, has dreams of his own, or maybe they’re someone else’s. Her attachment to him threatens to expose the truth of her, but she can’t seem to stay away.
The Three Musketeers
By: Alexandre Dumas
Directed by: Lamar Legend
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Seattle
Event Date(s): Tue Nov 23 - Fri Jul 01
Type of Event: Audio play
Venue: Online
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://book-it.org/events/the-three-musketeers/
Description:
This audio adaptation of the swashbuckling buddy adventure is filled with intrigue and romance, villains and rogues, espionage and scandal.
Sovereignty
By: Mary Katherine Nagle
Directed by: TBA
Harlequin Productions
Olympia
Event Date(s): Fri May 06 - Sat May 28
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: The State Theater
Price: $20-$35
Reference Link: https://harlequinproductions.org/show/sovereignty/
Description:
Sarah Ridge Polson, a young Cherokee lawyer fighting to restore her Nation’s jurisdiction, confronts the ever-present ghosts of her grandfathers. Sovereignty travels the powerful intersections of personal and political truths, bridging our country’s past and imminent future.
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical!
By: Based on the Pigeon books by Mo Willems
Directed by: Script by Mo Williams and Tom Warburton. Lyrics by Mo Willems and Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Seattle Children's Theatre
Seattle
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 05 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Seattle Children's Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.sct.org/tickets-shows/
Description:
The Pigeon really wants to drive the bus. He really, really, really wants to! When the bus driver has a small emergency, it looks as though our feathered friend’s dreams may come true. Featuring a combination of puppets, songs, and feathers.
Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
By: Based on the award-winning book by Christopher Paul Curtis and adapted by Cheryl L. West
Directed by: Risa Brainin
Seattle Children's Theatre
Seattle
Event Date(s): Tue May 03 - Sun May 22
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Seattle Children's Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.sct.org/tickets-shows/
Description:
This play follows 10-year-old Kenny Watson and his family on a road trip from Flint, Mich., to Birmingham, Ala., during the Jim Crow era. After a local church is attacked that marks Civil Rights history, the Watson family is united through resilience and perseverance.
Wisconsin
Russian Troll Farm
By: Sarah Gancher
Directed by: Jen Uphoff-Gray
Forward Theater Company
Madison
Event Date(s): Fri Apr 22 - Sun May 08
Type of Event: In person
Venue: Playhouse at the Overture Center
Price: $$10-$49
Reference Link: https://www.forwardtheater.com
Description:
At the infamous (real-life!) Internet Research Agency, professional internet trolls work for days at a time, creating tweets and posts to sow discord and doubt among Americans. What happens to your grasp on the truth when your whole job is lying?
Titanic
By: Peter Stone, Maury Yeston, and Ian Weinberger
Directed by: Mark Clements
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee
Event Date(s): Tue Apr 05 - Sun May 15
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Quadracci Powerhouse
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows/show/titanic-the-musical/
Description:
Winner of five Tony Awards, Titanic is a stirring and unforgettable account of the first and last days of the ship of dreams.
Murder on the Orient Express
By: Ken Ludwig from Agatha Christie
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee
Event Date(s): Tue May 31 - Fri Jul 01
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Quadracci Powerhouse
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows/show/agatha-christies-murder-on-the-orient-express/
Description:
Board the exotic and mysterious Orient Express as it takes off into the opulence and grandeur of the 1930s with a train full of suspects, each with a motive and an alibi. This dazzling new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s masterpiece is filled with twists and turns.
Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland
By: Artists Lounge Live
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee
Event Date(s): Thu May 05 - Fri Jul 01
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Stackner Cabaret
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows/show/get-happy-angela-ingersoll-sings-judy-garland/
Description:
In an Emmy Award-nominated performance seen on PBS, Angela Ingersoll celebrates Judy Garland live in concert. Backed by a dynamite band, Ingersoll delivers a tour de force of virtuosic vocals, passionate storytelling, humor, and heart.
Muthaland
By: Minita Gandhi
Renaissance Theaterworks
Milwuakee
Event Date(s): Fri May 13 - Sun Jun 05
Type of Event: Play
Venue: 255 S Water Street
Reference Link: https://www.r-t-w.com/
Description:
A trip to her homeland forever changes the life of a young Indian American woman. On her journey, she unearths family secrets, encounters a prophet, and discovers her voice within a culture of silence. A powerful, transformative story based on actual events.
