"Until the Flood," written and performed by Dael Orlandersmith, at Repertory Theater in St. Louis in 2016. (Photo by Peter Wochniak/ProPhotosSTL)
October 2021
The fall continue with theatre offerings all across the U.S.
Arizona
My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend
By: Christian Duhamel
Directed by: Sean Daniels
Arizona Theatre Company
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Herberger Theater Center - Center Stage
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://arizonatheatre.org/show/my-80-year-old-boyfriend/
Description:
A delightful, award-winning musical about what happens when we throw aside our fears and cross generational barriers. Based on the true story of Broadway performer Charissa Bertels, this one-woman show is about an unlikely pair discovering more about themselves and each other.
Selena Maria Sings
By: By Miriam Gonzales, Music by Daniel French
Directed by: Melissa Crespo
Childsplay Theatre
Phoenix
Event Date(s): Sun Oct 03 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Herberger Theatre Center
Price: $Starting at $13
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/selenamaria
Description:
Selena Maria Sings tells a story of music, family, immense love, and the strength it takes to be yourself. Don’t miss this world-premiere featuring original music by Daniel French, ranging from eclectic remixes to electropop!
Arkansas
Designing Women
By: L. Bloodworth Thomason
Directed by: Harry Thomason
TheatreSquared
Fayetteville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 24 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: In-Person and Streaming
Venue: TheatreSquared
Price: $10-58
Reference Link: https://theatre2.org
Description:
A world premiere play bringing the megahit television series to life for our current age. Teeming with raucous hilarity and channeling the series’ one-of-a-kind, trademark voice, Designing Women sets out to reunite its audience—if nothing else—in laughter.
Tiny Beautiful Things
By: Nia Vardalos — Based on the novel by Cheryl Strayed
Directed by: Kim McKean
TheatreSquared
Fayetteville
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 20 - Sun Dec 05
Type of Event: In-Person and Streaming
Venue: TheatreSquared
Price: $10-58
Reference Link: https://theatre2.org
Description:
Over the years, thousands of people turned to Sugar for words of wisdom, compassion, and hope. At first unsure, Sugar finds a way to weave her own life experiences together with the deep yearning and heartrending questions from her readers.
Peter/Wendy
By: Jeremy Bloom
Directed by: Mollie Armour
Tricycle Theatre for Youth
Bentonville
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 22 - Sat Oct 30
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Tricycle Theatre
Description:
In this original adaptation of Peter Pan, audiences are immediately immersed in the familiar story. Everyone has a front row seat while Peter lures Wendy away from her nursery to the magical world of Neverland, where they both have grand adventures with Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily, and others.
California
Vincent
By: Leonard Nimoy
Directed by: Jared Sakren
6th Street Playhouse
Santa Rosa
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Monroe Stage
Price: $35.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description:
The story of the quintessential madman- genius Vincent Van Gogh, told through his own words and over 100 projected images. Performed by international actor Jean-Michel Richaud, who worked on this play with author Leonard Nimoy.
Murder for Two
By: Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair
Directed by: Laura Downing-Lee
6th Street Playhouse
Santa Rosa
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: GK Hardt Theatre
Price: $38.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description:
One fateful night at a surprise party, a crime novelist is killed and a small-town policeman jumps into the fray to prove he’s up to solving the crime. Two actors. One piano. Thirteen suspects. The perfect blend of music, mayhem, and murder.
An Iliad
By: Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare from Homer, translated by Robert Fagles
Directed by: Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
A Noise Within
Pasadena
Event Date(s): Sun Sep 12 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Play
Price: $25-79
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/play/an-iliad-2/
Description:
The lone witness of an ancient and ravaged Trojan battlefield weaves a tale of tragedy and triumph, with an enduring love for every victim of war. The Poet grapples with heroism and hubris in an unforgettable modern take on Homer’s classic.
Seven Guitars
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Gregg T. Daniel
A Noise Within
Pasadena
Event Date(s): Sun Oct 17 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Price: $25-79
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/play/seven-guitars/
Description:
In 1948 Pittsburgh, friends mourn a guitarist and his dream of stardom. This heartrending blues opera combines elegy, humor, and grit as Wilson’s Pulitzer-nominated play continues the saga that captures the spirit and heritage of Black Americans in the 20th century.
Br’er Peach
By: Andrew Saito
Directed by: Desdemona Chiang
AlterTheater Ensemble
San Rafael
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sun Dec 12
Type of Event: audio play
Venue: online
Price: $Sliding Scale
Reference Link: https://www.altertheater.org/peach
Description:
Thanks to a magic giant peach, an elderly Black couple in Georgia give birth to a Japanese boy, beginning an adventure where spirited animals join the fight against the true ogres of corporate greed, racism, and gentrification in Georgia. A new tale from old storytelling traditions. Produced in collaboration with the Parsnip Ship, in association with Business Lunch Productions.
Snag
By: Tara Moses
Directed by: Jeanette Harrison
AlterTheater Ensemble
San Rafael
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sun Dec 12
Type of Event: Play/multimedia
Venue: Online
Price: Sliding Scale
Reference Link: https://www.altertheater.org/snag
Description:
The world’s first Native American romantic comedy….we think! A young man tries to save his parents’s marriage by reminding them why they fell in love.
The Carolyn Bryant Project
By: Nataki Garrett and Andrea LeBlanc
Directed by: Nataki Garrett
CalArts Center for New Performance
Valencia
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 22 - Sat Oct 23
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: CalArts Center for New Performance
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/carolyn-bryant/
Description:
Created by Nataki Garrett & Andrea LeBlanc, directed by Nataki Garrett, featuring Jacob Gibson and Andrea LeBlanc. Conjuring the specter of Emmett Till’s murder, a nightmarish reverie on white violence and silence in America.
A New York Times Critic’s Pick
Altar No. 1–Aten
By: Daniel Alexandar Jones & Friends
CalArts Center for New Performance
Valencia
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 20 - Wed Dec 08
Type of Event: Digital Platform
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://aten.life
Description:
Altar No. 1–Aten uses our solar system as both metaphor and method for an immersive journey through the celestial, within and without. Anchored in the ever-expanding digital portal, the work invites you to take part in a dynamic new creative odyssey.
Altar No. 1 – Aten
Directed by: Daniel Alexander Jones and Nicolas Savignano
CalArts Center for New Performance
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 06 - Wed Nov 24
Type of Event: Music, Performance
Venue: https://aten.life/
Price: $FREE
Reference Link: https://https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/altared-states/
Description:
Altar No. 1 – Aten weekly unfolds a new album by Daniel Alexander Jones and Josh Quat; 15 connected music videos exploring stories of the planets, our moon, and aspects of our sun; a series of probing podcast conversations; and invitations for visitors to engage on- and offline.
Admissions
By: Joshua Harmon
Directed by: Michael Stevenson
Capital Stage
Sacramento
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 13 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/admissions/
Description:
Sherri Rosen-Mason is fighting to diversify her New England prep school student body. She and her husband, the school’s headmaster, have largely succeeded, but when their son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values.
Yellowman
By: Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by: Khanisha Foster
Chance Theater
Anaheim
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 24 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
Price: $29-39
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/yellowman2021/?referrer=34332
Description:
This 2002 Pulitzer finalist tells a forbidden love story about two people being kept apart by the biases we inherit from our community and family.
Crimson Lit – Scarlet Letter Setlist
By: Krista Knight & Jill Sobule
Directed by: Jocelyn A. Brown
Chance Theater
Anaheim
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 20 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/crimsonlit/?referrer=34331
Description:
A pulpy riot grrrl adaptation of The Scarlet Letter with an all-female cast and live band.
Dancing Lessons
By: Mark St. Germain
Directed by: John Browning
Cinnabar Theater
Petaluma
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Theater: Comedy
Venue: Cinnabar Theater
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cinnabartheater.org/show/dancing-lessons-by-mark-st-germain/
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Description:
Entertaining and charming! We meet two highly offbeat characters, a Broadway dancer and a science professor, coping with physical and emotional challenges as they forge an unexpected friendship in this heartfelt play. Filled with laughs and the intricacies of the human condition,
Coded
By: Kirsten Brandt
Directed by: Kirsten Brandt
City Lights Theater Company
San Jose
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: City Lights Theater Company
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/explore-our-2021-22-season/
Description:
Jerrie was on her way to being a leader in the gaming industry, until a competitor armed with a legion of internet trolls launched an all-out assault on her and she was forced into hiding. Now, she’s back with a hand-picked team and a plan to revolutionize VR gaming.
Venice Storytellers
By: Various
Directed by: Various
Cornerstone Theater Company
Venice
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 30 - Sat Nov 20
Type of Event: Reading
Venue: Cornerstone Theater Company
Price: Pay What You Can
Reference Link: https://
Description:
Over two Saturdays this fall, Venice community members will collaborate with professional artists to create three original short plays that will be read live onstage by a cast of dozens of Venice residents in a forum for the community to gather, share, and listen.
What Happens Next
By: Naomi Iizuka
Directed by: Michael John Garcés
Cornerstone Theater Company
Culver City
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Fri Oct 15
Type of Event: Live Screening
Venue: The Wende Museum
Price: Pay What You Can
Reference Link: https://cornerstonetheater.org/what-happens-next-touring/
Description:
In 2021, Cornerstone adapted its 2018 play What Happens Next for Zoom. It was created in collaboration with and performed by members of the veteran community. Presented alongside ancillary activities, the show will be screened at partner organizations serving this community.
one in two
By: Donja R. Love
Directed by: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Diversionary Theatre
San Diego
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 23 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: West Coast Premiere Play
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
Price: $15-50
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/one-in-two
Description:
Three men wait. When one is chosen, the trio must embark on telling a story of life inside a long-ignored epidemic. With joy, humor, and unbridled truth, Donja Love’s urgent and spontaneous new work drills through the statistics to give voice to what it means to be Black, queer, and HIV-positive.
The Sitayana (Or, How to Make an Exit)
By: Lavina Jadhwani
Directed by: Reena Dutt
East West Players
Event Date(s): Mon Sep 20 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Virtual Theater Show
Venue: Live streamed or Video on demand
Price: $9.99 -19.99
Reference Link: https://tinyurl.com/sitatix2021
Description:
The Sitayana (Or, How to Make an Exit) is an artful transposition of the Hindu epic the Ramayana told from Sita’s point of view. Part epic tale, part coming-of-age story, The Sitayana is the ultimate breakup play. A co-production with Enacte Arts and Hypokrit Productions.
Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical
By: Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman
Directed by: Jenny Sullivan
Ensemble Theatre Company
Santa Barbara
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Theater Performance
Venue: The New Vic
Price: $
Reference Link: https://etcsb.org/production/tenderly-the-rosemary-clooney-musical/
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Description:
The remarkably personal and poignant bio-musical of the legendary song stylist. Starring Linda Purl as Rosemary, and featuring a live onstage band, the show presents beloved songs, including “Hey There (You with the Stars in Your Eyes),” “Tenderly,” and “Come On-A My House.”
Build Forward: Advocacy, Artistry, Adaptability: A Digital Convening
foolsFURY Theater Company
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Digital Convening: Panels and Art Shares
Venue: Online
Price: $0-180 (sliding scale based on need)
Reference Link: https://www.foolsfury.org/build-forward-2021
Description:
Build Forward is a two-day event featuring interactive town halls, Art Shares with Microturgs, and discussions designed for artists, activists, culture workers, educators, theatre professionals, and anyone interested in building effective, long-lasting systemic change. Join us!
The Enigmatist
By: David Kwong
Directed by: David Kwong
Geffen Playhouse
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 14 - Sat Oct 30
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Geffen Playhouse
Price: $39-150
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/the-enigmatist/
Description:
Can you solve the enigma? From the creator and performer of the hit virtual production Inside the Box comes an immersive experience of puzzles and cryptology. Clues are everywhere, so keep your eyes open and be ready for surprises behind every multi-layered illusion.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An L.A. Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording, includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Life on Paper
By: Kenneth Lin
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Venice
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An LA Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording of Kenneth Lin’s inspired-by-a-true-story play. When a billionaire dies in a plane crash, a forensic economist butts heads with a small town actuary over the exact value. Includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Extinction
By: Hannie Rayson
Directed by: Martin Jarvis
L.A. Theatre Works
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $$20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An L.A. Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio recording of a new play by Australian playwright and newspaper columnist Hannie Rayson about the urgent need to combat man-made climate change to protect biodiversity. Includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
Bump
By: Chiara Atik
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
L.A. Theatre Works
Los Angeles
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 30 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Theater Recording
Venue: Digital
Price: $20 or $150 for 9-Play digital subscription
Reference Link: https://latw.org/digital-season
Description:
An LA Theatre Works state-of-the-art audio theater recording of Atik’s comedy. based on the true story of Jorge Odón and the birthing device he invented in his garage. Includes access to a Zoom interview with the playwright.
The Garden
By: Charlayne Woodard
Directed by: Patricia McGregor
La Jolla Playhouse
San Diego
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 21 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: La Jolla Playhouse
Price: $
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/
Description:
This moving world premiere explores the complex relationship between two “alpha” women: Claire Rose, an elderly Black woman, and her middle-aged daughter Cassandra. Both women give as good as they get, taking us on a rollercoaster ride unearthing conflicts and secrets of the past.
Interlude
By: Harrison David Rivers
Directed by: ShawnJ West
New Conservatory Theatre Center
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Decker Theatre
Price: $25-55
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/21-22-Season/Interlude
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Description:
Jesse’s life looks nothing like it used to. Forced by a pandemic to return to his childhood home with his conservative parents, he finds himself standing still for the first time in this gripping reflection of a gay Black man’s experience during the transformative events of 2020.
Dancing Lessons
By: Mark St. Germain
Directed by: Richard Baird
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Solana Beach
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 08 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Play
Venue: North Coast Rep
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org
Description:
Entertaining and charming! We meet two highly offbeat characters, a Broadway dancer and a science professor coping with physical and emotional challenges as they forge an unexpected friendship in this heartfelt play. Filled with laughs and the intricacies of the human condition, we witness their journey of discovery and personal triumph as they come to realize that sometimes the most profound experiences can occur when least expected.
Ben Butler
By: Richard Strand
Directed by: David Ellenstein
North Coast Repertory Theatre
Solana Beach
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 20 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: play
Venue: North Coast Rep
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org
Description:
Inspired by real-life characters who were involved in a critical event in history during the Civil War. General Benjamin Butler has just taken over Fort Monroe and is immediately faced with an impossible moral dilemma—follow the letter of the law or make a game-changing move.
Mother Road
By: Octavio Solis
Directed by: Sam Woodhouse
San Diego Repertory Theatre
San Diego
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lyceum Theatre
Reference Link: https://www.sdrep.org/
Description:
William Joad is at the end of his life and in need of a blood relative to inherit the family farm in Oklahoma. He’s shocked to discover the only surviving descendant of Tom Joad, the resilient protagonist from The Grapes of Wrath, is a Mexican American man named Martín Jodes.
Every Brilliant Thing
By: Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe
Directed by: Suzy Newman
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
San Luis Obispo
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
Price: $$20-$36
Reference Link: https://www.slorep.org/shows/every-brilliant-thing/
Description:
Let’s make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world, everything worth living for: 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung fu movies. 3. Staying up past your bedtime. 4. The color yellow. This funny and moving play is a tribute to resilience and hope when we need it most.
An Evening of Balinese Wayang with Larry Reed and Gamelan Gender Wayang
Directed by: Larry Reed
ShadowLight Productions
San Francisco
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 16 - Fri Nov 19
Type of Event: Live shadow theatre performance
Venue: Noe Valley Town Square in San Francisco, The Parade Grounds at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, The Corin Courtyard at the Momdavi Center, UC Davis campus
Price: $0-20
Reference Link: https://www.shadowlight.org/upcoming-events
Description:
Join us for 3 outdoor performances of Wayang Bali this fall
10/16/21, 7pm at Noe Valley Town Square – FREE! SF, CA
10/23/21, 7pm at SF International Arts Festival. Ticketed through festival. SF, CA
11/19/21, 7pm at Corin Courtyard, Mondavi Center, UC Davis campus- Davis, CA
The Claim
By: Tim Cowbury
Directed by: Rebecca Novick
Shotgun Players
Berkeley
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Sat Oct 30
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
Price: $8-40
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/the-claim
Description:
A bold, imaginative response to the stories of those seeking refuge in the U.K., The Claim asks what happens when your life is at stake and all you have to save it are your words. The runaway hit of the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Claim is a comically absurd journey.
The Gardens of Anuncia
Directed by: Graciela Daniele
The Old Globe
San Diego
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 17 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Old Globe
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/21-22-season/the-gardens-of-anuncia/#/calendar?startDate=2021-09-01&%3FendDate=2021-09-30
Description:
The Gardens of Anuncia is inspired by the life story of an icon of the American stage who directs and choreographs the show at the Globe: Broadway legend Graciela Daniele. Anuncia tends the garden of her country house as she reflects on her life and childhood in Argentina.
Lizard Boy
By: Justin Huertas
Directed by: Brandon Ivie
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Mountain View
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 06 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Musical and on-demand
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $30+
Reference Link: https://theatreworks.org/season51/lizard-boy/
Description:
Featuring an indie folk-rock score streamed more than one million times on Spotify, Lizard Boy is a comic book-infused musical exploring a first date turned mythological journey, as its scale-covered protagonist endeavors to save the world and to unlock his true powers.
Colorado
I Do! I Do!
By: Adapted by Tom Jones from "The Fourposter" by Jan de Hartog, with music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by: Rod A. Lansberry
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Arvada
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 10 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Main Stage Theatre
Price: $53-77
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/i-do-i-do
Description:
The story of a marriage is at the center of I Do! I Do!, an intimate and nostalgic two-person musical. Beginning on Michael and Agnes’s wedding day in 1898, this touching story of two soulmates follows the sweet and sour moments of 50 years of love.
Sylvia
By: A.R. Gurney
Directed by: Lynne Collins
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
Arvada
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center Black Box Theatre
Price: $45-50
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/sylvia
Description:
The world of a middle-aged New York couple is turned upside down when Greg brings a girl home: Sylvia, a labradoodle he finds in Central Park. Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife in this modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog.
The Lifespan of a Fact
By: Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell
Directed by: Christy Montour-Larson
Curious Theatre Company
Denver
Event Date(s): Sat Sep 18 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
Price: $28-$45
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/lifespan-of-a-fact/
Description:
Facts become blurry when a demanding editor-in-chief hires the world’s most neurotically precise fact-checker to go toe-to-toe with an eccentric author who values story over accuracy. Hard facts square off against emotional truths in a funny and searing high-stakes showdown.
The Lifespan of a Fact
By: Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
Directed by: Christy Mountour-Larson
Curious Theatre Company
Denver
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
Price: $36-45
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/lifespan-of-a-fact/
Description:
Facts become blurry when a demanding editor-in-chief hires the world’s most neurotically precise fact checker to go toe to toe with an eccentric author who values story over accuracy. As the final deadline looms, hard facts square off against emotional truths in a funny showdown.
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.
Murder on the Orient Express
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Bruce K. Freestone
OpenStage Theatre & Company
Fort Collins
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 30 - Sat Nov 27
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lincoln Center Magnolia Theatre
Price: $10-32
Reference Link: https://https://www.openstage.com/events/49th-season/agatha-christies-murder-on-the-orient-express/
Description:
It’s 1934. Snow is falling. What starts as a luxurious journey becomes the scene of a murder in the blink of an eye. Murder on the Orient Express is Ken Ludwig’s clever and quick-witted adaptation of Agatha Christie’s famous mystery that will keep you asking, “Whodunit?”
Witch
By: Jen Silverman
Directed by: Caitlin Lowans
Theatreworks Colorado
Colorado Springs
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ent Center for the Arts
Price: $32.00
Reference Link: https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events/witch
Description:
A woman—who may be a witch—thinks fast when a man—who’s definitely the devil—comes knocking in this dark comedy based on a Jacobean classic.
Connecticut
The Chinese Lady
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Ralph Peña
Long Wharf Theatre
New Haven
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 12 - Sun Oct 31
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/the-chinese-lady
Description:
The Chinese Lady tells the story of 14-year-old Afong Moy as she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Inspired the true life story, The Chinese Lady is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman.
Someone Else’s House
By: Jared Mezzocchi
Directed by: Margot Bordelon
TheaterWorks Hartford
Hartford
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: LIVE virtual performance
Venue: Stream or Watch at TheaterWorks Hartford
Price: $$45 -75
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/
Description:
Obie Award-winning multimedia artist Jared Mezzocchi has a harrowing story to tell: his family’s frightening, true-life haunting inside a 200-year-old New England house. Light a candle and prepare yourself—as best you can—for this live virtual haunting.
Delaware
A Scandal in Bohemia
By: Adapted by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed by: Stephen Pelinski
Resident Ensemble Players
Newark
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 29 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Audio Production
Venue: Virtual
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://www.rep.udel.edu/presentations/a-scandal-in-bohemia
Description:
A Sherlock Holmes story! The King of Bohemia enlists the services of the great detective and his faithful friend, Dr. Watson, to recover a very valuable photograph that could ruin the young king. Intrigue and adventure follow as Holmes and Watson find a most cunning adversary.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
By: Adapted by Michael Gotch from Edgar Allan Poe
Directed by: Michael Gotch
Resident Ensemble Players
Newark
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 27 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Audio Production
Venue: Virtual
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://www.rep.udel.edu/presentations/the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue
Description:
Newly adapted from Poe’s classic thriller, the terrifying murders of a mother and daughter have shocked the city of Paris. Police are baffled with strangely contradicting witness reports and no suspect. Full of horror and all things grim — the perfect Halloween treat!
District-of-Columbia
Toni Stone
By: Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by: Pam MacKinnon
Arena Stage
Washington
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Kreeger Theater
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/
Description:
The season kicks off in September in the Kreeger Theater with Lydia R. Diamond’s play, based on the real-life woman who became the first female to play professional baseball in the Negro Leagues.
Celia and Fidel
By: Eduardo Machado
Directed by: Molly Smith
Arena Stage
Washington
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Kogod Cradle
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/
Description:
Arena’s seventh Power Play imagines a conversation between Cuba’s most influential female revolutionary and its most notorious political leader in a contest between morality and power.
Doña Rosita La Soltera – Doña Rosita the Spinster
By: By Federico García Lorca; Version of Nando López
Directed by: José Luis Arellano (2016 Helen Hayes Award winner for Yerma)
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 09 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: GALA Hispanic Theatre
Price: $20-55
Reference Link: https://www.galatheatre.org/post/do%C3%B1a-rosita-la-soltera
Description:
A romantic drama, pitting romantic idealizations against possibilities. GALA strives to capture the spirit of early Spanish feminism in this production exploring love, societal expectations, and betrayal.
Birds of North America
By: Anna Moench
Directed by: Serge Seiden
Mosaic Theater Company of DC
Washington DC
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 27 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center
Price: $50-60
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/birds-of-na
Description:
Caitlyn and her father John watch birds in their suburban Maryland backyard. Over the course of a decade in their relationship, this “tale of strained, aching affection” (The Denver Post) examines the ways global changes work their way into our daily lives.
Birds of North America
By: Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by: Serge Seiden
Mosaic Theater Company of DC
Washington
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 27 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: In-person play
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center - Sprenger Theatre
Price: $50-68
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/birds-of-na
Description:
The increasingly visible impact of climate change serves as the urgent backdrop for this loving examination of a mixed-race family with differing beliefs. A father and daughter grapple with truly seeing and hearing the people they care about most: each other.
Becoming Dr. Ruth
By: Mark St. Germain
Directed by: Holly Twyford
Theater J
Washington
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 30 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: EDCJCC
Price: $35-70
Reference Link: https://theaterj.org/2021-2022-season/becoming-dr-ruth-21-22/
Description:
Don’t miss the return of this triumphant and life-affirming story of America’s favorite sex therapist, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. An unforgettable, heart-warming evening of theatre starring Naomi Jacobson, who earned a Helen Hayes Award nomination for the role in 2018.
Teenage Dick
By: Mike Lew
Directed by: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Washington
Event Date(s): Mon Sep 20 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Price: $29
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/teenage-dick/
Description:
A modern, darkly comic retelling of Shakespeare’s Richard III set in the most treacherous of places: high school. Bullied because of his cerebral palsy, Richard is willing to crush his enemies in order to become senior class president.
Florida
The Odd Couple
By: Neil Simon
American Stage
St. Petersburg
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 27 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Raymond James Theatre
Price: $32-53
Reference Link: https://americanstage.org/
Description:
This classic comedy by Neil Simon explores the relationship between two men who, despite their many differences, decide to room together. Now clean freak Felix and carefree Oscar must find a way to live together. What follows is the hilarious antics of The Odd Couple.
Nunsense
By: Book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Miramar Beach
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 17 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Professional Theatre Performance
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Price: $29.00-35.00
Reference Link: https://www.emeraldcoasttheatre.org/on-stage
Description:
A zany, wholesome, witty musical revue presented by the Little Sisters of Hoboken, Nunsense is a heavenly delight! A comedic spoof that follows the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. This sinfully funny musical hit will have you shouting Ha-Ha-lleluia!
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
By: Adapted by James E. Grote, Based on the book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Miramar Beach
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Price: $14.00-20.00
Reference Link: https://www.emeraldcoasttheatre.org/on-stage
Description:
The animals on Farmer Brown’s farm have had enough! Join the animals—and their trusty typewriter—as they engage in peaceful protest to improve their working conditions. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is having its regional premiere at Emerald Coast Theatre Company!
Wake Up Brother Bear
By: Written by Janet Stanford and Kathryn Chase Bryer
Directed by: Rebeca Lake
Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Miramar Beach
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sat Nov 20
Type of Event: Theatre for the Very Young Performance
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Price: $12.00-17.00
Reference Link: https://www.emeraldcoasttheatre.org/on-stage
Description:
Join Brother and Sister Bear as they experience a full year of glorious seasons. Children are invited to participate in the action with a bag of props that help create magical moments. This interactive live show is performed with the youngest of audience members in mind.
The Wanderers
By: Richard Hopkins and Rebecca Hopkins
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 29 - Sun Feb 06
Type of Event: FST Original Musical Revue
Venue: FST's Court Cabaret
Price: $36+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/wanderers-0
Description:
Honoring the dynamic harmony groups of the mid-20th century—from the Four Seasons and the Platters to the Beatles and beyond, The Wanderers will transport you to simpler times with their tight harmonies, smooth moves, and, of course, matching jackets.
Cinderella
By: Sarah Durham
Directed by: Jason Cannon
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 09 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences
Venue: FST's Keating Theatre
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/cinderella
Description:
Have a ball with FST’s all-new adaptation of Cinderella! This magical production brings the classic fairy tale to life with a contemporary twist. Enjoy the story you love with a soundtrack of contemporary pop hits, audience interaction, slapstick humor, and more.
Jukebox Saturday Night with The Swingaroos
By: Kimberly Hawkey and Assaf Gleizner
Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 07 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: In-person Cabaret
Venue: FST's Bowne's Lab
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/jukebox-saturday-night-swingaroos
Description:
Countless musical genres emerged during the first half of the 20th Century, and there was only one place you could find them all: The Jukebox. In this jazzy music revue, The Swingaroos put a dynamic twist on the Jukebox’s greatest hits, including “Get Your Kicks On Route 66.”
Broadway Cabaret Series
Gulfshore Playhouse
Naples
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Norris Center
Price: $$45 - $71
Reference Link: https://www.gulfshoreplayhouse.org/
Description:
Grammy and Emmy Award–winning performer John McDaniel will serve as master of ceremonies for the three fabulous performances. Patrons can experience Broadway in a new way as Gulfshore Playhouse is transformed into a New York–style cabaret club.
Dr. Ride’s American Beach House
By: Liza Birkenmeier
Directed by: TBA
Jobsite Theater
Tampa
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 10 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Jaeb Theater, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $39.50 - $109.50
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/dr-rides-american-beach-house/
Description:
It’s 1983, the evening before Dr. Sally Ride’s historic space flight. A group of women friends gather on a sweltering St. Louis rooftop, each caught in their own failure-to-launch. This enticing juxtaposition thrusts the women into the space of their uncharted desires.
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
By: Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by: TBA
Jobsite Theater
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 22 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Jaeb Theater, Straz Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $39.50 - $109.50
Reference Link: https://https://www.jobsitetheater.org/dr-jekyll-mr-hyde/
Description:
On the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, Henry Jekyll’s experiments with exotic “powders and tinctures” have brought forth his other self: Edward Hyde, a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend.
Jobsite Digital Shorts
By: Various
Directed by: Various
Jobsite Theater
Tampa
Event Date(s): Wed Dec 16 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Online series
Venue: digitalshorts.jobsitetheater.org
Price: $1.99-$9.99
Reference Link: https://digitalshorts.jobsitetheater.org
Description:
An online series from the Jobsite Ensemble, this mixture of music videos, movement pieces, sketch, short films, readings, and more was commissioned by the company to help keep artists employed during the pandemic and possibly beyond. All proceeds go directly to the artists.
A Special Day
By: Adapted by Gigliola Fantoni from Ettore Scola and Ruggero Maccar, with translation and adaptation by Danya Taymor, Ana Graham, and Antonio Vega
Directed by: Ana Graham and Antonio Vega
Miami New Drama
Miami Beach
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Price: Free
Reference Link: www.miaminewdrama.org
Description:
It’s been a hard year. Share a moment with us. Miami New Drama presents Por Piedad Teatro’s production of A Special Day, a delightfully imaginative and uplifting story of hope and love that celebrates the eternal power of the imagination. Free for everyone.
Every Brilliant Thing
By: Duncan MacMillan with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by: Anne Hering
Orlando Shakespeare
Orlando
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 22 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/show/every-brilliant-thing/
Description:
Told in collaboration with the audience, this uplifting story explores resilience and the lengths we will go for those we love.
Intimate Apparel
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Shonn McCloud
Orlando Shakespeare
Orlando
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 27 - Sat Nov 20
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
Price: $32-56
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/show/intimate-apparel/
Description:
A story about desire and common sense, resilience and fragility, and above all, the unlikely triumph of the human spirit.
Boeing Boeing
By: Marc Camoletti
Directed by: Jessica Walck and James Duggan
The Naples Players
Naples
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 29 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Naples Players, Blackburn Hall
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://https://naplesplayers.org/show/boeing-boeing/
Description:
In this 1960s farce, self-styled lothario Bernard has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps it all a secret until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris (and his apartment) at the same time!
At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen
By: Terry Guest
Directed by: Damian Lockhart
Urbanite Theatre
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sun Dec 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Urbanite Theatre
Price: $5-35
Reference Link: https://www.urbanitetheatre.com/atthewake
Description:
In rural Georgia, drag star Courtney Berringers (given name: Anthony Knighton) would like to welcome you to her wake. But make no mistake, this isn’t your grandma’s funeral. There will be no black frocks, no perfumed flowers, and definitely no crying. Tonight is a celebration.
Eubie!
By: Julianne Boyd
Directed by: Jim Weaver, based on Julianne Boyd's original direction
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
Sarasota
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 06 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://westcoastblacktheatre.secure.force.com/ticket#/events/a0S5a00000FHMLXEA5
Description:
Opening WBTT’s 2021-2022 theatre season is Eubie!, a toe-tapping revue of songs by Eubie Blake, legendary composer, ragtime pianist, and “father of Black Broadway.” The show stormed Broadway in the 1970s and was nominated for three Tony Awards.
Georgia
Darlin’ Cory
By: Book by Phillip DePoy, Music by Kristian Bush, and Lyrics by DePoy and Bush
Directed by: Susan V. Booth
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 08 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre
Price: $25 - 85
Reference Link: https://alliancetheatre.org/production/2021-22/darlin-cory
Description:
Set in 1920s Appalachia, Darlin’ Cory is a haunting new musical by writer Phillip DePoy and Sugarland’s Kristian Bush. With an original folk-country score, this modern-day myth inspired by local lore promises to leave audiences on the edge of their seats.
The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments
By: Nathan James, Nathan Yungerberg, Idris Goodwin, Nambi E. Kelley, Nsangou Njikam, Eric Holmes, and Dennis Allen II
Directed by: Keith Arthur Bolden and Alexis Woodard
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hertz Stage at Alliance Theatre
Price: $25 - 45
Reference Link: https://alliancetheatre.org/production/2021-22/hands
Description:
Across seven monologues written by seven Black playwrights, Hands Up depicts the realities of Black America from the perspective of varying genders, sexual orientations, skin tones, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
New Georgia Woman Project: Black Women Speak
By: Candrice Jones, AriDy Nox, A'ndrea Wilson, and Shay Youngblood
Directed by: Produced by Marguerite Hannah
Horizon Theatre Company
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 28 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Horizon Theatre, Alpharetta Arts Center and online
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://www.horizontheatre.com/black-women-speak/
Description:
Sampler of works in development of four writers from Horizon’s Black Women Speak cohort of nine Black female writers. The BWS cohort is interviewing 150+ Black women of Georgia through online Coffee Chats and writing plays based on the themes and stories that are shared.
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.
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.
An Iliad
By: Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare
Directed by: Matt Torney
Theatrical Outfit
Atlanta
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 15 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Balzer Theater at Herren's
Price: $15+
Reference Link: https://www.theatricaloutfit.org/shows/an-iliad/
Description:
Visionaries Peterson and O’Hare have reimagined Homer’s tragic poem with dazzling theatricality and dark humor. As we emerge from a global pandemic, join us for this sweeping account of humanity’s unshakeable attraction to war and the heroes that rise and fall in times of chaos.
Idaho
I and You
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Kittson O'Neill
Boise Contemporary Theater
Boise
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 13 - Sat Nov 06
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Boise Contemporary Theater
Price: $$10-38
Reference Link: https://bctheater.org
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Description:
I and You brings together two very different young people who, as they work through a homework assignment of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, let down their guards and share their secrets. The play is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness.
Illinois
The Feel Good Musical Revue
Directed by: Black Ensemble Theater's Producing Managing Director Daryl D. Brooks
Black Ensemble Theater
Chicago
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Concert Cabaret
Venue: Black Ensemble Theater
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://blackensembletheater.org/
Description:
The Feel Good Musical Revue is part of Black Ensemble’s Concert Cabaret Series, a fun, uplifting, inspiring, and soothing series featuring inspirational spoken word, comedic vignettes, and great music. This event stars Dwight Neal, Robin DeSilva and Cynthia Carter.
As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare, with conception by Daryl Cloran and the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Directed by: by Daryl Cloran
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 06 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Courtyard Theater
Price: $49-$90
Reference Link: https://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/asyoulikeit
Description:
Find yourself transported to the 1960s, when all you need is love. This high-spirited, music-filled adaptation infuses Shakespeare’s romantic comedy with the hit songs of The Beatles, making for an exuberant — and musical — celebration of love.
Othello
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Charles Newell and Gabrielle Randle-Bent
Court Theatre
Chicago
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play and on-demand
Venue: Court Theatre
Price: $46-$76
Reference Link: https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2021-2022-season/othello/
Description:
Othello — the noble general, husband, scholar, and traveler — fights for his life, right to love, and position in society. When his closest confidant objects to his actions, their brotherhood is shattered, provoking a series of tragic events. Featuring Kelvin Roston, Jr. as Othello.
The Jigsaw Bride: A Frankenstein Story
By: Joseph Zettelmaier
Directed by: Hayley Rice
First Folio Theatre
Oak Brook
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 13 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mayslake Peabody Estate
Reference Link: https://firstfolio.org/?production=the-jigsaw-bride-a-frankenstein-story
Description:
100 years after the death of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist makes a startling discovery that takes us from the Swiss Alps to Vystario’s Menagerie of the Macabre and deep into the very soul of humanity. This electrifying tale continues the legend based on Mary Shelley’s work.
American Mariachi
By: Jose Cruz Gonzalez
Directed by: Henry Godinez
Goodman Theatre
Chicago
Event Date(s): Sat Sep 18 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Albert Theatre
Price: $25-70
Reference Link: https://GoodmanTheatre.org/Mariachi
Description:
Familia, amor and tradición — and breaking it — are at the heart of this “big-hearted musical that tug at the heartstrings.” (Denver Post) A Chicago premiere co-production with Dallas Theater Center, presented in association with Chicago Latino Theater Alliance as part of Destinos.
Neighborhood Narratives
By: Carolyn Hu Bradbury, Ireon Roach, and Lily Be
Directed by: Stephanie Shum, Monét Felton, and Xavier Retana
Jackalope Theatre Company
Chicago
Event Date(s): Sat Sep 25 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Short play festival in the parks
Venue: Broadway Armory Park, Calumet Park Beach, Humboldt Park Boathouse
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://jackalopetheatre.org
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Description:
Jackalope pairs local storytellers from the Edgewater, East Side, and Humboldt Park neighborhoods with playwrights, directors, and actors to share hyper-local short plays with hyper-local audiences. Neighborhood Narratives celebrates the parks and people that surround Chicago.
Songs for Nobodies
By: Joanna Murray-Smith
Directed by: Rob Lindley, with music direction by Andra Velis Simon
Northlight Theatre
Skokie
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 23 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Northlight Theatre
Price: $30-$89
Reference Link: https://northlight.org/events/songs-for-nobodies/
Description:
This one-woman tour-de-force featuring Bethany Thomas celebrates the iconic work of Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, and Maria Callas. Songs for Nobodies illuminates the power of song to share a story, heal a heartbreak, and inspire a dream.
The Last Pair of Earlies
By: Joshua Allen
Directed by: Tyla Abercrumbie
Raven Theatre Company
Chicago
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 27 - Sun Dec 12
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: East Stage
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://https://www.raventheatre.com/stage/the-last-pair-of-earlies/
Description:
In 1939 Chicago, Della Rose Early daydreams at her window while her husband, Wayland, disappears for days on end to sell his handmade leather shoes. But as he pursues his dreams, Della dreams of the life she left behind and the life she always wanted…and still wants.
Three Plays by Tracy Letts
By: Tracy Letts
Directed by: Patrick Zakem and Anna D. Shapiro
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Chicago
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 29 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Virtual
Venue: Steppenwolf NOW Virtual Stage
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.steppenwolf.org/TracyLettsVirtual
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Description:
Acclaimed actors Rainn Wilson, Mike Nussbaum, William Peterson and Karen Rodriguez bring this curious trio of Tracy Letts’ plays to the virtual stage. Offering dynamic glimpses into a world off-kilter, these are Steppenwolf stories for 2021, curated for your at-home experience.
Indiana
The Book Club Play
By: Karen Zacarías
Directed by: Benjamin Hanna
Indiana Repertory Theatre
Indianapolis
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 05 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: One American Stage
Price: $26-$67.50
Reference Link: https://www.irtlive.com
Description:
Can a book club be more than just a book club? When a documentary filmmaker sets up a camera and the wine starts flowing, a lot more than literature gets discussed. Truths are told and secrets are revealed as six young professionals find that there is more to a book.
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.
Dracula: A Radio Play
By: based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Directed by: originally adapted for radio by Orson Welles & John Houseman; new adaptation by Hannah Rae Montgomery & Jenni Page-White; executive producer Dan Gediman; sound design by Sue Zizza
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 17 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Radio Play
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Pay What You Choose Starting at $10
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2021-2022/dracula-a-radio-play/
Description:
Join the hunt for the world’s most infamous vampire! Inspired by master of suspense Orson Welles’s innovative broadcast, this electrifying audio experience comes to life with the talents of Actors Theatre’s creative team, in collaboration with award-winning radio professionals.
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.
In the Lab: A Look Inside the Dracula Process
By: based loosely on the novel by Bram Stoker by Kate Hamill
Directed by: Jennifer Pennington; fight and intimacy direction by David Anzuelo; dialect coaching by Joy Lanceta; Coronel stage managed by Katherine Thesing; casting by Emily Tarquin, CSA
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Louisville
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Fri Oct 01
Type of Event: A Look Inside the Process
Venue: Virtual
Price: $Pay What You Choose Starting at $10
Reference Link: https://www.actorstheatre.org/shows/2021-2022/in-the-lab-dracula/
Description:
Take a virtual look at the next iteration of Dracula, now in development in our interdisciplinary lab. Join us at 7 p.m. to hear excerpts from Kate Hamill’s acclaimed adaptation, meet the cast and creative team, and learn about the new production in the works for next year.
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
Tell It to Me Sweet
By: Brittany N. Williams
Directed by: Torey Hayward
The NOLA Project
New Orleans
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 17 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: New Orleans Museum of Art's Besthoff Sculpture Garden
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://www.nolaproject.com/tell-it-to-me-sweet
Description:
Wander through tales from spooky to strange in this brand-new look at some very old fables. Meet magical aunties, too-clever wolves, wicked stepmothers, foolish devils, and determined ghosts on a winding tour of stories pulled from European and African American folklore.
Maryland
Flyin’ West
By: Pearl Cleage
Directed by: Paige Hernandez
Everyman Theatre
Baltimore
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 06 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: mainstage
Price: $Starting at $29
Reference Link: http://everymantheatre.org/flyin-west-0
Description:
This is a story of overcoming tremendous odds. Four Black female pioneers, American homesteaders, settle in the all-Black town of Nicodemus, Kans., in 1898. Trying to build better lives for their families, they work their own land and forge forward against unforgiving circumstances.
The Revolutionists
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Gené Fouché
Maryland Ensemble Theatre
Frederick
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 17 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Maryland Ensemble Theatre
Price: $28
Reference Link: https://marylandensemble.org/the-revolutionists/
Description:
Olympe de Gourges, Charlotte Corday, Marie Antoinette, and Marianne Angelle are losing their heads! While the men engage in hypocritical rhetoric, these badass women plot to take down the extremists in this comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.
Quixote Nuevo
By: Octavio Solis
Directed by: Lisa Portes
Round House Theatre
Bethesda
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 08 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Round House Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.roundhousetheatre.org/
Description:
This music-filled modern epic, set to the spirited sounds of Tejano music, reimagines Cervantes’s beloved classic.
Massachusetts
Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic
By: Ayodele Casel
Directed by: Torya Beard
American Repertory Theater
Cambridge
Event Date(s): Sat Sep 25 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Dance
Venue: Loeb Drama Center
Price: $25 and up
Reference Link: https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/ayodele-casel-chasing-magic/
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Description:
Trailblazing tap dancer Ayodele Casel with an ensemble of dancers and musicians captures the spark of connection and creation in this live premiere of the NY Times Critic’s Pick that celebrates gratitude, friendship, trust, legacy, culture, ancestors, and collaboration.
Macbeth in Stride
By: Whitney White
Directed by: Tyler Dobrowsky and Taibi Magar
American Repertory Theater
Cambridge
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 23 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Theatrical Event
Venue: Loeb Drama Center
Price: $25 and up
Reference Link: https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/macbeth-in-stride/
Description:
Created and performed by Obie Award winner Whitney White, this groundbreaking world premiere uses pop, rock, gospel, and R&B music to examine Black female ambition, tracing the arc of Lady Macbeth while lifting up contemporary Black female power, femininity, and desire.
The Arboretum Experience
By: Summer L. Williams, Kirsten Greendige, Jill Johnson, and Tim Hall
Directed by: Summer L. Williams
American Repertory Theater
Boston
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 07 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Self-Guided Journey
Venue: Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/the-arboretum-experience/
Description:
Experience the natural beauty of the Arnold Arboretum on a free outdoor, self-guided journey that centers resilience, healing, wellness, and joy featuring audio plays, movement meditations, and pop-up performances.
Out of Order
Arts Emerson
Boston
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 05 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Circus Performance
Venue: Virtual
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://artsemerson.org/events/out-of-order/
Description:
Boston’s favorite modern circus troupe rises up by going underground. Presented with the 7 Fingers.
Think of Me Tuesday
By: Ken Riaf
Directed by: Robert Walsh
Gloucester Stage Company
Rockport
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Windhover Center for the Performing Arts
Price: $54
Reference Link: https://gloucesterstage.com/think-tuesday/
Description:
The world premiere production of Think of Me Tuesday runs Oct. 1-17. Performances are socially distanced indoors Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. indoors at Gloucester Stage Company, 267 E Main St., Gloucester, Mass.
The Sound Inside
By: Adam Rapp
Directed by: Bryn Boice
SpeakEasy Stage Company
Boston
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 24 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Calderwood Pavilion
Price: $25+
Reference Link: http://www.speakeasystage.com/2021-22-season/
Description:
A creative writing professor begins a surprising relationship with an enigmatic student in this riveting new drama about the power of fiction, both the kind we read and the kind we live.
BLKS
By: Aziza Barnes
Directed by: Tonasia Jones
SpeakEasy Stage Company
Boston
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sat Nov 20
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts
Price: $25+
Reference Link: http://www.speakeasystage.com/2021-22-season/
Description:
In the wake of a serious health scare, Octavia recruits besties June and Imani to join her for one last epic night on the town, in this raucous comedy that celebrates the joy and anguish of growing up.
Kamloopa
By: Kim Senklip Harvey
Directed by: Estefanía Fadul
WAM Theatre
Lenox
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare & Company and online
Price: $15-$100
Reference Link: https://www.wamtheatre.com/showsandevents/kamloopa/
Description:
Come along for the ride to Kamloopa, the largest powwow on the West Coast. This high energy comedy follows two urban Indigenous sisters and their encounter with a lawless trickster as they explore what it means to honor who they are and where they come from. Follow their journey.
A Streetcar Named Desire
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Robert O'Hara
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Fri Dec 03
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Streetcar
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Streetcar
Description:
Haunted by her past, Blanche (Audra McDonald) seeks refuge with Stella and Stanley (Carla Gugino and Ariel Shafir) in New Orleans, where she wrestles with the nature of her sister’s husband, her sister’s denial, and her own unraveling mind.
Photograph 51
By: Anna Ziegler
Directed by: Susan Stroman
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Fri Dec 10
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Photograph51
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Photograph51
Description:
Animals
By: Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Directed by: Whitney White
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Fri Dec 17
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Animals
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Animals
Description:
Lydia and Henry’s dinner guests are about to arrive when Henry’s spontaneous marriage proposal threatens to burn the evening to a crisp. Wine bottles and years of unspoken tensions are uncorked, and, before the evening is through, Lydia must confront her long-held fears and feelings if she’s going to commit to a future with Henry.
Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club
By: Shakina Nayfack
Directed by: Laura Savia
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown
Event Date(s): Thu Jan 14 - Wed Dec 29
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: audible.com/Chonburi
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://audible.com/Chonburi
Description:
In Shakina Nayfack’s world premiere play, a vibrant, international group of transgender women band together at a hotel in Thailand to confront the challenges and joys of gender confirmation surgery.
Michigan
Songs For A New World
By: Jason Robert Brown
Directed by: Jerry Dixon
Farmers Alley Theatre
Kalamazoo
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Farmers Alley Theatre
Price: $10-40
Reference Link: https://www.farmersalleytheatre.com/shows/2021-22/songs-new-world
Description:
Paired with the artistic vision of Jerry Dixon, these songs by the composer of Parade and The Bridges of Madison County reflect this new post-pandemic world in the best way possible — with hope, compassion, heart, and joy!
Happy Days
By: Samuel Beckett
Directed by: Kathryn Walsh
Flint Repertory Theatre
Flint
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Flint Repertory Theatre
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://flintrep.org/happy-days/
Description:
Janet Haley plays Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s darkly comic masterpiece about a woman stuck in a mound of earth from the waist down. Winnie’s humor and boundless optimism guard her from the harsh glare of the inevitable. Beckett’s surreal play is an absurdly funny and unforgettable.
Minnesota
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
By: Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Jess Winfield
Directed by: Jaclyn Johnson
Commonweal Theatre
Lanesboro
Event Date(s): Sat Jul 10 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Commonweal Theatre
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: https://commonwealtheatre.org/our-season/complete-works-of-william-shakespeare-abridged-revised/
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Description:
As Shakespeare said, “The play’s the thing!” and we’ve got 37 of them for you! Three actors stumble their way through all of Shakespeare’s plays in one irreverent wild ride that will leave you breathless with laughter.
Come Back
By: Neil Haven
Directed by: Adrienne Sweeney
Commonweal Theatre
Lanesboro
Event Date(s): Sat Sep 11 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Commonweal Theatre
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: https://commonwealtheatre.org/our-season/come-back/
Description:
Sky is stunned to learn he is the sole beneficiary of his best friend Erin’s estate. But there’s a catch: Sky must conquer his paralyzing anxiety and criss-cross the country in search of the perfect way to dispose of his friend’s remains in this offbeat comedy.
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schreck
Directed by: Oliver Butler
Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 30 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: McGuire Proscenium Stage
Price: $15-$80
Reference Link: https://www.guthrietheater.org
Description:
Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking and critically acclaimed memoir play breathes new life into the U.S. Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans.
The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe
By: Mark Valdez and Ashley Sparks
Directed by: Mark Valdez and Ashley Sparks
Mixed Blood Theatre
St. Paul
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Immersive Theatrical Experience
Venue: Springbox
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://www.mixedblood.com
Description:
The Most Beautiful Home…Maybe is a participative theatrical experience that exposes unjust housing policy throughout the centuries, proposes doable changes and outcomes, and invites its audiences to be the change makers to get us there.
Timebomb
By: Carson Kreitzer
Directed by: TBA
Playwrights' Center
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 05 - Tue Oct 19
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Playwrights' Center & Online
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://pwcenter.org/ruth-easton-new-play-series
Description:
A scientist testifies before Congress. Old lovers reunite. A man at the top of the Andes paints the mountaintop white, chasing the receding line of snow. What is the correct response to a world on fire? Timebomb is a new climate change comedy that asks: What do we do now?
The People’s Violin
By: Charles Varon
Directed by: Warren C. Bowles
Six Points Theater (formerly Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company)
St. Paul
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 23 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Highland Park Community Center, 1978 Ford Parkway St. Paul, MN, 55116:
Price: $15 - 38
Reference Link: https://mnjewishtheatre.org/the-peoples-violin
Description:
A filmmaker receives a grant to make a documentary about his famous father, a therapist for Holocaust survivors. This intriguing and suspenseful drama reveals the complexity of family, relationships, and the search for identity.
The Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Marcela Lorca
Ten Thousand Things Theater
Minneapolis
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Plymouth Congregational Church - Guild Hall
Price: $0-$35
Reference Link: https://tenthousandthings.org/season/the-comedy-of-errors
Description:
This comedy explores the richness of finding love in unexpected places and the challenges of immigrating to new lands. Featuring Katie Bradley, Cristina Florencia Castro, Nubia Monks, Will Sturdivant, Danielle Troiano, and Sally Wingert.
You Shall Hear Me: Stories from Beyond
By: Eric Sharp, Katie Hae Leo, Isabella Dawis, and Bao Phi
Directed by: Eric Sharp, Lily Tung Crystal, and Rich Remedios
Theater Mu
Saint Paul
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Wed Nov 03
Type of Event: Audio play
Venue: Online
Price: Pay As You Are
Reference Link: https://www.theatermu.org/you-shall-hear-me
Description:
Not for the faint of heart, the four-episode audio series delves into themes of righteous anger and retribution and includes tales of angry ghosts, underdogs with mysterious powers, a post-apocalyptic love story, accursed soldiers, and a magical talking horse.
Missouri
Four Children
By: Adapted and Compiled by Mark Edelman
Directed by: John Rensenhouse
Kansas City Actors Theatre
Kansas City
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: World Premiere Play
Venue: City Stage in Union Station
Price: $25 or $20 for Seniors
Reference Link: www.kcactors.org/shows/four-children/
Description:
A world premiere in honor of the Auschwitz exhibit, this emotionally charged theatrical event draws on the diary entries from teenagers who share their first-person accounts of life during the Holocaust and genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, and Sarajevo. Featuring live music.
Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads
By: Conceived by Stuart Carden
Directed by: Stuart Carden
Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCRep)
Kansas City
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 30 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Outdoor Concert/Storytelling Event
Venue: Grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://kcrep.org/show/ghost-light
Description:
Ghost Light: A Haunted Night of Songs and Stories from KC’s Cultural Crossroads returns! This hybrid concert and ghost story event weaves together local storytellers and musicians to share frighteningly fun tales from KC’s cultural crossroads that will leave you shaking.
Digging Up Dessa
By: Laura Schellhardt
Directed by: Julia Flood
Metro Theater Company
St. Louis
Event Date(s): Sun Oct 17 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Live and Streaming
Venue: Grandel Theatre
Price: $20-36
Reference Link: https://www.metroplays.org/dessa
Description:
A poignant, funny, and empowering adventure about a modern-day 12-year-old girl who uses her passion for archaeology to honor women in STEM. Critics call it a “handsome, funny show” and “thoughtful entertainment that is intelligent and involving.” Best for ages 10 and up.
Electric Poe
By: Adapted by Jeff Church from Edgar Allan Poe
Directed by: Jeff Church
The Coterie Theatre
Kansas City
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Union Cemetery, 227 E 28th Terr, Kansas City, MO, 64108
Price: $15.00-45.00
Reference Link: https://thecoterie.org/performance/electric-poe-2021
Description:
Due to popular demand, the Coterie presents the return of Union Cemetery Historical Society’s outdoor special engagement of Electric Poe, this year featuring new adaptations of two Poe classics for ages 10 and older: “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tomb of Ligeia.”
Dreaming Zenzile: Based on the Life of Miriam Makeba
By: Somi Kakoma
Directed by: Lileana Blain-Cruz
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
St. Louis
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 10 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts – 130 Edgar Rd., St. Louis, MO 63119
Price: $20.50+
Reference Link: https://www.repstl.org/events/detail/dreamingzenzile
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Description:
At her final concert, South African musical legend and activist Miriam Makeba delivers the performance of her life, raising the conscience and the consciousness of a people. But the ancestors are calling—transporting her through the music and fractured memories of her past.
The Gradient
By: Steph Del Rosso
Directed by: Amelia Acosta Powell
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
St. Louis
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Catherine B. Berges Theatre at COCA – 6880 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63130
Price: $20.50+
Reference Link: http://www.repstl.org/events/detail/thegradient
Description:
In this world premiere satire set in the not-so-distant future, a new facility promises to take men accused of sexual misconduct and rehabilitate them into responsible citizens. Steph Del Rosso’s bold new play asks: Can we mass-produce forgiveness?
Pipeline
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Teresa Leggard
Unicorn Theatre
Kansas City
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 20 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Unicorn Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://unicorntheatre.org/pipeline/
Description:
An emotional and profound story about striving for a better life when the system is rigged against you.
Nebraska
Disney’s Descendants
By: Book by Nick Blaemire. Music Adaptation by Madeline Smith. Vocal and Incidental Arrangements by Madeline Smith. Additional Lyrics by Nick Blaemire. Orchestrations by Matthew Tishler. Music Produced by Matthew Tishler.
Directed by: Katherine M. Carter
Omaha Theater Company
Omaha
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 10 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center
Price: $27.00
Reference Link: https://www.rosetheater.org/shows/descendants/
Description:
Based on the hit Disney Channel musical, this spectacular stage production features your favorite showstoppers…and some of Omaha’s most talented teens showcasing their song and dance skills live onstage! You will be “chillin’ like a villain” in this unforgettable musical.
Corduroy
By: Adapted for the Stage by Barry Kornhauser
Directed by: Stephanie Jacobson
Omaha Theater Company
Omaha
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center
Price: $20.00
Reference Link: https://www.rosetheater.org/shows/corduroy21/
Description:
Join Corduroy on his delightfully destructive chase through every section of the department store in search of his missing button. The story about true friendship stirs up the stage with a bustling rumpus of action!
New-Jersey
Rebel Boy Fireworks
By: Byron Loyd and Susan Morse
Directed by: Jon Marans
Cape May Stage
Cape May
Event Date(s): Mon Oct 18 - Mon Oct 18
Type of Event: play reading
Venue: Cape May Stage
Price: $free
Reference Link: https://https://capemaystage.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=371
Description:
Dennis Massey, an Elsinora, Tenn., gossip columnist, photo journalist, musical director, community theatre costume designer, event planner, and the sole contributor to The Busy Bee society colum,n flashes us back to 1966 and the events that will forever live in small town infamy.
The Dangerous Words of Ben O’Shea
By: Dan McCormick
Directed by: Roy Steinberg
Cape May Stage
Cape May
Event Date(s): Mon Oct 25 - Mon Oct 25
Type of Event: play reading
Venue: https://capemaystage.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=372
Price: $free
Reference Link: https://https://capemaystage.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=372
Description:
When a playwright accepts an offer to do a residency at a small liberal arts college, he gets much more than he bargained for from one of its students. A fierce battle soon ensues within the black-box walls, where the life and death of the written word is at stake and the winner takes all.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
By: Neil Simon
Directed by: Roy Steinberg
Cape May Stage
Cape May
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 08 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: play
Venue: Cape May Stage, 405 Lafayette Street, Cape May, NJ, 08204
Price: $September 8: $44.00; September 9: $69.00; September 10-November 21: $49.00
Reference Link: https://https://capemaystage.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=360
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Description:
Middle-aged and married, overworked and overweight, Barney Cashman wants to join the sexual revolution before it’s too late and arranges three seductions.
Portrait of a Queen featuring CeCe Teneal
Centenary Stage Company
Hackettstown
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 02 - Sat Oct 02
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: The Sitnik Theatre
Price: $27.50
Reference Link: http://www.centenarystageco.org/cece-teneal-portrait-of-a-queen
Description:
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, taught us how to “Think” and demand “Respect” while “Ridin’ on the Freeway”! Portrait of a Queen, featuring the Voice of the Century Cece Teneal, is a dynamic musical production that will have you on the edge of you seats from start to finish.
Nine Day Wonder
By: Stephen Temperley
Centenary Stage Company
Hackettstown
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Thu Oct 14
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Sitnik Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://http://www.centenarystageco.org/ninedaywonder
Description:
When Will, a contemporary man, is faced with a moment of ultimate crisis, to distance himself from reality he splits in two, becoming Will Kemp, Shakespeare’s famous fool.
What Doesn’t Kill You
By: James Hindman
Directed by: SuzAnne Barabas
New Jersey Repertory Company
Long Branch
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 28 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: New Jersey Repertory Co
Price: $40
Reference Link: http://njrep.org/plays/killyou.htm
Description:
One man’s comic journey through a heart attack, an obsession with Cher, and a trip to a concentration camp. So, yes, it’s a comedy. Performance schedule: Oct. 21-Nov. 28, Thurs.-Fri., 8 p.m., Sat. 3 & 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.
Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family
By: Tylie Shider
Directed by: Othell J. Miller
Premiere Stages at Kean University
Union
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Liberty Hall Academic Center
Price: $$0
Reference Link: https://www.premierestagesatkean.com
Description:
Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family explores a family’s internal divisions in response to the 1967 Plainfield, N.J., riots. Clif and Peach moved their family to New Jersey for the promise of a better future, but as the riots begin, the family contemplates a return to the South.
New-York
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
By: Nassim Soleimanpour
Alleyway Theatre
Buffalo
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 03 - Sat Oct 02
Type of Event: Play
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://www.alleyway.com/show/white-rabbit-red-rabbit
Description:
Forbidden to leave his country, playwright Soleimanpour distills the experience of an entire generation in this wild, utterly original play. A remarkable theatrical experience where a different actor each night is presented a script sealed in an envelope.
Lewiston
By: Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by: Sara Lampert Hoover
Bridge Street Theatre
Catskill
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bridge Street Theatre
Price: $$10 - $25
Reference Link: https://bridgest.org/lewiston/
Description:
The limitless frontier explored by Meriwether Lewis has shrunk for one of his descendants to a tiny sliver of Idaho land on which she runs a laughably unprofitable roadside fireworks stand. Samuel D. Hunter explores the emotional wilderness of a family struggling to stay afloat.
The Story Box
By: Suzi Takahashi
Directed by: Kristin Marting
HERE Arts Center
New York
Event Date(s): Sat Sep 11 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Japan Society (Manhattan), Bronx Academy of Art and Dance (Bronx), Light House Plaza (Staten Island), Court Square Park (Queens), Brooklyn Army Terminal (Brooklyn)
Price: $0-50
Reference Link: https://here.org/shows/the-story-box/
Description:
The Story Box explores the importance of safeguarding our civil rights through the lens of Japanese American identity, using traditional Japanese storytelling elements along with Suzi Takahashi’s own family history, delivered through her own words and performed live through headsets.
A Boy and His Soul
By: Colman Domingo
Directed by: Stephanie Weeks
Kitchen Theatre Company
Ithaca
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 14 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Play
Venue: 417 West State Street
Price: $45 per regular ticket
Reference Link: https://www.kitchentheatre.org/a-boy-and-his-soul
Description:
While returning to clear out his family’s West Philadelphia house to be sold, Jay finds an old record collection of disco, R&B, and classical soul, transporting him through the vibrant memories of his youth, coming of age and coming out in the 1970s and ’80s.
Decolonization
By: Mia Katigbak
Directed by: Mia Katigbak
Ma-Yi Theater Company
New York
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 14 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Streaming
Venue: https://ma-yistudios.com/video/decolonization/
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://ma-yistudios.com/video/decolonization/
Description:
What does colonialism mean to you? Have you experienced it? How do we talk about it? How do we live with it? What is to be done? Mia Katigbak, actor-manager and co-founder of NAATCO, convenes artists to think about what it all means.
Odets in Staten Island
By: Michi Barall and Sung Rno
Directed by: Jack Tamburri
Ma-Yi Theater Company
New York
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Mon Jan 31
Type of Event: Streaming
Venue: https://ma-yistudios.com/video/decolonization/
Price: $
Reference Link: https://ma-yistudios.com/video/decolonization/
Description:
In a follow-up to the critical success of Sophocles in Staten Island, we return to the Domingo household as Dad decides to school his two kids on the finer points of the American labor market, using the plays of Clifford Odets. The results are both hilarious and moving.
Singing in the Apocalypse Now
By: Paul Lieber and Matthew Gunn Park
Directed by: Paul Lieber
Ma-Yi Theater Company
New York
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Mon Jan 31
Type of Event: Streaming
Venue: Ma-Yi Studios https://ma-yistudios.com/video/
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://ma-yistudios.com/video/decolonization/
Description:
Composer/performers Matt Park and Paul Lieber premiere Singing in the Apocalypse Now, a time-jumping, fevered online song cycle that ties the current pandemic to historical traumas experienced by Matt Park’s Korean American family.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues
By: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Directed by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Manhattan Theatre Club
New York
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 14 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Broadway Play
Venue: Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/
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Description:
Giving a tour-de-force performance accompanied by live blues music, Ruben Santiago-Hudson embodies more than 20 vibrant characters, creating a richly textured reminiscence about the incredible woman who raised him.
Morning Sun
By: Simon Stephens
Directed by: Lila Neugebauer
Manhattan Theatre Club
New York
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 12 - Sun Nov 28
Type of Event: Off-Broadway Play
Venue: MTC at New York City Center - Stage I
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/
Description:
As 50 years pass, one woman’s life is revealed in all its complexity, mystery, and possibility in this enthralling world premiere about mothers and daughters, beginnings and endings in New York City. By the author of Heisenberg and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
By: Kristina Wong
Directed by: Chay Yew
New York Theatre Workshop
New York
Event Date(s): Mon Oct 25 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: New York Theatre Workshop
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.nytw.org/show/kristina-wong-sweatshop-overlord/
Description:
On Day 3 of the pandemic, Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bedsheets and bra straps on her Hello Kitty sewing machine. As the demand for masks abates and we begin to return safely to space, Kristina is beginning to put her life together, post-pandemic cult leadership.
Sanctuary City
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: Rebecca Frecknall
New York Theatre Workshop
New York
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 08 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lucille Lortel Theatre
Price: $25-82
Reference Link: https://www.nytw.org/show/sanctuary-city/
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Description:
DREAMers. Love(r)s. Life-long friends. Negotiating the promise of safety and the weight of responsibility, they’ll fight like hell to establish a place for themselves and each other in America. An unforgettable story that asks what we’re willing to sacrifice for someone we love.
What to Send Up When It Goes Down
By: Aleshea Harris
Directed by: Whitney White
Playwrights Horizons
New York
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 24 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Playwrights Horizons
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/shows/plays/what-send-when-it-goes-down/
Description:
What to Send Up When It Goes Down is a play, a ritual, and a home-going celebration that bears witness to the physical and spiritual deaths of Black people as a result of racist violence. Produced in association with BAM and Movement Theatre Company.
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.
Exploring Pericles
By: Various
Red Bull Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Mon Oct 04 - Thu Oct 28
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Online
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://www.redbulltheater.com/
Description:
Pericles was the first production of Red Bull Theater. Now, a group of six early-career BIPOC artists will read and discuss the play with three established BIPOC artists working in classical theatre. These artists will craft and create online presentations that respond to the play.
La Breve Y Maravillosa Vida de Oscar Wao
By: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Directed by: Marco Antonio Rodríguez
Repertorio Español
New York
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 06 - Sun Dec 12
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Repertorio Español
Price: $37 -72
Reference Link: https://repertorio.secure.force.com/ticket/#/events/a0S0h00000Uq7U7EAJ
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Description:
Oscar is a naive “nerd” from New Jersey who has finally left the grips of his imposing Dominican mother and is attending his first semester of college at Rutgers with his rebellious sister. He dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love.
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
By: Anna Deavere Smith
Directed by: Taibi Magar
Signature Theatre
New York
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 12 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Irene Diamond Stage
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://www.signaturetheatre.org/
Description:
The ensemble-cast production of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, the acclaimed documentary theatre work surrounding the 1992 L.A. civil unrest, written, conceived, and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Taibi Magar.
Eureka Day
By: Jonathan Spector
Directed by: Robert Hupp
Syracuse Stage
Syracuse
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 13 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Syracuse Stage
Price: $30+
Reference Link: https://syracusestage.org/showinfo.php?id=113
Description:
Though written pre-COVID, Eureka Day‘s mumps outbreak, in a private school in Berkeley, Calif., could hardly be more timely or more needed, as Spector mines laughter from our foibles while eliciting empathy for our sometimes valiant and sometimes valiantly misguided efforts.
The Visitor
By: Music by Tom Kitt, Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Book by Kwame Kwei-Armah & Brian Yorkey
Directed by: Daniel Sullivan
The Public Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Off-Broadway Musical
Venue: The Public Theater
Price: $
Reference Link: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2122/the-visitor/
Description:
With heart, humor, and lush new songs, the Pulitzer and Tony-winning team Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey and Kwame Kwei-Armah bring their soul-stirring new musical based on the acclaimed independent film The Visitor by Thomas McCarthy, to the Public for its world premiere.
Is This A Room
By: Conceived by Tina Satter
Directed by: Tina Satter
Vineyard Theatre
New York City
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 24 - Tue Feb 01
Type of Event: Broadway
Venue: Lyceum Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.vineyardtheatre.org/vineyard-on-broadway/
Description:
Is This A Room is the astonishingly true story of Reality Winner, the 25-year-old former Air Force linguist who was surprised at her home by the FBI on June 3, 2017. The play’s text is taken from the FBI transcript of her interrogation. Previews begin Sept. 24.
Dana H.
By: Lucas Hnath
Directed by: Les Waters
Vineyard Theatre
New York
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Tue Feb 01
Type of Event: Broadway
Venue: Lyceum Theatre
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.vineyardtheatre.org/vineyard-on-broadway/
Description:
Dana H. tells the harrowing true story of a woman held captive in a series of Florida motels for five months. Told in Dana’s own words and reconstructed for the stage by her son, playwright Lucas Hnath, this groundbreaking work shatters the boundaries of the art form.
That’s Life
By: Steve Monarque
Directed by: Christopher Scott
Working Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 16 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: A workshop concert presentation
Venue: IBEW Local 3 Auditorium (158-11 Harry Van Arsdale Jr Ave. Flushing, NY)
Price: $0-35
Reference Link: https://theworkingtheater.org/events/thats-life/
Description:
This new play with music centers on a down-and-out local rock legend who finds redemption in the latest 1980s invention… karaoke!
Welcome Home, or Ten Tiny Snapshots of WP
By: Rebecca Martínez
Directed by: Rebecca Martínez
WP Theater
New York
Event Date(s): Mon Sep 20 - Sat Oct 02
Type of Event: Audio Tour
Venue: WP Theater
Price: $5.00
Reference Link: https://wptheater.org/show/welcome-home/
Description:
Welcome Home is an audio tour that invites up to four audience members at a time to explore what makes them feel at home in our theatre space on the Upper West Side. This choose-your-own adventure journey offers behind the scenes peeks to WP’s past, present, and future.
North-Carolina
I and You
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Lucy Jane Atkinson
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Raleigh
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Burning Coal Theatre Company
Price: $$25 - $5
Reference Link: https://burningcoal.org/i-and-you/
Description:
Young Caroline, housebound with a debilitating illness, grows increasingly bored, angry, and desperate. Then a stranger calls: He is Anthony, a star on her school’s basketball team. And though she doesn’t know him, has never met him, he has brought Caroline a gift.
My Wonderful Birthday Suit
By: Gloria Bond Clunie
Directed by: Gloria Bond Clunie
Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Charlotte
Event Date(s): Sat Sep 25 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Performance - Play with Music
Venue: Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Price: $Starting at $15
Reference Link: https://bit.ly/MWBS2122
Description:
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte kicks off the season with a surprise birthday party that gives three children something truly amazing to celebrate: their differences. Themes: Recognizing differences, acceptance, understanding and celebrating diversity. For ages 4 and up.
Romeo and Juliet
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Claire F. Martin
Sweet Tea Shakespeare
Raleigh
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sat Nov 06
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Kenan Auditorium, William Peace University
Price: $10-25
Reference Link: https://sweetteashakespeare.com/tickets/
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Description:
Nobody ever said being a teenager was easy. The Montague and Capulet dynasties have been locked in a civil war for decades. But when a young Romeo Montague falls in love with Juliet Capulet, the star-crossed dreamers set off a chain of events that will change their world forever.
Ohio
The West End
By: Keith Josef Adkins
Directed by: Nicole A. Watson
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 09 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: World Premiere Play
Venue: Marx Theatre
Price: $35+
Reference Link: https://cincyplay.com/productions/the-west-end
Description:
An authentically Cincinnati story. Set in 1941 in Cincinnati’s West End, this world-premiere drama by Cincinnati native Keith Josef Adkins shines a light on a transformative chapter of local history.
Need Your Love
By: KJ Sanchez
Directed by: KJ Sanchez
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 30 - Sun Dec 12
Type of Event: World Premiere Play
Venue: Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre
Price: $35+
Reference Link: https://cincyplay.com/productions/need-your-love
Description:
From the creator of Cincinnati King comes a world premiere portrait of King Records star Little Willie John. Featuring songs including “Fever,” “My Love Is,” “Shakin’,” and, of course, “Need Your Love So Bad.”
Romeo and Juliet
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Darnell Pierre Benjamin
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 06 - Sat Nov 13
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Otto M. Budig Theater
Price: $12-68
Reference Link: https://cincyshakes.com/event/romeo-and-juliet/
Description:
Cincinnati Shakespeare is thrilled to reopen the mainstage season with Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s timeless tale of two star-crossed lovers and the feuding families who tear them apart returns to the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company stage in all of its everlasting grandeur.
Breakout Session (or Frogorse)
By: Nikkole Salter
Directed by: Beth Wood
Cleveland Public Theatre
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 28 - Sat Nov 13
Type of Event: Continued World Premiere
Venue: Gordon Square Theatre
Price: $Choose What You Pay
Reference Link: https://https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2021-2022-season/
Description:
Can a society legislate a change of heart? In Breakout Session (or Frogorse), a corporate training company is vying for a city contract for De-escalation and Anti-bias Training with Cleveland’s Police Department.
Día de Muertos
Directed by: Artistic Director: Héctor Castellanos Lara
Cleveland Public Theatre
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 30 - Sat Oct 30
Type of Event: Special Event
Venue: CPT Campus
Price: $Free
Reference Link: https://www.cptonline.org/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-2021-2022-season/
Description:
A vibrant cultural celebration for the whole family, the annual “Day of the Dead” honors the memory of those who have passed and is a treasured holiday in Mexico and throughout Latin America. A co-production with Teatro Público de Cleveland and Día de Muertos Ohio.
Airness
By: Chelsea Marcantel
Directed by: Nathan Motta
Dobama Theatre
Cleveland Heights
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Dobama Theatre
Price: $1-38
Reference Link: https://www.dobama.org/airness
Description:
Dobama Theatre presents the regional premiere of Airness by Chelsea Marcantel, an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us. A comedy about competition, completion, and finding the “airness” inside yourself.
Pipeline
By: Dominique Morisseau
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 22 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Reference Link: https://https://ensemblecincinnati.org/21-22-season/
Description:
Nya, a public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son, Omari, opportunities they’ll never have. But when an explosive incident at his prestigious private school threatens to get him expelled, will all her efforts be lost?
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Justin Emeka
Karamu House
Cleveland
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Karamu House
Reference Link: https://www.karamuhouse.org
Description:
It’s 1927 and Ma Rainey, the “Mother of the Blues,” is recording new sides of old favorites in a rundown studio in Chicago. Fiery and determined, Ma Rainey fights to retain control over her music while her cocky trumpet player Levee dreams of making his own name in the business.
Shock! The Spine-Tingling Tale of Miss Spidra
By: Joseph Zettelmaier
Directed by: Andrew J. Hungerford
Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: New play - Comedy - Drama
Venue: Know Theatre of Cincinnati and online
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.knowtheatre.com/shock/
Description:
In the late 1950s, young actor Joyce gets the opportunity to become the new Horror Host of a late night television B Movie Extravaganza: Miss Spidra’s Night Parlor. Join her in the past, and as a documentary interviews her now about the rise and fall of a self-made legend.
Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein
By: Mel Brooks
Directed by: Edward Carignan
Short North Stage
Columbus
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
Price: $40-55
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description:
Monstrously entertaining, this musical adaptation of Mel Brooks’ classic movie comedy follows Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the infamous inventor Doctor Frankenstein, on a visit to the family estate he’s inherited in Transylvania.
Oklahoma
An Enemy of the People
By: Adapted by David Blakely
Directed by: Cathryn Hartney
American Theatre Company
Tulsa
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Live theatre
Venue: Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Doenges Theatre
Price: $24 - $32
Reference Link: https://AmericanTheatreCompany.org
Description:
The 1,200-mile Keystone XL Pipeline was designed to provide a direct route from Canada and send 830,000 barrels of oil a day passing through a pipeline hub in Cushing, Okla. An Enemy of the People, a darkly comic drama, incorporates Oklahoma’s oil industry, fracking, wastewater wells, and earthquakes, making the play supremely relevant to the world we now live in.
Oregon
Today Is My Birthday
By: Susan Soon He Stanton
Directed by: Dámaso Rodríguez
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Thu Jul 01 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue: Online
Price: $sliding scale
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/today-is-my-birthday/
Description:
Emily is a would-be writer whose bubble life in NYC has popped. Finding life back home in Hawaii chaotic and unfulfilling, she becomes strangely activated after creating a sassy alter-ego for a radio bit. A playful mixture of live radio, voicemail, and phone calls.
The Chinese Lady
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Lava Alapai
Artists Repertory Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 19 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Portland Center Stage @ The Armory: Ellyn Bye Studio
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://artistsrep.org/performance/the-chinese-lady-2/
Description:
The Chinese Lady tells the story of 14-year-old Afong Moy as she’s brought to the United States from Guangzhou Province in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.”
Bluebeard
By: Kailey Rhodes and Samson Syharath
Directed by: Kailey Rhodes and Samson Syharath
Bag & Baggage Productions
Hillsboro
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: theatre, outdoor performance
Venue: Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals
Price: $Pay What You Will
Reference Link: https://bagnbaggage.org/event/bluebeard/2021-10-14/
Description:
Bluebeard is an interactive outdoor experience, beginning with you seated in your car and leading to an invitation to explore an open-ended environment. Conceived, created, and directed by Kailey Rhodes and Samson Syharath, and sponsored by Ralph and Marilynn Helzerman.
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.
La Bici
Directed by: Dañel Malán
Milagro
Portland
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 29 - Wed Oct 27
Type of Event: Episodic video play series
Venue: Milagro
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://https://milagro.org/event/la-bici/
Description:
An nine-episode video play series that focuses on Latinx bike experiences with accessibility, safety, technology, community, infrastructure, advocacy, environmentalism, repurposing, art, altars, and ghost bikes.
Día de los Muertos
By: N/A
Directed by: José E. González
Milagro
Portland
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Wed Nov 17
Type of Event: Multi-disciplinary Festival
Venue: Milagro
Price: $10, 20, 30
Reference Link: https://https://milagro.org/event/dia-de-muertos/
Description:
This original, bilingual celebration of the Day of the Dead explores the mystery of
rebirth and renewal. Milagro’s espectáculo will feature a community altar dedicated to COVID-19 victims, a documentary recounting Milagro’s 25 year history of Día de Muertos programming, and more.
Frida…A Self Portrait
By: Vanessa Severo
Directed by: Joanie Schultz
Portland Center Stage
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 09 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Armory
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://https://www.pcs.org/frida-a-self-portrait
Description:
Brazilian writer and performer Vanessa Severo cracks open a powerful portal between herself and the celebrated Mexican painter, bringing breathtaking physicality and raw honesty to this stunningly creative production.
Barbecue
By: Robert O'Hara
Directed by: Patdro Harris
Portland Playhouse
Portland
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 20 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Portland Playhouse
Reference Link: https://portlandplayhouse.org/season-14/
Description:
The O’Mallerys have gathered in their local park to share some barbecue and straight talk with their sister Barbara, whose spiral of drugs and recklessness has forced her siblings to stage an open-air intervention.
Family
By: Celine Song
Directed by: Samantha Van Der Merwe
Shaking the Tree Theatre
Portland
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 09 - Sat Nov 06
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Shaking the Tree Theatre
Price: $11-33
Reference Link: https://www.shaking-the-tree.com/family.html
Description:
Family is a play about being born into a violent planet. After their father’s funeral, half-siblings Alice, Linus, and David sit quietly in the house they grew up in. Soon, they begin to hear, smell, taste, and see very awful things.
Pennsylvania
Airness
By: Chelsea Marcantel
Directed by: Eric Wunsch
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
Bloomsburg
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Alvina Krause Theatre
Price: $7.00-$30.00
Reference Link: https://www.bte.org/index.php
Description:
A hilarious comedy about the competitive world of air guitar, Airness, according to DCist, is the “best possible combination of a rock concert, comedy show, and theatre performance.” Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is thrilled to be returning to live, in-person theatre!
Murder for Two
By: Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair
Directed by: J. Scott Lapp
Bristol Riverside Theatre
Bristol
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 21 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bristol Riverside Theatre
Price: $48
Reference Link: https://www.brtstage.org/shows/murder-for-two/
Description:
It’s a whodunit for two actors, one playing the detective, the other playing all thirteen suspects, and both of them taking turns accompanying each other at the piano. It’s Agatha Christie meets Vaudeville and you won’t want to miss it.
Live from the Edge
By: UNIVERSES
Directed by: UNIVERSES
City Theatre Company
Pittsburgh
Event Date(s): Sat Oct 09 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: City Theatre
Price: $29-50
Reference Link: https://citytheatrecompany.org/play/live-from-the-edge/
Description:
Redefining what theatre is and who it speaks to, Live from the Edge is a unique performance event that tracks the evolution of language from childhood rhymes and community rituals to poetry and theatre, hip-hop, gospel, Latin jazz, and down-home blues.
An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake
By: Matt Schatz
Directed by: Reginald L. Douglas
City Theatre Company
Pittsburgh
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 27 - Sun Dec 19
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: City Theatre
Price: $29-50
Reference Link: https://citytheatrecompany.org/play/an-untitled-new-play-by-justin-timberlake/
Description:
An idealistic literary manager at a non-profit theatre wants to change the world by discovering unsung writers and plays that matter, but her boss instead chooses a “pop superstar” to write the “hit” that will keep the theatre from going out of business.
Aesop’s Fables
By: Don Bridge, Clark Nicholson, and Melissa Nicholson
Directed by: Clark Nicholson
Gamut Theatre Group
Harrisburg
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 15 - Sat Oct 02
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gamut Theatre Group
Price: $10
Reference Link: https://gamuttheatre.org/php
Description:
This co-production with Popcorn Hat Players is a delightful assortment of Aesop’s famous fables! From “The Cat Maiden” to “The Two Frogs” to “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” children will laugh at the antics of Aesop’s crazy characters and learn some valuable lessons along the way.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Melissa Nicholson
Gamut Theatre Group
Harrisburg
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gamut Theatre Group
Price: $38
Reference Link: https://gamuttheatre.org/season29
Description:
Recommended for ages 12 and up, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is extremely accessible, employing Gamut’s unique educational engagement style of bridging the most famous scenes from the play together into an easy-to-understand story. Presented with Harrisburg Shakespeare Company.
The Chinese Lady
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Justin Jain
InterAct Theatre Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Proscenium Theatre at The Drake
Reference Link: https://www.InterActTheatre.org/202122season
Description:
In 1834, 14-year-old Afong Moy becomes the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil. She dreams of bridging the two countries’s cultures, but does her (side)show bridge the cultural gap or widen it? “Piercing and intimate…extraordinary play” (the New York Times)
Me and the Devil
By: Steve H. Broadnax III and Charles Dumas
Directed by: Steve H. Broadnax III
Lantern Theater Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 09 - Sun Feb 27
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Online
Price: $20 per household/device
Reference Link: https://www.lanterntheater.org/plays/me-and-the-devil.html
Description:
Have you ever wanted something so much that you’d make a deal with the Devil? Legend has it that Robert Leroy Johnson struck a deal with the Devil to be the best blues musician who ever lived. World premiere.
The Plague
By: Adapted by Neil Bartlett from Albert Camus
Directed by: Charles McMahon
Lantern Theater Company
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Online
Price: $20 per household/device
Reference Link: https://www.lanterntheater.org/plays/the-plague.html
Description:
Infection, quarantine, panic, and closed borders are invoked in this sharp adaptation of Camus’ masterful novel La Peste, originally written following World War II to serve as a political warning to future generations about fascism. American premiere.
Extreme Home Makeover
By: Makasha Copeland
Directed by: Makasha Copeland
Theatre Exile
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 28 - Sun Nov 21
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Theatre Exile
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theatreexile.org/shows/extreme-home-makeover/
Description:
Extreme Home Makeover by Makasha Copeland paints a human portrait of a contemporary Tejano family willing to go to the extreme for a spot on the popular rags-to-riches TV show of the same name.
Festival Unbound
Touchstone Theatre
Bethlehem
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 29 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Festival
Venue: Touchstone Theatre / Charles A. Brown Ice House
Price: Free; donations encouraged
Reference Link: http://www.touchstone.org/festival-unbound/
Description:
Touchstone Theatre opens its 2021-22 season with the third iteration of Festival UnBound, a celebration of Lehigh Valley arts and community discourse. This year’s festival will feature five days of arts, culture, and community events, running from Sept. 29-Oct. 3. Featuring Homecoming: Black Women Speak, (re)Making Our World, Mending the Food Chain, Bombazo, East Meets West: An Evening of Indian Dance, The Frontera Project, and two performances by MFA students.
Minor Character
By: New Saloon
Directed by: Yury Urnov
Wilma Theater
Philadelphia
Event Date(s): Tue Oct 05 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Wilma Theater
Price: $Various
Reference Link: https://wilmatheater.org/event/minor-character/
Description:
Vanya feels like he’s wasted his life, and lost his chance at love. In this revolutionary new work, the classic character of Uncle Vanya gets reflected through the prisms of different translations and diverse performers.
Rhode-Island
A Lie Agreed Upon
By: Tony Estrella
Directed by: Tony Estrella
The Gamm Theatre
Warwick
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 30 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gamm Theatre
Price: $30-69
Reference Link: https://www.gammtheatre.org/s37
Description:
Inconvenient truths fight alternative facts, minority rights battle majority rule, and individual conscience clashes with economic interest in this powerful reinvention of Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece.
Lifted
By: Charlie Thurston
Directed by: Josh Short
The Wilbury Theatre Group
Providence
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Wilbury Theatre Group
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.thewilburygroup.org
Description:
A modern meditation on the Icarus tale, Lifted is part gritty family drama, part imaginative theatrical fantasia. When a group of birds return from extinction and carry off a young man, his family and community search for meaning in his disappearance.
South-Carolina
Kinky Boots
By: Harvey Fierstein
Directed by: Evan Pappas
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Hilton Head Island
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 28 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Price: $61
Reference Link: https://https://www.artshhi.com/theater-series/kinky-boots
Description:
Earning 6 Tonys, this smash hit features powerhouse music by Cyndi Lauper. This musical tells the story of Charlie Price ,who forms an unlikely friendship with drag queen, Lola, discovering they are not so different after all.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by: Maggie Kettering
Lean Ensemble Theater
Hilton Head
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 21 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: live theater
Venue: HHPS Main Street Theatre
Price: $$15-$40
Reference Link: https://leanensemble.org
Description:
Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
By: John Cameron Mitchell, with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by: Andrew Scoville
The Warehouse Theatre
Greenville
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 24 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Warehouse Theatre
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://warehousetheatre.com/shows/hedwig-and-the-angry-inch-ii/
Description:
The story of “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig, a fourth-wall smashing East German rock ’n’ roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation. A show for anyone who has felt life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile.
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
By: Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts
Directed by: Robin Gottlieb
Trustus Theatre
Columbia
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sat Oct 23
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Trustus Theatre
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://trustus.org/event/i-love-you-youre-perfect-now-change
Description:
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change returns to the Thigpen Main Stage for the first time since 2002! Now with an updated script to reflect love in these modern times, this crowd-pleasing comedy takes on the contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship.”
Texas
A Doll’s House, Part 2
By: Lucas Hnath
Directed by: Alanna Dorsett
4th Wall Theatre Company
Houston
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Sat Nov 06
Type of Event: play
Venue: 1824 Spring Street, Studio 101, Houston TX 77007
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.4thwalltheatreco.com
Description:
Hnath’s eight-time Tony-nominated play serves as a playful sequel to Ibsen’s 1879 masterpiece as well as a stand-alone work of modern feminist drama. With Nora Helmer’s imagined return in Part 2, the same burning questions left unresolved in the 19th century are reignited.
Dear Jack, Dear Louise
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Kevin Dean
A.D. Players
Houston
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 08 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Mainstage
Venue: The George Theater
Price: $20-75
Reference Link: https://www.adplayers.org
Description:
When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. Tony-winning playwright Ken Ludwig tells the joyous, heartwarming story of his parents’ courtship and the results are anything but expected.
Sweat
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Rob Melrose
Alley Theatre
Houston
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hubbard Theatre
Price: $16-$91
Reference Link: https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/sweat
Description:
Sweat tells the story of three women who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, they find themselves pitted against each other.
72 Miles To Go…
By: Hilary Bettis
Directed by: José Zayas
Alley Theatre
Houston
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Neuhaus Theatre
Price: $16-$91
Reference Link: https://www.alleytheatre.org/plays/production-detail/72-miles-to-go
Description:
72 miles. It’s the distance between Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico—and the distance between a recently deported mother and her American-born husband and children.
Before You Get Married
By: Franky D. Gonzalez
Directed by: Sasha Maya Ada
Bishop Arts Theatre Center
Dallas
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Sat Oct 30
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bishop Arts Theatre Center
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://https://bishopartstheatre.org/theatre-series/
Description:
This world premiere production explores the relationship between two siblings on the night before the sister’s wedding. With the passing night and flowing wine, both siblings struggle to understand what they mean to each other as secrets are revealed.
Good Latimer
By: Angela Hanks
Directed by: Christopher Carlos
Kitchen Dog Theater
Dallas
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Live and Streaming - Play
Venue: Trinity River Arts Center
Price: $15-30
Reference Link: https://www.kitchendogtheater.org/goodlatimer
Description:
Ravinia is a woman woke out of love with her partner, Good, of 35 years. And Good? He is trying his darnedest to win her back—even as the sky rains armadillos and Dallas has an earthquake. A world premiere about misconstruing what love is and what love can be.
Darwin in Malibu
By: Crispin Whittell
Directed by: Rebecca Greene Udden
Main Street Theater Houston
Houston
Event Date(s): Sun Sep 26 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Main Street Theater - Rice Village
Price: $59-$35
Reference Link: https://mainstreettheater.com/darwin/
Description:
120 years after his death, Charles Darwin is hanging out by the Pacific with a girl young enough to be his daughter. Suddenly, Thomas Huxley and the Bishop of Oxford arrive and they find themselves entangled in an enthralling and thought-provoking comedy about God and science.
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!
By: based on the book by Mo Willems
Directed by: Robin Robinson
Main Street Theater Houston
Houston
Event Date(s): Sun Sep 26 - Sat Oct 23
Type of Event: play
Venue: Main Street Theater at the MATCH
Price: $30 - $18
Reference Link: https://mainstreettheater.com/pigeon/
Description:
When a bus driver takes a break from the route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place: a pigeon! And you’ve never met one like this before! This show is sure to get everyone’s wings flapping with its innovative mix of songs, silliness, and feathers.
Shakespeare Decoded
Shakespeare Dallas
Dallas
Event Date(s): Tue Feb 09 - Fri Dec 31
Type of Event: Podcast
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://anchor.fm/shakespeare-decoded
Description:
What forms of colonization of thought and language do we encounter in our theatrical practices today? This episode explores themes of colonialism and the resulting subjugation in The Tempest.
Romeo & Juliet
By: Shakespeare
Directed by: Jenni Stewart
Shakespeare Dallas
Dallas
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 08 - Sat Oct 16
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Samuell-Grand Amphitheater
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/shakespeare-dallas-26888357129
Description:
Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy played out through 80s teenage angst and rebellion.
JQA
By: Aaron Posner
Directed by: Emily Scott Banks
Stage West Theatre
Fort Worth
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 07 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Evelyn Wheeler Swenson Theatre
Price: $10-45
Reference Link: https://stagewest.org/season/jqa
Description:
John Quincy Adams lived his life backwards: Brilliant diplomat in his youth, fervent congressman as a man, ineffectual president in his prime. This unique and timely play imagines a kaleidoscope of confrontations between J.Q.A. and some of his key contemporaries.
Hook’s Tale
By: John Leonard Pielmeier
Directed by: Kenn McLaughlin
Stages
Houston
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 01 - Sun Oct 17
Type of Event: Theater Performance
Venue: The Gordy
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://stageshouston.com/Online/default.asp
Description:
A long lost journal from the notorious Captain Hook offers the true tale of Peter Pan’s infamous arch-nemesis! As it turns out, everything you thought you knew about Captain Hook is wrong, starting with his name. Discover the truth about what really happened in Neverland!
The Merit System
By: Edwin Sanchez
Directed by: Claudia Acosta
Teatro Dallas
Dallas
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sat Nov 13
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Latino Cultural Center - Black Box Theatre
Price: $15-25
Reference Link: https://https://teatrodallas.org/productions/the-merit-system/
Description:
A comedic exploration of class and the cost of assimilation within the Nuyorican community, this period piece is set in the late 1970s and centers around a young man working his way up the social ladder and an unlikely friendship that grounds him and brings him back to his roots.
Rap Unzel
By: Jeremy Rashad Brown
Directed by: Indiia Wilmott
The VORTEX
Austin
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 08 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Garden Stage @ The VORTEX
Price: $9.99-35
Reference Link: http://vortexrep.org/
Description:
A Theatre for Young Audiences performance by Jeremy Rashad Brown, directed by Indiia Wilmott. Reginald ‘Rap’ Unzel embraces the story of Black Boy Joy.
Malum Malus
By: Blaise Ricin and Carmen Takeit
Directed by: Blaise Ricin and Carmen Takeit
The VORTEX
Austin
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 28 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: The Eloise Stage @ The VORTEX
Price: $15-35
Reference Link: http://vortexrep.org
Description:
The wheel of the year inspires this occult-based burlesque performance art with a small ensemble. Created by Blaise Ricin and Carmen Takeit.
Stronger Than Arms
By: Danielle Georgiou and Justin Locklear
Directed by: Danielle Georgiou
Undermain Theatre
Dallas
Event Date(s): Thu Sep 16 - Sat Oct 02
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Undermain Theatre
Price: $$15 - $30
Reference Link: https://www.undermain.org
Description:
Undermain Theatre and the Danielle Georgiou Dance group are proud to present Stronger Than Arms, a new adaptation of Aeschylus’s Seven Against Thebes done in the inimitable style of DGDG. Told through poetic verse, dance, and multimedia, expect the unexpected!
St. Nicholas
By: Conor McPherson
Undermain Theatre
Dallas
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 20 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Undermain Theatre
Price: $$15-$30
Reference Link: https://www.undermain.org
Description:
A cynical and jaded drama critic falls for a beautiful young actress. On a drunken bender he pursues her to London, where he falls in with a coven of modern-day vampires. Storytelling at its spooky best comes to life in this haunting solo story.
The Taming
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Cheryl Denson
WaterTower Theatre
Addison
Event Date(s): Wed Oct 13 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Terry Martin Main Stage
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://watertowertheatre.org/event/the-taming/2021-10-13
Description:
Miss Georgia has kidnapped a Republican Senator’s campaign manager and a liberal activist who is fighting to save the endangered pandashrew, and is holding them hostage in her hotel room the night before the big Miss America Pageant with the goal of rewriting the constitution.
Into the Woods
By: Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine
Directed by: Dave Steakley
ZACH Theatre
Austin
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 29 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: ZACH360 on The People’s Plaza at ZACH
Price: $starting at $28
Reference Link: https://zachtheatre.org/intothewoods
Description:
Stephen Sondheim’s fairytale masterpiece plays outside on the People’s Plaza at ZACH in a contemporary, reimagined interpretation, using the architecture and landscaping as the backdrop. The plaza will transform into the woods and envelop the audience.
Utah
The Comedy of Terrors
By: John Goodrum
Directed by: Brian Vaughn
Utah Shakespeare Festival
Cedar City
Event Date(s): Tue Aug 17 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Randall L. Jones Theatre
Price: $29-80
Reference Link: https://www.bard.org
Description:
Photo: Michael Doherty (left) as Janet Jones and Alex Keiper as Fiona Smith in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 production of The Comedy of Terrors. (Photo by Karl Hugh.)
The Pirates of Penzance
By: W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sulivan
Directed by: Cassie Abate
Utah Shakespeare Festival
Cedar City
Event Date(s): Tue Aug 17 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Randall L. Jones Theatre
Price: $34-85
Reference Link: https://
Description:
A scene from the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 production of The Pirates of Penzance. (Photo by Karl Hugh.)
Cymbeline
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Britannia Howe
Utah Shakespeare Festival
Cedar City
Event Date(s): Tue Aug 17 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Eileen and Allen Anes Studio Theatre
Price: $49-59
Reference Link: https://www.bard.org
Description:
Featuring Constance V Swain as Imogen and Yao Dogbe as Posthumus in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 production of Cymbeline.
Intimate Apparel
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Tasia A. Jones
Utah Shakespeare Festival
Cedar City
Event Date(s): Tue Aug 17 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Eileen and Allen Anes Studio Theatre
Price: $49-59
Reference Link: https://www.bard.org
Description:
Photo: Afua Busia (left) as Esther and Yao Dogbe as George in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2021 production of Intimate Apparel. (Photo by Karl Hugh.)
Vermont
Junction: A Walking Tour
By: Ben Beckley, Nkenna Akunna, & Isaac Lorton
Directed by: Asa Wember & Ben Beckley
Northern Stage
White River Junction
Event Date(s): Tue Sep 28 - Sun Oct 24
Type of Event: Walking Tour
Price: $19
Reference Link: https://northernstage.org/junction-a-walking-tour/
Description:
Junction is a narrative walking tour of White River Junction, Vt., covering a century and a half of local history — the 1920s, 1970s, and 2020. Using only a cellphone and a pair of headphones, individuals will be guided as audio scenes play out before them.
Virginia
Henry V
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: The Actor-Managers of American Shakespeare Center
American Shakespeare Center
Staunton
Event Date(s): Mon Aug 23 - Thu Sep 30
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Blackfriars Playhouse
Price: $27-$60
Reference Link: https://americanshakespearecenter.com/
Description:
In this final, epic installment of Shakespeare’s Henriad trilogy, ASC veteran Brandon Carter leads “once more unto the breach” as King Henry V. Bold adventure and romance burst at the seams of this the most exciting of Shakespeare’s histories.
Macbeth
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: The Actor-Managers of American Shakespeare Center
American Shakespeare Center
Staunton
Event Date(s): Sun Aug 08 - Fri Nov 26
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Blackfriars Playhouse
Price: $33-$60
Reference Link: https://americanshakespearecenter.com/?_ga=2.63590639.1133677167.1628475419-664346024.1624476007
Description:
Electrifying and immediate, Macbeth plunges headlong into the darkest depths of the human condition and the toxic underbelly of politics and warfare — with murder begetting murder, and blood thirsting for blood.
All’s Well That Ends Well
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: The Actor-Managers of American Shakespeare Center
American Shakespeare Center
Staunton
Event Date(s): Sat Aug 14 - Sat Nov 27
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Blackfriars Playhouse
Price: $33-$60
Reference Link: https://americanshakespearecenter.com/?_ga=2.122379723.1133677167.1628475419-664346024.1624476007
Description:
All’s Well That Ends Well upends and reexamines the love story, reveling in the imperfection. Part fairy tale, part farce, and all heart, this often-overlooked masterpiece takes audiences on a hilarious journey through courtship and class.
Vincent River
By: Philip Ridley
Directed by: Vinnie Gonzalez
Richmond Triangle Players
Richmond
Event Date(s): Wed Sep 22 - Sun Oct 10
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Richmond Triangle Players' Robert B. Moss Theatre
Price: $10-$35
Reference Link: https://www.rtriangle.org
Description:
Davey has seen something he can’t forget. Anita has been forced to flee her home. These two have never met. Tonight their paths cross, with devastating consequences. Thrilling, heartbreaking, and darkly humorous by turns, it’s an upfront look at self-deception’s power to destroy.
The Miraculous Magical Balloon
Directed by: Irina Tsikurishvili
Synetic Theater
Arlington
Event Date(s): Tue Aug 24 - Fri Oct 08
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Pop-Up Outdoor Locations in Arlington
Price: Free
Reference Link: https://synetictheater.org/event_pages/the-miraculous-magical-balloon/
Description:
Expressed through body and facial masks, pantomime illusions, and dazzling choreography, The Miraculous Magical Balloon tells a story of a traveling actor and his magical trunk, full of toys, tricks, and surprises.
The Madness of Poe
Directed by: Paata Tsikurishvili
Synetic Theater
Arlington
Event Date(s): Mon Oct 11 - Sun Oct 31
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Synetic Theater
Price: $20-60
Reference Link: https://synetictheater.org/event_pages/the-madness-of-poe/
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Description:
Join us back in our theatre for a terrifying trilogy of tales from Edgar Allan Poe, woven into one 90-minute, heart-pounding thriller.
Pipeline
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Katrinah Carol Lewis
Virginia Repertory Theatre
Richmond
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 15 - Sun Nov 07
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The November Theatre
Price: $35-$56
Reference Link: https://https://va-rep.org/
Description:
A mother fights to give her son a future without turning her back on the community that made him who he is. Will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away?
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.
Tenderly, the Rosemary Clooney Musical
By: Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman
Directed by: Corey McDaniel
Harlequin Productions
Olympia
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 22 - Sat Nov 20
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The State Theater, 202 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA 98501
Price: General $42 • Senior/Military $38 • Student/Youth $25
Reference Link: https://harlequinproductions.org/show/tenderly-the-rosemary-clooney-musical/
Description:
A fresh, personal, and poignant picture of the woman whose unparalleled talent and unbridled personality made her a legend. Beginning with Clooney’s simple Maysville, Ky., childhood and following her rise to Hollywood stardom, Tenderly weaves her signature songs in and out.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
By: Lanie Robertson
Directed by: Jimmy Shields
Harlequin Productions
Olympia
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sat Nov 27
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The State Theater, 202 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA 98501
Price: $25-$42
Reference Link: https://harlequinproductions.org/show/lady-day-at-emersons-bar-and-grill/
Description:
The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death.
Wisconsin
A Phoenix Too Frequent
By: Christopher Fry
Directed by: Keira Fromm
American Players Theatre
Spring Green
Event Date(s): Thu Aug 26 - Sun Oct 03
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Touchstone Theatre
Price: Prices vary
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/a-phoenix-too-frequent
Description:
Here we have the classic “boy-meets-girl, boy-dies, girl-meets-new-boy-in-the-first-boy’s-tomb-while- waiting-to-die-with-her-faithful-servant” story. It may sound ridiculous. And it is. But youth is a ridiculous ride, and it’s hard to be hopeless for long when you’re on it.
Oedipus
By: Adapted by David Daniel from Sophocles
Directed by: David Daniel
American Players Theatre
Spring Green
Event Date(s): Fri Sep 17 - Sat Oct 09
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hill Theatre
Price: Prices vary
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/oedipus
Description:
An infamous Greek murder mystery that has riveted audiences around the world and across time. But Oedipus is not a story that can be defined by its final act, shocking though that act might be. Poetic and profound, it is in many ways the story of us.
The Taming of the Shrew
By: Adapted by Shana Cooper from Shakespeare
Directed by: Shana Cooper
American Players Theatre
Spring Green
Event Date(s): Thu Oct 14 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Staged production
Venue: Touchstone Theatre
Price: Prices vary
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/the-taming-of-the-shrew
Description:
Ah, the tale of Kate and Petruchio, and how each cracked the code to the other’s ferociously defended heart. It’s a Shakespearean rabble-rouser, held up as the ultimate battle of the sexes.
Dad’s Season Tickets
By: Matt Zembrowski
Directed by: Ryan Quinn
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Milwaukee
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 29 - Sun Jan 02
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Stackner Cabaret
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://www.milwaukeerep.com/shows/show/dads-season-tickets/
Description:
Direct from its sold-out engagement in Door County where it became the best-selling hit in Northern Sky Theater’s 28-year history comes this new musical comedy for football fanatics and the people who love them. Who will inherit Frank’s treasured season tickets at Lambeau Field?
Naked Radio
By: Dave Hudson and Paul Libman
Directed by: Jeff Herbst
Northern Sky Theater
Fish Creek
Event Date(s): Mon Aug 23 - Sat Nov 06
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Northern Sky's Gould Theater
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://northernskytheater.com/show/naked-radio/
Description:
When a snowstorm knocks out the county and the local radio station loses its tie to the pre-programmed feed, the DJs have to improvise. Two DJs. One Blizzard. No records.
The Cake
By: Bekah Brunstetter
Directed by: Suzan Fete
Renaissance Theaterworks
Milwaukee
Event Date(s): Fri Oct 22 - Sun Nov 14
Type of Event: Play
Venue: 255 S Water Street
Reference Link: https://www.r-t-w.com/
Description:
Della, a sweet, God-fearing Christian, is also the best baker in North Carolina. Nothing would make Della happier than making a wedding cake for her best friend’s daughter, Jenny. Except that Jenny is marrying a woman.
