Our 2026 Season

By Adam Rapp

When Bella Baird, an isolated creative writing professor at Yale, begins to mentor a brilliant but enigmatic student named Christopher, the two form an unexpectedly intense bond. As their lives and the stories they tell about themselves become intertwined in unpredictable ways, Bella makes a surprising request of Christopher that neither knows if he can fulfill. Brimming with suspense, Rapp’s riveting play explores the limits of what one person can ask of another.

The Sound Inside premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2018, and opened on Broadway at Studio 54 on Oct 17, 2019, directed by David Cromer and starring Mary-Louise Parker and Will Hochman.

Director: Ed Wilhelms

Cast: Deborah Mott and Jordan Azzinaro.

By Neil Anthony Docking

Eight months after the Aberfan Disaster of 1966, in which 144 people were killed (116 of them children), a group of bereaved mothers meet weekly above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty. At one of their previous meetings, the women looked at each other and admitted how much they felt they’d let themselves go. Afraid that people will think them frivolous, they’ve secretly arranged for a representative from Revlon to come and give them a talk on beauty tips.

Director: Ed Wilhelms

Cast: Shaughnessy Burns (Sian), Lori Lesko (Jackie), Grace Quilliam (Revlon), Claire Murphy (Marilyn), Karen Madacsi (Rona), and Emily Dos Santos (Jean)

By Annie Baker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Flick and Circle Mirror Transformation

It's tough to be a loser. Even tougher to be a loner. But somehow, with that one right friend, you feel like neither.

Two friends spend their days in the alley behind a Vermont coffee shop discussing music and philosophy. When a lonely high-school student arrives on the scene, they decide to teach him everything they know.

Director: Patrick Barry

Cast: Dan Anderson (Jasper), Nicholas Perry (KJ), and Dylan Morin (Evan)

By Mark Dunn

A serious comedy about the value of family and friendship, the importance of self-forgiveness, and the special healing joy that comes to those who know how to “drink life to the dregs,” THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY tells the story of an East Texas family—a mother, daughter and grandmother—who face tragedy and assorted misfortunes head-on with the help of the strange young woman who comes to live with them: a possible ex-hooker who defines herself as “one who drinks from the well of life in big gulps.” 

Director: Ed Wilhelms

Cast: Oceana Lane (Carol), Lori Lee (Eleanor), Dorian Mendez (Kenetta), and Nicole Sweet (Mindy)

By Lynn Nottage

In 1905 New York City, Esther, a Black seamstress, is in great demand for the intimate apparel she creates for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. Though leading a life that provides joy to so many, she remains lonely and longing for a husband and a future. Through a mutual acquaintance, she begins a correspondence with a lonesome Caribbean man named George and soon he persuades her that they should marry, sight unseen. However, Esther’s heart is drawn to the Hasidic shopkeeper from whom she buys cloth, and his heart with her. When George arrives in the city, Esther is hit with the reality of the situation and she is forced to face a future that she is truly unprepared for.

Director: Patrick Barry

Cast: Kelley Knight (Esther), Dan Anderson (Mr. Marks), Macho Kimaru (George), Alexis Trice (Mayme), Chloe Parrington (Mrs. Van Buren), and Elizabeth Reynolds (Mrs. Dickson)