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2024–2025 SEASON
Join us for our 39th season and step into someone else’s world! This season includes a hilarious buddy comedy, an intimate and keep-you-guessing drama, two regional premieres that will be the first productions following hit Broadway runs, and the return of a beloved, whimsical musical!
This season is an invitation—an invitation to walk into somebody else’s world for two hours and discover the underlying humor and resilience of these unique and compelling characters!
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The Garbologists
Regional Premiere Comedy
By Lindsay Joelle
Sep 14–Oct 6, 2024
Two essential workers from different worlds discover there’s more that binds them than taking out the trash in this off-beat buddy comedy. Danny and Marlowe are polar opposites: he’s a gruff NYC sanitation worker hiding a heart of gold, and she’s a determined Ivy League–educated “newbie” assigned to his route. Amidst their shifts spent bickering, they each have some wisdom to share, but will the other listen? When thrown together to pick up what the world has discarded, they learn that some things are easier to toss than others.
Alice in Wonderland
Family-Friendly Musical
Book by Joseph McDonough | Music & lyrics by David Kisor
Dec 4–30, 2024
Based on the beloved, imaginative tale by Lewis Carroll, this modern retelling is the toe-tapping story of a lost girl, a cool cat, a wild hare, and the original “dancing queen.” When ever-curious Alice falls from her own world into another, she must find her way home with the help of some whimsical and wonderful characters. Featuring an updated score and exuberant colorful costumes, this cherished musical will delight audiences of all ages this holiday season.
I Need That
Regional Premiere Comedy
By Theresa Rebeck
Feb 8–Mar 2, 2025
Meet Sam, an obsessive pack rat bordering on hoarder lost in his own possessions. Faced with the threat of eviction unless he cleans up his property, he can’t seem to let go of anything, despite pleas from his daughter and his friend of thirty years. In his attempt to hold onto his things and thus hold onto his past and himself, Sam is forced to reckon with what’s trash, what’s treasure, and whether we can ever know the difference between the two. Award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck (Omnius Gatherum, NBC’s Smash) directs this hilarious, heartfelt, and human play about life’s messes following its successful Broadway run.
The Sound Inside
Regional Premiere Drama
By Adam Rapp
Apr 5–27, 2025
Tony Award Nominee
Bella Baird is a brilliant writer and Ivy League professor who prizes her solitude. But when she faces a challenge she cannot tackle alone, she allies herself with a talented and enigmatic student, Christopher. As their lives and the stories they tell about themselves become intertwined in unpredictable ways, Bella asks an unthinkable favor of Christopher—but is it undoable? Deeply moving and brimming with suspense, this thrilling play explores the power we hold over each other and questions the limits of what we can ask of others.
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Regional Premiere Dramedy
By Jocelyn Bioh
May 31–June 22, 2025
2024 Tony Award Nominee
Welcome to Jaja’s bustling hair braiding shop in Harlem where a lively and eclectic group of West African immigrants create masterpieces on the heads of neighborhood women every day. During one sweltering summer day, love will blossom, dreams will flourish, and secrets will be revealed. The uncertainty of these women’s circumstances simmers below the surface of their lives, and when it boils over, this tight-knit community is forced to confront what it means to be an outsider on the edge of the place they call home. This boisterous, heartwarming play by award-winning Ghanaian American playwright Jocelyn Bioh makes its regional premiere following its dazzling Broadway debut
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