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The Aaron Play picks up right where Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy, Titus Andronicus, leaves off: with its self-proclaimed villain, Aaron the Moor, buried up to his chest in earth, sentenced to death by starvation. Watched by two Roman guards and visited by spirits of the wronged dead, Aaron plots to escape and reunite with his son. Tragic, darkly funny, and terrifyingly relevant, this fresh riff on Shakespeare's bloodiest play explores justice vs. vengeance, cycles of violence, and the cost of building an empire.

Open Fist Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Amerika or, The Man Who Disappeared, adapted for the stage by Dietrich Smith from the novel by Franz Kafka. Arriving in New York City on a steamer, 17-year-old Karl Rossmann strives to make his own way, even as he encounters a series of increasingly strange and bewildering experiences that turn his world upside-down.

This high-stakes AI thriller is wrapped in emotional urgency while questioning just how far we'll go to uncover truth and what technology can and can't help us to resolve in our relationships.

A dark musical thriller inspired by a medieval French fairy tale. This horror-infused romance of deceit, murder, blood and forbidden chambers is not for the faint of heart! The long years of war are over, and the towns and villages lie in ruins. The air is filled with the wails of widows and mothers in mourning, but also with the peal of wedding bells as a young girl is married off to a war hero with a wicked past — it’s rumored that his previous wives were killed or buried alive in his castle. Who would give a girl to be the bride of a monster?

Shakespeare's Cymbeline is reimagined in this rollicking adventure set in the American West in the 1800s. When Imogen defies her father, Cymbeline, and sets off on a treacherous journey, she encounters rugged landscapes, mistaken identities, and daring adventures.

The notorious Duke de Richlieu wagers that he can seduce the first girl he sees. He's thwarted by the Marquise de Prie, but Gabrielle (the girl) is placed in a terrible predicament with her fiance.

All Julia Masli wants to do is solve people's problems and win the Nobel Peace Prize, but this plan keeps going wrong as she continually wins prizes for comedy. In her wildly unpredictable solo show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, the award-winning performer turns the audience's problems into surreal, side-splitting theater. No script, no safety net, just one woman on a mission to help. After sensational runs in Edinburgh, Melbourne, New York, and D.C., Julia is on her way to Pasadena to solve all our problems.

Two immigrants, one Filipino and one Korean, meet by chance in a supermarket on Thanksgiving in 1973. Longing for connection, Luna invites Jane to her apartment. While their medical-resident husbands work through the night, the women bond over life in America, the families they left behind and how to cook a frozen turkey. Set eight years after the Hart-Celler Act overhauled U.S. immigration policy, this heartwarming comedy was called "a laugh-aloud love letter to friendship" by Broadway World.

Storybook Theatre's award-winning "Jack and the Beanstalk" is a rollicking interactive version of the famous story. There are plenty of songs and lots of audience participation to delight the whole family. There is a rapping giant, a talking goose and chases up and down the beanstalk as members of the audience try to hide Jack from the giant on his adventure.

Step into the vibrant world of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a beloved Harlem hotspot where West African immigrant braiders work their magic on the locals’ locks. Amidst the lively buzz of a scorching summer, love ignites, dreams soar, and secrets unravel. But beneath the surface of this riotous comedy lies a current of uncertainty, pushing this close-knit community to confront the challenges of being outsiders in their own neighborhood.

As part of our commitment to presenting August Wilson's work, we bring you our sixth production of his American Century Cycle: Joe Turner's Come and Gone, a powerful and poetic play set in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911. It follows a group of men and women searching for lost family, identity, and purpose in the aftermath of slavery and during the Great Migration. When a mysterious stranger arrives looking for his long-lost wife, hidden pain and buried pasts come to the surface. With rich characters and lyrical dialogue, the play explores themes of freedom, self-discovery, and the enduring power of community and spiritual healing.

A desperate Texas family hatches a shocking plan: murder their matriarch for her life insurance and hire a hitman-Killer Joe. When they can't pay, he takes their daughter as collateral. What follows is a dark, twisted descent into betrayal, violence, and mayhem.

Through gritty storytelling, Ruth shares dark comic monologues, interwoven with characters he's encountered while working and drinking in the seedy bars and dives of pre-Giuliani NYC. "A Life Behind Bars" has been performed in New York City, Los Angeles, Idyllwild, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin Dells and Richmond, Va. It is directed by multi award-winning performer-producer-director, Tanya Moberly.

A bold, historical sci-fi drama by Miranda Gonzalez exploring the untold stories of Mexico's Underground Railroad that brought runaway slaves from Florida and Georgia to Muzquiz, Coahuila. Eighteen-year-old Jamari is fighting an unknown illness that takes him through worlds he's never seen before, time-traveling from 1864 Mexico to today's West Side of Chicago. Unsure of where he belongs, trapped in a historical cycle, Jamari and his loved ones seek answers as they try to break free from the shackles of time.

Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the champagne and prepare for the spectacular spectacular...Welcome to Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

A family, profoundly affected by Hitler's rise to power, finds themselves desperately fleeing persecution while awaiting entry into the United States. Restrictive U.S. immigration policies and antisemitism intensified their struggle. This poignant drama explores themes that are strikingly relevant to contemporary times, offering audiences profound reflection on resilience, hope, and the quest for finding their place in an ever-changing world.

The team behind the hilarious hit, The Play That Goes Wrong, bring their trademark comic mayhem to the J.M. Barrie classic Peter Pan. The much-loved members of The Cornley Drama Society once again battle against technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes on their way to Neverland with hilarious and disastrous results.

Come see this original and outrageous comedy about finding the courage to own up to past mistakes -- whether in our personal lives or the world at large -- and finally make a difference. It is never too late to create a revolution of our hearts & minds to change the world.

In a time set parallel to our current world, two old friends, Dan and Jeff, meet for coffee — it’s been six years to the day since their last in-person meeting. What unfolds is an 80-minute single conversation between them, where the topics of friendship, family, marriage, health, kids and politics intertwine to make them question the nature of friendship, and whether the bond they made in the first week of college can withstand the increasing stress of different opinions across all those topics. Have the intervening years made them more tolerant of these different views? Or have they become calcified under a form of “maturity” that would say, “There are some opinions that simply cannot be tolerated anymore”?