Current Season
We’re looking forward to seeing you in the Theresa Lang Theatre (unless noted otherwise) for our 2022-2023 Season!
Mainstage Productions
Written by Anne Washburn
from Concord Theatricals: “Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy propels us forward nearly a century, following a new civilization stumbling into its future.
After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory. Seven years later, this and other snippets of pop culture (sitcom plots, commercials, jingles, and pop songs) have become the live entertainment of a post-apocalyptic society, sincerely trying to hold onto its past. Seventy-five years later, these are the myths and legends from which new forms of performance are created.
A paean to live theater, and the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages, Mr. Burns is an animated exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.”
Directed by Ellen Orenstein
Performances:
October 13-16, 2022
View our digital playbill here.
“Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Based on the novel by Stephen King
from Concord Theatricals: “Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it.
Set in the present in the small New England town of Chamberlain, Maine, Carrie: The Musical features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic film), music by Academy Award winner Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment), and lyrics by Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose).”
Directed by Michael Mendez
Choreography by Whitney Sprayberry
Musical Direction by Alejandro Señior
Performances:
November 17-20, 2022
View our digital playbill here.
CARRIE THE MUSICAL is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
Words and Music by Michael John LaChiusa
from Concord Theatricals: “Tony Award-nominee Michael John LaChiusa imagines the inner lives and dreams of America’s best-known daughters with a funny and moving follow-up to his 1993 musical First Lady Suite. A historical fantasia in four parts, First Daughter Suite follows Patricia Nixon and daughters Tricia and Julie, Rosalynn and Amy Carter, Betty and Susan Ford, Patti Davis and mom Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush and daughter-in-law Laura as they strive to live meaningful lives in the public eye, while dealing with the complex private relationships all of us face with our parents and children. This wholly captivating musical with a lush, sweeping score is a deeply felt new work about mothers, daughters and the surprising discoveries we make about one another as we grow.”
Directed and Choreographed by Brandon Logan
Musical Direction by Hosun Moon
Performances
Presented at the Theatre at St. Jean, January 27-29, 2023
Location
Theatre at St. Jean
150 East 76th Street, New York, NY, 10021
(Corner of 76th and Lexington)
Tickets for First Daughter Suite will go on sale January 20th at 11am.
Tickets are available for purchase on Eventbrite.
FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
Songs by The Go-Go’s
Based on ‘The Arcadia’ by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty
Adapted by James Magruder
from Broadway Licensing: “HEAD OVER HEELS is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth” and “Mad About You.”
A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, HEAD OVER HEELS follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts.”
Directed and Choreographed by Bethany Christine Elkin
Musical Direction by Justin S. Fischer
Associate Direction/Choreography by Tommy Scrivens
Performances
March 2-5, 2023
Head Over Heels is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC. (www.broadwaylicensing.com)
By Aristophanes
Translated by Douglass Parker
“The women of Athens have seized the Acropolis and treasury of Athens! Fed up with the Peloponnesian War, and led by the witty Lysistrata, the Athenian women band together with the women of Sparta to declare a ban on all sexual contact until the warring men negotiate peace. Lysistrata showcases the bawdy, physical humor and biting satire characteristic of Greek Old Comedy, as well as the universal resonance of its themes.”
Directed by Jeannine Foster-McKelvia
Performances
Presented at Theatre 555, March 31-April 2
Location
Theatre 555
555 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036
(Corner of 42nd Street and 11th Ave)
Tickets for Lysistrata will go on sale March 24th at 11am.
“Lysistrata (Parker)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
By Anton Chekhov
Adapted by Annie Baker
Working with a literal translation by Margarita Shalina and the original Russian text
from Concord Theatricals: “This intimate, immersive new adaptation of Chekhov’s classic from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker – author of Body Awareness, Circle Mirror Transformation, and The Flick – brings colloquial language to this internationally beloved story of human relationships and yearning. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way the play sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya introduces twenty-first century audiences to Chekhov’s enduring wit, insight, and emotional depth.”
Directed by David Mold
Performances
April 20-23, 2023
Tickets for Uncle Vanya will go on sale April 13th at 11am.
“Uncle Vanya (Baker, trans.)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Other Productions
Performances:
December 9-11, 2022
All performances of the Directing Projects and Playwriting Projects will be in the Bordeau Black Box Theatre at MMC.
About the Directing Projects:
These scenes are presented as final projects for the Directing III class in collaboration with Stage Management and Stagecraft classes.
About the Playwriting Projects:
These scenes are presented as final projects for the MMC Advanced Playwriting
class in collaboration with the Stage Management and Stagecraft classes.
Performances:
Friday 4/28-Sunday 4/30
Friday 5/5 -Sunday 5/7
All performances of the Directing Projects and Playwriting Projects will be in the Bordeau Box Theatre at Marymount Manhattan College.
About the Directing Projects:
These scenes are presented as final projects for the Directing III class in collaboration with Stage Management and Stagecraft classes.
About the Playwriting Projects:
These scenes are presented as final projects for the MMC Advanced Playwriting
class in collaboration with the Stage Management and Stagecraft classes.
Tickets will be available for reservation at 11 AM on April 21st, 2023 via Eventbrite.