Past Seasons

Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Book and Lyrics by Stew

Performance Dates: November 9-12, 16-18, 2017

From singer-songwriter and performance artist Stew comes Passing Strange, a daring musical that takes you on a journey across boundaries of place, identity, and theatrical convention. Stew brings the story of a young bohemian who charts a course for "the real" through sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Loaded with soulful lyrics and overflowing with passion, the show takes us from black middle-class America to Amsterdam, Berlin and beyond on a journey towards personal and artistic authenticity.

Winner - Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Winner - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Winner - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Winner - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

Music by Tom Kitt, Lyrics and Book by Brian Yorkey

Performance Dates: February 1-4, 8-10, 2018

Elizabeth, a city planner, moves back to New York to restart her life in the city of infinite possibilities. When her carefully designed plans collide with the whims of fate, Elizabeth's life splits into two parallel paths. If/Then follows both stories simultaneously, as this modern woman faces the intersection of choice and chance. If/Then is a about living in the business of today and all of the possibilities of tomorrow.

With unforgettable songs and a deeply moving story by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creators of Next to Normal, comes the musical If/Then. It is a fascinating, ambitious and original new musical.

Nominated - Tony Award for Best Original Score

Samuel D Hunter

Performance Dates: April 19-22, 26-28, 2018

On the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, a six-hundred-pound recluse hides away in his apartment and slowly eats himself to death. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged daughter, he reaches out to her, only to find a viciously sharp-tongued and wildly unhappy teen. Big-hearted and fiercely funny, The Whale tells the story of a man's last chance at redemption, and of finding beauty in the most unexpected places.

Winner - Lucille Lortel Award for Best Play
Winner - Drama Desk Special Award for Significant Contribution
Winner - GLAAD Media Award

Music by Green Day and Billie Joe Armstrong; Book by Billie Joe Armstrong & Michael Mayer

Performance Dates: October 27 - November 12, 2016

American Idiot is a sung-through stage adaptation of punk rock band Green Day's rock opera, American Idiot. The story, expanded from that of the concept album, centers on three disaffected young men looking for meaning in life. They escape suburbia to try out the freedom and excitement of the city. One quickly gives up on life in the city, joins the military, and is shipped off to war. Another turns to drugs and finds a part of himself that he grows to dislike. American Idiot is an exploration of ideological freedom and the harsh realities of the world.

Robert Askins

Performance Dates: February 16 - 25, 2017

After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and - most especially - his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a shocking and dangerously irreverent personality all its own. Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us.

Ayad Akhtar

Performance Dates: April 13-22, 2017

Lawyer Amir Kapoor and his wife Emily host an Upper East Side dinner. Amir is an American-born, Muslim-raised Manhattan mergers and acquisitions lawyer, while Emily is an up-and-coming artist who focuses on Islamic themes in her art. In all, the dinner table assembly includes an ex-Muslim, an African-American, a Jew and a WASP dining over the topic of religious faith. The play asks challenging questions about the nature of faith, about relationships between white and non-white races in post-9/11 America, and about the process and responsibilities of creating art.

Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Book by Peter Duchan

Performance Dates: December 3-5, 10-12 & 17-19

Eddie Birdlace is returning home from Vietnam in 1967. On his way the memory of Rose Fenny floods in and transports him 4 years prior. Rose is a shy waitress who becomes the subject of a cruel joke between Eddie and his buddies. When she discovers the truth behind Eddie’s intentions she changes the rules of the bet and teaches him a little about love and kindness. “Dogfight” is a moving pop-rock musical.

by Mick Gordon and A.C. Grayling

Performance Dates: January 28-30 & February 4-6

Grace Friedman, a professor and outspoken atheist, is participating in a “God Helmet” experiment attempting to disprove ‘god’. Meanwhile, her son is becoming a priest with Grace’s Jewish husband backing him up. When an incident challenges their incompatible ideologies, they must wisely choose their next step. “Grace” is a powerful look at inter-faith relationships within families and the global community.

by Gina Gionfriddo

Performance Dates: March 17-19 & 23-26

Best friends Catherine and Gwen go their separate ways at the end of grad school: Catherine becoming a prominent feminist theorizer in New York, while Gwen becomes a wife and mother. 20 years later the two women cross paths and realize a yearning for the other’s life. They compete for the love of Don, Catherine’s ex-boyfriend and Gwen’s husband. An unflinching look at three generations of gender politics.

book by Richard Nelson, lyrics by Tim Rice, music by ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson

Performance Dates: DECEMBER 4-6, 11-13 & 18-20, 2014

Two of the world’s greatest chess masters battle it out at the world chess championships but their greatest contest is for the love of one woman. Amidst political intrigue and international conspiracies, the American and the Russian compete in a romantic triangle that mirrors the heightened passions of the Cold War, all set to the pulse of a monumental rock score.

by Quiara Alegra Hudes

Performance Dates: JANUARY 29-31 & FEBRUARY 5-7, 2015

Elliot, an Iraq war veteran, joins an internet chatroom in an effort to deal with the after-effects of war. Covering the distance between the virtual world to the physical, Water by the Spoonful ties together the lives of a host of unforgettable characters in a play of genuine warmth about forgiveness and redemption.

book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel

Performance Dates: MARCH 19-21 & 26-28, 2015

While sightseeing in Tuscany, Clara, a beautiful, surprisingly childish young woman, loses her hat in a sudden gust. As if guided by an unseen hand, the hat lands at the feet of Fabrizio Naccarelli, a handsome Florentine, who returns it to Clara.This brief encounter of fate sparks an intense romance between Clara and Fabrizio and a secret begins to unfold.