PEARL'S ROLLIN' WITH THE BLUES: A NIGHT WITH FELICIA P. FIELDS
WORLD PREMIERE
June 23 - July 24, 2022 | Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre
Created by Felicia P. Fields and Ron OJ Parson
Directed by Ron OJ Parson
This world premiere musical revue—created by Felicia P. Fields and Ron OJ Parson from WT’s Ma Rainey's Black Bottom—honors and celebrates the great Blues artists of the past, including Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin’ Wolf and more! Grab your drink, take your seat and enjoy the riffs, rhythms and rapport of a seasoned band of musicians as they do what they do best: swap stories, belt the Blues and put on one helluva show.
ATHENA
May 5 - July 10, 2022 | The Gillian Theatre
Written by Gracie Gardner
Directed by Jessica Fisch
A fast-paced, engaging new play from Gracie Gardner, the winner of the 2017 Relentless Award, Athena received a critically acclaimed premiere in New York in 2018. Director Jessica Fisch (Cry It Out at Northlight Theatre, Every Brilliant Thingat Windy City Playhouse) brings her deft touch for storytelling to this portrait of two high-achieving young women, simultaneously rivals and allies, pushing each other to be the best.
WIFE OF A SALESMAN
March 3 - April 3, 2022 | Performed in the Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre
Written by Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Jo Bonney
In association with Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
What if a 1950s housewife from a particularly well-known American play drove from Brooklyn to Boston to confront her husband’s mistress? Would the encounter be explosive? Or would the two women discover they have more in common than one might assume? Taking inspiration from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, this world premiere play imagines how a potentially combustible confrontation brings themes of marriage, duty and division to the surface—and the ways in which the world has, and hasn’t, changed across generations.
DISHWASHER DREAMS
Dec 09, 2021 - Jan 16, 2022 | Performed in the Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre
Written and performed by Alaudin Ullah
Directed by Chay Yew
In association with Hartford Stage
Alaudin, a stand-up comedian whose family hails from Bangladesh, is in L.A. on the verge of success when a family crisis forces him back to New York. Deferring his dreams while confronting his family history, he takes us on a moving and hilarious journey from colonial India in the 1930s to Spanish Harlem in the 1970s and all the way to present-day Hollywood for his once-in-a-lifetime audition for a major film.