Genres: Theater

Pericles

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by William Shakespeare

in a modern verse translation by Ellen McLaughlin

directed by Margaret Shigeko Starbuck

This re-conceptualization of Shakespeare’s Pericles – in Ellen McLaughlin’s Play On translation – embraces movement and music to tell a thrilling tale.

Octopus’s Garden

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by Weston Gaylord

directed by Jessica Kubzansky



A surreal, soulful comedy about two scientists, a composer, and an octopus who writes the greatest music ever heard.

The Night of the Iguana

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by Tennessee Williams

directed by Jessica Kubzansky



A defrocked minister encounters inner and outer disturbances over the course of one turbulent night at the Costa Verde hotel, in this rarely staged play that illuminates how much we yearn for real human connection – especially when we’re at the end of our rope.

Mariology

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by Nancy Keystone

created in collaboration with Critical Mass Performance Group

Illuminating the Virgin Mary’s roles in systems of gender, power, and personal agency, Nancy Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Group bring their signature form-busting, exuberant theatricality to the West Coast Premiere of Mariology.

Frou-Frou: A Menagerie of Sorts

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by John Anthony Loffredo

directed by Zi Alikhan



A raucous and explosive story of two queer siblings yearning to be understood despite their mother’s archaic expectations. When a big, burly stranger arrives at the family’s doorstep, their lives are forever upended.

NPRF24: Octopus’s Garden

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Career ambitions, creative insecurities, and the madness that comes from a brush with the divine — all combine to set events in motion toward a final desperate confrontation.

NPRF24: Horsegirl & Cowdaddy

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Horsegirl, a trans woman in her thirties, lives a life of routine alongside her father, Cowdaddy, in a forgotten town in Southern Pennsylvania—until she falls in love with Bethel, a new-to-town teacher with a goal of improving the lives of everyone they meet.