Children of Eden
by Steven Schwartz
September 28, 29, & October 4, 5, & 6 at 7:30 pm
September 30 at 2:00 pm
From Adam and Eve to Noah and the “Father” who created them, this joyous Biblical musical about parents and children stomps its feet and raises its voice with warmth and a sublimely inspirational message.
Steven Schwartz who wrote both music and lyrics for the play is perhaps known best recently for his stage musical Wicked as well as the Disney musical, Enchanted. Co-produced with the Department of Music
A phone rings in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table has had enough. Of course the phone’s messages lead a woman on an odyssey of assumptions about the need to reach out and answer in a noisy digital world.
Sarah Ruhl is the author of The Clean House among other plays and the winner of both the MacArthur
The Burial at Thebes
The Burial at Thebes is the celebrated version of Sophocles’ Antigone by the Irish Nobel Prize-winning Poet, Seamus Heaney.
First staged in the 5 century B.C., it explores the conflict between human rights and state security. Filled with both darkness and humanity. Heany’s version speaks clearly of ancient and current times.
Cyrano de Bergerac