2023/24 Season

EURYDICE JUST MARRIED HER SWEETHEART ORPHEUS - AND NOW, SHE'S DEAD.

Written by Sarah Ruhl

Directed by Braden Abraham

The newlywed and newly dead Eurydice arrives in the underworld without memories or language where she struggles to recover her humanity with the aid of the father she lost years ago. When Orpheus arrives to rescue her, Eurydice must choose between staying with her father or escaping with her husband—between life and death. Pulitzer & Tony nominated North Shore native Sarah Ruhl infuses the ancient myth with humor, poetry, hope & sneaky surprises as this classic heroine finds her voice.

THE AWE-INSPIRING, ONE-OF-A-KIND RENDITION OF THE DICKENS CLASSIC RETURNS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

A Manual Cinema Production

Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens

Devised by Manual Cinema

Additional Writing by Nate Marshall

An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel her late husband Joe’s Christmas cheer in a family Zoom call turned puppet show. But as Trudy becomes more absorbed in her own version of the Ebenezer Scrooge story, the puppets take on a life of their own, and the family’s call transforms into a stunningly cinematic adaptation of this beloved ghost story. Named one of Chicago Tribune’s Top Shows of 2022, the awe-inspiring, one-of-a-kind rendition of the Dickens classic returns this holiday season.

A STRANDED EGYPTIAN POLICE BAND. A REMOTE ISRAELI TOWN. ONE LIFE-CHANGING NIGHT OF MUSIC.

Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek

Book by Itamar Moses

Based on the Screenplay by Eran Kolirin

Directed by Zi Alikhan

Music Supervision by Andra Velis Simon

Choreography by Sebastiani Romagnolo

In co-production with TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, AR

In a small Israeli desert town where every day feels the same, a lost bus arrives carrying an Egyptian Police Band. With no hotel and no buses until morning, the musicians are taken in for the night by the locals. Under the spell of the desert sky, these misplaced musicians bring everyone together in the way that only music can. Winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Band's Visit is a beautifully intimate show, perfectly suited for the Nichols Theatre, about the unifying power of music.

PARIS, 4TH OF MARCH 1848. OUTSIDE THERE IS A REVOLUTION. 
INSIDE THERE IS MUSIC.

Music by Fryderyk Chopin

Book by Hershey Felder

Directed by Joel Zwick

Days after the February 1848 revolution, Fryderyk Chopin is teaching a piano lesson in Paris. Set in the Polish pianist-composer’s intimate salon, Chopin shares with his students secrets about the piano and secrets about himself—as well as playing some of his most beautiful and enduring compositions. In a tour de force performance, virtuoso actor/pianist Hershey Felder brings to life the romantic story and music of the man once called the “Poet of the Piano.” 

THE ANNUAL CONTEST IS TOMORROW, AND CORDELL'S GOT HIS EYE ON THE CROWN.

Written by Katori Hall
Directed by Lili-Anne Brown

When it comes to wings, Cordell is king! Supported by his boyfriend Dwayne and the best friends who serve as his fry crew, the group embarks on a fun night of pre-competition prep for Memphis’s Annual hot wing festival. But when Dwayne’s troubled nephew unexpectedly needs a place to stay, it quickly becomes a recipe for disaster. Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Hot Wing King is a fierce comedy about the risks and rewards of celebrating who you are.