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LAOWANG A CHINATOWN KING LEAR
BY
ALEX LIN DIRECTED BY JOSHUA KAHAN BRODY RESIDENT OFF BROADWAY THEATER COMPANY
Don’t mess with a Chinese grandma. When a high-rise developer threatens to buy out A-Poh’s successful Chinatown restaurant, the martyr-complex matriarch gathers her three precious grandchildren from all corners of the country to plan their next mode of attack.
There’s just one problem — A-Poh’s memory is rapidly fading. What follows is a chaotic journey through reality, myth, and magic as A-Poh travels through now and the great beyond in a last-ditch effort to preserve what’s left of her family, legacy, and sanity.
A caustic and imaginative spin on King Lear in response to the gentrification of America’s Chinatowns.
NOVEMBER 1 — DECEMBER 14
$66 - $131 (59E59 Members $50)
PRIMARY STAGES FULL SEASON IN THEATER A
Deep in a dusty East Texas barn, five teenage girls raise calves and wrestle with what it means to be good — at school, at God, at girlhood.
CALF SCRAMBLE is a fiercely original, darkly funny coming-of-age tale soaked in sweat, scripture, and competition, where faith is tangled with survival, and tenderness bucks like a wild animal.
FEBRUARY 28 — APRIL 12
$66 - $131 (59E59 Members $50)
THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING ART
BY SUSANNAH DALTON DIRECTED BY JOSÉ IGNACIO VIVERO
Faking art is easy — until it gets real.
When two average schlubs pretend to be artists to get laid, their scheme spirals into a hilarious tangle of pretend philosophies, real feelings, and an accidental quest for authenticity in the absurd world of modern art.
“José Ignacio Vivero draws effervescent performances from a likable cast, and bolsters the comedy with visual wit.”
— California Literary Review
$32 (59E59 Members $25)
BY LEON INGULSRUD AND BROOKE SHILLING
DIRECTED BY IANTHE DEMOS MOVEMENT DIRECTION BY NATALIE LOMONTE
In a magical kitchen where memory, grief, and absurdity collide, a woman mourning her mother’s death navigates the messy, beautiful, and often hilarious process of letting go.
Even if closure proves elusive, there is breakfast. There is warmth. There is someone sitting beside you. Can grief be metabolized like a meal?
With help from her sibling, a chorus of strange visitors, and the lingering scent of brisket, Wake is a collective attempt to make peace with impermanence and find the poetry in goodbye.
$44 (59E59 Members $30)
rehearse scenes from a classic ‘40s play, and confront the absurdities of aging.
Quirky and unsentimental, Everything is Here examines how strange and perilous life can be in this lighthearted reflection on impermanence, language, and the fragile stories that shape us.
$44 (59E59 Members $30)
THEATER B JANUARY 7 — 25
HAPPENSTANCE THEATER PRESENTS
JUXTAPOSE A THEATRICAL SHADOW BOX
DEVISED BY HAPPENSTANCE THEATER UNDER THE CO-DIRECTION OF MARK JASTER AND SABRINA MANDELL
JUXTAPOSE is inspired by the shadow boxes of Joseph Cornell, the films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie), and Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati.
Eccentric characters trying to coexist in a magical-realist tenement building during the sixth mass extinction have their lives interrupted and illuminated by a human shooting star who crashlands through their roof.
As humanity teeters on the edge of the frame, we remember our shared mortality, the ability to laugh at fear, and the limitless hope of imagination.
$44 (59E59 Members $30)
TWILIGHT THEATRE CO. PRESENTS
NOT NOBODY
If you’re not guilty, what are you afraid of?
McAlester Daily is a professor of ethics who finds himself accidentally entangled with the police. After saving an officer’s life, McAlester is hailed as a hero — but as questions mount and his refusal to conform raises red flags, the system begins to see him as something else.
In a society quick to judge and slow to understand, Not Nobody is an intriguing, funny and powerful portrait of one man trying to be heard on his own terms.
BY BRIAN DYKSTRA DIRECTED BY MARGARETT PERRY
$44
(59E59 Members $30)
10 — FEBRUARY 15
NEW JERSEY REPERTORY COMPANY PRESENTS
THE BOOKSTORE
“When God closes a door, she opens a bookstore.”
Indie bookstore owner Carey has a special gift for recommending the perfect book.
While trying to survive in New York City, she has created a found family of coworkers who unite over their passion for literature — and a glass of wine. This band of misfits turn the pages of their lives and learn to navigate the plot twists that are thrown their way.
A love letter to small bookstores and the bibliophiles who make them a home.
“The four actors charm as they master Michael Walek’s genuine dialogue and deliver performances you will long remember.” — BroadwayWorld
