Upcoming Performances
evening at the talk house
by wallace shawn
A Regional Premiere
Directed by Undermain Producing Artistic Director Bruce DuBose
Wallace Shawn’s post-authoritarian vision of an America where criticism and dissonance is suppressed, the murder of those perceived as potential threats has become popular entertainment and theatre has all but ceased to exist. With his trademark dry humor, poignant language and subtle characterization, Wallace Shawn eases the audience into an awkward casualness only to drop them in a world complacent to the horrors executed by its inhabitants.
September 17 - October 4, 2026
for the rest of our lives
by erin malone turner
A Professional Premiere
Directed by vickie washington
Does love last longer than a lifetime? Erin Malone Turner’s poetic exploration of love and relationship follows a young couple through multiple incarnations, from ancient times to present day. Their love is reborn as they continue to encounter one another through time and space. We may meet our soulmate in this lifetime, but happily ever after is never guaranteed. If love can endure beyond a single life, however, perhaps the happiness it creates can endure as well—a love story that stretches across millennia.
October 29 - November 22, 2026
VEAL
by Jojo Jones
A Regional Premiere
Directed by Artistic Associate Christina Cranshaw
What if absolute, reigning power fell into the hands of someone with a taste for nostalgia, lunchables, and holds a middle school grudge? Chelsea, Queen of North America, relishes her power over those who can’t quite remember history—or was it history class? In her queendom, governing is far less interesting than revenge. What begins as a class reunion quickly curdles into something far more sinister. Wickedly funny, unsettling, and relentlessly satirical, VEAL peels back the comforting myths of justice to reveal something far more dangerous: the intoxicating pleasure of making someone else suffer.
February 25 - March 21, 2027
THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY
(OUT CRY)
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Stefan Novinski
Everything in his life is in his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life. —Elia Kazan
Brother and sister, Felice and Clare find themselves alone in a theatre during a tour of their play titled The Two-Character Play. The rest of the company has deserted them, leaving the siblings to perform alone. In this play within a play, the siblings erase the separation between their own lives with the lives of the characters they portray. Tennessee Williams explores the precarious relationship between the artist and the art, drawing from his own autobiographical details including his real life, institutionalized sister and his own issues with substance abuse.