the season of solace

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH

By THORNTON WILDER

A Contemporary American Classic Pulitzer Prize Winner

Directed by STEFAN Novinski

Preview Performance Thursday & Friday, February 12 - 13, 2026
Opening Night Saturday, February 14, 2026
Performance Dates February 12 - March 8, 2026

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sunday Matinees at 2:00 pm

All Dates and Times Subject to Change

Thornton Wilder’s classic three-part allegory about the resilience of mankind, centering on the Antrobus family of the fictional town of Excelsior, New Jersey. This epic comedy-drama which follows the family through an impending Ice Age, a world war and a devastating flood, all of which they survive by the skin of their teeth. The play explores the cyclical nature of time, the capacity of both creation and destruction within humanity and the enduring human spirit.

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was a novelist and playwright whose works celebrate the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. He is the only writer to win Pulitzer Prizes for both drama and fiction: for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and two plays, Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. His other novels include The Cabala, The Woman of Andros, Heaven’s My Destination, The Ides of March, The Eighth Day and Theophilus North. His other major dramas include The Matchmaker (adapted as the musical Hello, Dolly!) and The Alcestiad. The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden, Pullman Car Hiawatha and The Long Christmas Dinner are among his well-known shorter plays. He enjoyed enormous success as a translator, adaptor, actor, librettist and lecturer/teacher and his screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt remains a classic psycho-thriller to this day. Wilder’s many honors include the Gold Medal for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.