2020 Season
The Game’s Afoot
January 10th – February 9th, 2020
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm
Written By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Jason Sutton
It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.
She Kills Monsters
February 28th – March 21st, 2020
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, Sundays at 2:00pm
Written By Qui Nguyen
Directed by Shinshin Yuder Tsai
After the death of her teenage sister Tilly, Agnes discovers an untouched Dungeons and Dragons campaign in Tilly’s room. In an effort to connect with her sister one last time, Agnes enters the imaginary Dungeons and Dragons world she once mocked. On her quest, she uncovers levels of her sister that she didn’t know existed in an action-packed adventure filled with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and ‘90s pop culture. Along the way, Agnes discovers new friends, joys, and hard questions.
The Paper Hangers/Deanna and Paul
March 7 – March 21, 2020
Deanna and Paul
A new play by Dagney Kerr
Directed by Brenda Kenworthy
Deanna’s a quirky waitress with a strict no tipping policy. Paul’s a surly customer with a tight lid on his heart. Their lonely worlds collide one day in a small-town diner, where one cup of coffee can change everything.
Presented at the 2019 Page to Stage festival at the Curtis Theatre, in partnership with Project La Femme
The Paper Hangers
A new play by Emily Brauer Rogers
Directed by Jill Cary Martin
New mother, Me, is overwhelmed. Brought to the countryside by her husband for rest and recuperation, the woman instead finds herself drawn to the verdant beauty beyond her window, yet is haunted within her isolated room by visions of who and what she might become. Based upon Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” The Paper Hangers takes a modern look at one woman’s struggle to deal with postpartum depression when society, her husband, and her mother expect the new mother to embrace motherhood and domesticity. Her attempt to reconcile this struggle may restore her, or may cost her everything.
Presented at the 2019 Page to Stage festival at the Curtis Theatre, in partnership with Project La Femme
