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SEASON 42
2021 – 2022
MAKING NOISE. MAKING CHANGE. MAKING THEATER FOR TODAY.Â
As we round the corner to Summer, it is our pleasure to share with you our plans for the coming season. We are reinvigorated by the healing power of storytelling and giving voice to contemporary playwrights is a privilege we take with great reverence.
In addition to our productions, we are offering a money-back guarantee on all subscriptions, enhanced health and safety protocols in accordance with State and CDC guidelines, plus new ways for our younger audiences to join us with our “Flip the Script” package for those ages 30 and under.
Subscribe today for a savings of 40% and we’ll see you in the Fall!
SEPTEMBER 14 – OCTOBER 24
LETTERS OF SURESH
BY RAJIV JOSEPH
DIRECTED BY MAY ADRALES
WITH ALI AHN, RAMIZ MONSEF, KELLIE OVERBEY, THOM SESMA
In Letters Of Suresh, playwright Rajiv Joseph reveals intimate mysteries through a series of letters between strangers, friends, daughters, and lovers — many with little in common but a hunger for human connection. ​Sending their hopes and dreams across oceans and years, they seek peace in one another while dreaming of a city once consumed by the scourge of war. ​A companion piece to Joseph’s play Animals Out of Paper, Letters Of Suresh, directed by May Adrales, is the latest work from the Pulitzer Prize-short listed playwright hailed as “wonderfully daring, imaginative, and compassionate” (The New York Times).
Letters of Suresh is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. The play was commissioned with support from the Time Warner Foundation.
BEGINS NOVEMBER 3
CLYDE'S
BY LYNN NOTTAGE
DIRECTED BY KATE WHORISKEY
WITH UZO ADUBA, RON CEPHAS JONES, EDMUND DONOVAN, REZA SALAZAR, KARA YOUNG
In this stirring new play from the team of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey (Ruined, Sweat), a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at reclaiming their lives. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staff members are given purpose and permission to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich. You’ll want a seat at the table for this funny, moving, and urgent play. It’s an example of Nottage’s “genius for bringing politically charged themes to life by embodying them in ordinary characters living ordinary lives” (The Wall Street Journal).
Clyde's is supported by the Art for Justice Fund, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and by Terry and Bob Lindsay, with additional support provided American Express.
BEGINS MARCH 9, 2022
TAKE ME OUT
BY RICHARD GREENBERG
DIRECTED BY SCOTT ELLIS
WITH PATRICK J. ADAMS, JULIAN CIHI, HIRAM DELGADO, JESSE TYLER FERGUSON, CARL LUNDSTEDT, KEN MARKS, MICHAEL OBERHOLTZER, EDUARDO RAMOS, TYLER LANSING WEAKS, JESSE WILLIAMS
In this Tony Award®-winning Best Play, playwright Richard Greenberg celebrates the personal and professional intricacies of America’s favorite pastime. When Darren Lemming, the star center fielder for the Empires, comes out of the closet, the reception off the field reveals a barrage of long-held unspoken prejudices. Facing some hostile teammates and fraught friendships, Darren is forced to contend with the challenges of being a gay person of color within the confines of a classic American institution. As the Empires struggle to rally toward a championship season, the players and their fans begin to question tradition, their loyalties, and the price of victory.
Take Me Out is supported by grants from the Berlanti Family Foundation, the Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
BEGINS MARCH 22, 2022
TO MY GIRLS
BY J.C. LEE
DIRECTED BY STEPHEN BRACKETT
Is there anything more fabulous than Palm Springs after the end of the world? For one tight group of gay men, a post-pandemic getaway is the perfect chance to reunite, reclaim their time, and replace the gloom with some gossip. But as soon as the drinks start pouring, truths start spilling, and this chosen family quickly realizes the world has changed. So, here’s to navigating evolving friendships and getting things straight…kind of.
To My Girls is a Donna and Ben M. Rosen Commission.
FALLÂ 2022
BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
BY STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS
DIRECTED BY AUSTIN PENDLETON
City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed — and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his recently paroled son Junior, the struggle to hold on to one of the last great rent stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum in this Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy from Stephen Adly Guirgis. For Pops and Junior, it seems the old days are dead and gone — after a lifetime living Between Riverside and Crazy. “It’s a dizzying and exciting place to be!” hails The New York Times.