Mixed Blood Announces 40th Season of Special Events, Two of Them Plays
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s ‘Octoroon’ and Kristoffer Diaz’s ‘The Upstairs Concierge’ bookend celebrations of the theatre’s neighborhood and of the Latino theatre movement.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s ‘Octoroon’ and Kristoffer Diaz’s ‘The Upstairs Concierge’ bookend celebrations of the theatre’s neighborhood and of the Latino theatre movement.
A news story provided the initial spark. Then the playwright stirred science and Greek myths into her new play about a star-crossed couple.
Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Cynthia Nixon return to the theatre for a mix of old and new.
A celebratory season of Shakespearean fare, limited engagements and special events.
Another big winner was Lyric Stage Company’s ‘Into the Woods,’ plus a special prize for Gold Dust Orphans founder Ryan Landry.
The slate includes Chicago premieres by Nicky Silver and Deborah Brevoort.
Three plays will undergo a complete development cycle, from staged readings to full productions.
Two new plays and a classic to be staged at the Connecticut Valley theatre company’s new home.
Also on the slate are the more obscure ‘Cabin in the Sky’ and ‘Do I Hear a Waltz?’
Free classics bookend a season of new plays and musicals by authors including Robert O’Hara, Sarah Burgess and Tarell Alvin McCraney.