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American Players Theatre Delays Start of 2020 Season

APT also pivots to flexible ticketing in lieu of tickets to individual performances.

The 2020-21 lineup will feature works by ensemble member Mary Zimmerman and artistic associates Sara Gmitter and Matthew C. Yee.

Before his fame as a cult horror maestro, he made some of the most memorable and scrappy theatre the Windy City has yet seen.

The immigrants of Madhuri Shekar’s play, and my own forebears, have a message for us: We survived so you will survive.

The season will include two world premieres and an Oscar Wilde adaptation.

The Chicago company’s lineup will include a world premiere by Will Allan.

In addition to its namesake playwright, the season will feature work by August Wilson, Mike Bartlett, Kate Hamill, and Lee Hall.

The season includes world premieres, classics, and two stories of Cincinnati’s history.

Among the new works will be a play by Vichet Chum and adaptations of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ and a Chekhov classic.

This season will feature the premiere of Benjamin Benne’s ‘Alma,’ as well as the company’s first production of an August Wilson work.