July 11 – Aug. 2
Betty's Summer Vacation
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Ryan McMullen

Looking for a little rest and time by herself, Betty rents a summer share at the beach. But Betty’s luck turns to delicious lunacy when this sensible Everywoman gets drawn into the chaotic world of some very unsavory housemates-her friend Trudy who talks too much; the lewd, semi naked Buck, who tries to have sex with everyone; and Keith, a possible serial killer who hides in his room with a mysterious hat box. With sand between her toes, walking a thin line between sanity and survival, poor Betty will leave her summer vacation more terrorized than tan.

Betty’s Summer Vacation is not only wickedly funny but a trenchant commentary on the state of American culture and the most original play to hit the New York stage in years. -MSNBC

Aug. 15 – Sept. 6
Defender Of The Faith
By Stuart Carolan
Directed by Stephen Skiles

Set in 1986 in County Armagh, Ireland, historically one of Ireland’s most IRA-friendly regions, the play uses the era’s violence to mirror the collapse of a community. A dairy farmer leads the local fight against the British. He is angry because someone has been diffusing the bombs planted by the resistance. As he hunts the rat, he drives his friends and his son to drastic, paranoid action.

Sept. 19 – Oct. 11
How His Bride Came To Abraham
By Karen Sunde
Directed by Jeremy Lewis

“How His Bride Came To Abraham creates an extraordinary modern pacifist myth in which a wounded Israeli soldier and a female Palestinian terrorist experience each other’s passionate hunger for their home and rights…it indelibly etches itself upon viewers’ souls.” –Contemporary Dramatists, London

“…Its events seem ripped right out of today’s headlines. …pacifist tragedy…a fateful night that profoundly changes them-and us. It’s incisive dialogue, riveting action, and searing audience impact…” –Plays international, London

Oct. 24 – Nov. 22
In A Dark, Dark House
By Neil LaBute
Directed by TBA

On the grounds of a private psychiatric facility, two brothers confront each other. Drew has been court-confined for observation, and he has called his older brother, Terry, to corroborate his claim of childhood sexual abuse by a young man many summers ago. Drew’s request releases barely hidden animosities between the two men: Is he using these repressed memories to save himself while smearing the name of his brother’s friend? Through pain and acknowledged betrayal, the brothers come to grips with and begin to understand the legacy of abuse, both inside and outside their family home.

“…creates an extraordinary modern pacifist myth in which a wounded Israeli soldier and a female Palestinian terrorist experience each other’s passionate hunger for their home and right…it indelibly etches itself upon viewers’ souls.” – Contemporary Dramatists, London

Aug 1 – Aug 23
The God Of Hell
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Chris Johnston

An uproarious, brilliantly provocative farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma. Frank and Emma are a quiet, respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm. Soon after they agree to put up Frank’s old friend Haynes, who is on the lam from a secret government project involving plutonium, they’re visited by Welch, an unctuous government bureaucrat from hell. His aggressive patriotism puts Frank, Emma and Haynes on the defensive, transforming a heartland American household into a scene of torture and promoting a radioactive brand of conformity with a dangerously low half life.

 “Startling…apocalyptic…a confident and unsettling scenario of surreal doom.” –New Yorker

 Deliriously entertaining and deeply scary…a shivering work of existential mystery.” –NY Newsday

Sept. 5 – Oct. 4
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Sean McConaha

On a lonely road on the island of Inishmore, someone killed an Irish Liberation Army enforcer’s cat He’ll want to know who when he gets back from a stint of torture and chip-shop bombing in Northern Ireland. He loves his cat more than life itself, and someone is going to pay.

“…Cunningly constructed, deeply and intensely felt, bitterly blood curdling and breathtakingly funny.” –The Sunday Times ( London)

“McDonagh weaves the strands of his plot together with superb panache and his dialogue is a joy, full of debunking humor that reveals the terrorists in their absurdly dim true colors.” –The Daily Telegraph ( London)

“The plot is so sublime, the script so witty and the twist at the end so clever that I was won over…” –The Stage ( London)

Oct. 17, 18, 19
The Legendary New Works Festival

A new works festival where playwrights can showcase their latest passion and work. A one-weekend event held at The Bang and The Clatter – Sometimes In The Silence…Theatre Company. Come and experience something destined to be legendary.

Oct. 31 – Nov. 22
International House of Hamburgers
By Cliff Hershman
Directed by Brian Zoldessy

Dec. 5 – 27
Blasted
By Sarah Kane
Directed by Sean McConaha

“With just 5 plays, Sarah Kane changed the face of British theatre... Blasted, is where it all began...” –Graeae Theatre Company ( London)

Sarah Kane’s first play, lambasted by critics when it was first performed in 1995 as “a disgusting feast of filth” –The Daily Mail, is now considered a classic of 20 th century theatre. This is a rare chance to see this powerful anti war play set in a hotel room in Leeds, while war rages outside in the streets.