THIS IS
OUR YOUTH
by Kenneth Lonergan
Set in New York in 1982, This Is Our Youth follows forty-eight hours in the lives of three lost young souls: Warren, a dejected nineteen year old who has just stolen $15,000 from his abusive, tycoon father; Dennis, his charismatic drug-dealing friend who helps Warren put the stolen money to good use; and Jessica, the anxiously insightful young woman who Warren yearns for. Warren, Dennis, and Jessica must reconcile who they are with who they want to be in the chaos of Reagan-era New York.
September 5th - 28th
PERFECT PIE
by Judith Thompson
Set in rural Ontario, Perfect Pie revisits the childhood friendship between two women; one who chose to stay in her hometown and the other who chose to escape. As they recollect their past, the story of the girls at both ten and fifteen drives inexorably forward to the same event which scarred and shaped the lives of the adult women. When the past meets the present, a catharsis is achieved forcing the women to re-examine their life’s decisions.
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Content advisory: discussion of sexual violence and abuse
October 31st - November 23rd
GHOSTS
by Henrik Ibsen
After the death of her cruel but outwardly charming husband, Helene Alving is determined to escape her past. She hopes that using her family's inherited fortune to construct a new school house will restore her family's legacy. Returning home from his life as a painter in France, her son, Oswald enters into a downward spiral, revealing how he may have already inherited the ghosts of his fathers past. Ibsen’s emotional shocker will receive a fresh adaptation by the Gwydion Theatre ensemble which cuts the running time to 90 minutes, resulting in a beautifully tight dramatic structure. It’s a fluid and colorful adaptation, updating Ibsen’s prose for the contemporary stage.
February 13th - March 9th
ASCENSION
by Jeffrey Luke Baker
The morning after graduating high school, Matthew wakes to a future that looks bleak. Addicted to porn, dependent on pot, alienated from his father, Matthew has no job, no friends, no college to look forward to—no future. Desperate to find meaning, Matthew finds himself lured back to his cultish roots of the Ascensionist Church of Christ to perform in a play that asks: what if Abraham disobeyed God and chose not to kill Isaac? This dark and hilarious satire examines the spiraling impacts of toxic masculinity, leaps of faith, and ideological fanaticism
April 24th - May 18th
