What Does Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama Actually Mean?
Every year, one playwright receives a call that changes their life: they’ve won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. But what does that actually mean?Continue reading→
Tiki Bars: The History of a Fantasy
Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust captured the imagination of audiences in New York and around the country, before winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2024. It’s a simple story, set in the mundane (fictional) town of Cranberry New York, one of many scenic hamlets tucked against Lake Ontario. But within this quotidian setting, lies the unexpectedly colorful backdrop of Primary Trust: Wally’s, a tiki bar nestled between Cranberry’s restaurants, bars, and banks.Continue reading→
Specialty Cocktail: Primary Trust
If you enjoyed the specialty cocktail for Primary Trust, here is your chance to make it yourself at home.Continue reading→
Primary Trust team Visits Lei Low
Primary Trust playwright Eboni Booth worked in bars and restaurants throughout her acting career. She became inspired by her regulars and wrote the character Kenneth to be a regular at the fictional tiki bar Wally’s.Continue reading→
A Special Farewell to Todd Waite
After 25 years, Todd Waite bids farewell to the Resident Acting Company. Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery marks Waite’s final production as a Resident Acting Company member, and the sixth and final time as Sherlock Holmes.Continue reading→
Artistic Director Rob Melrose’s Reflections – Noël Coward’s Private Lives
Plenty of people are funny—but only a rare few have wit so sharp, so dazzling, it becomes legendary.Continue reading→
Born with Teeth Heads to the West End for European Premiere
Alley Theatre is thrilled to announce that Liz Duffy Adams’ critically acclaimed Born with Teeth is heading across the pond! This steamy, sharp-witted drama imagining a collaboration between literary titans William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe will make its European premiere in London’s West End.Continue reading→
Artistic Director Rob Melrose’s Reflections – Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville
It’s a true delight to bring one of the most iconic Sherlock Holmes stories to an audience as passionate about these tales as you are.Continue reading→
