The Back Alley

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?

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.

If you enjoyed the specialty cocktail for Primary Trust, here is your chance to make it yourself at home.

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.

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.

Plenty of people are funny—but only a rare few have wit so sharp, so dazzling, it becomes legendary.

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.

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.

Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust is a case of the play that got away and has now returned to the Alley!

These seven actors are featured in a variety of roles throughout our season. You won't believe their range from dramas to comedies! Look around and see why they are excited about our upcoming productions.