2023-24 Season

BY ANTON CHEKHOV
TRANSLATED BY RICHARD NELSON, RICHARD PEVEAR, AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY
DIRECTED BY RICHARD NELSON
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World Premiere

What do Swan Song, The Bear, The Proposal, The Wedding, and On The Harmfulness of Tobacco have in common? They are all one-act comedies written by Anton Chekhov that will be performed by the Alley’s Resident Acting Company and directed by the Tony-Award winning playwright and legendary director Richard Nelson. Acclaimed Russian literature translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky collaborated with Nelson to create a new English translation which will make for an extraordinary theatre experience.

FROM THE NOVELLA BY CHARLES DICKENS
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY ROB MELROSE

Magic, music, and Dickens

Celebrate the holidays with the Alley’s hit new adaptation with colorful Victorian costumes, special effects, lively dancing, stunning sets, and just the right blend of Christmas carols. It is a dazzling Christmas feast with the beloved story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his miraculous transformation.

BY SHARR WHITE
DIRECTED BY ROB MELROSE
BASED ON THE PHOTO MEMOIR “PICTURES FROM HOME” BY LARRY SULTAN

How do you capture a lifetime?

This heartfelt memory play was part of the 2020 All New Festival and was a hit on Broadway this past winter. Set in the late 1980’s, photographer Larry Sultan turns the lens on his parents to ferret out the truths beneath their home movies. This deeply intimate and comic portrait of a mother, a father and their son explores the question; who gets to depict the family story?

BY LARRY SHUE
DIRECTED BY BRANDON WEINBRENNER

An up-and-coming architect invites into his home the hero who saved his life… who also happens to be a total stranger! The visitor is a hopeless ‘nerd’ who outstays his welcome leading to one riotous incident after another. From a time before cell phones, this side-splitting comedy by Larry Shue (The Foreigner) is one of the funniest plays ever written.

BY DON X. NGUYEN
DIRECTED BY MARYA MAZOR

World Premiere

This moving story explores the relationship between a son, Don, and his estranged father as they try to reconnect in the wake of his father’s recent hearing loss. Don learns that the key to communication and connection is speaking from the heart as the play explores how language, at the same time, divides and unites us. This play was part of Alley All New Festival in 2022.

BY ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON
ADAPTED FROM THE NOVEL BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË
DIRECTED BY ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE

Classic Novel on The Stage

Adapted by Elizabeth Williamson from the beloved classic novel by Charlotte Brontë, this play follows the heroine who struggles for freedom and fulfillment on her own terms. She survives a childhood as an orphan and confronts poverty, injustice, and the discovery of a bitter betrayal, before she makes the ultimate decision to follow her heart.

COMPLETED BY KIRK LYNN
DIRECTED BY ROB MELROSE

World Premiere of Thornton Wilder’s Unfinished Full-Length Play

A young man from an orphanage is adopted by a farmer but runs away to the big city only to discover all this is only a metaphor. Maybe life is really an elaborate job interview to determine if we even qualify for our own existence. Adapted from Pulitzer Prize-winner Thornton Wilder’s unfinished script, this play was part of Alley All New Festival in 2022.

ADAPTED BY JEFFREY HATCHER
FROM THE ORIGINAL BY FREDERICK KNOTT
DIRECTED BY TATIANA PANDIANI

Money, fear, jealousy, revenge… protecting someone you love. All motives for murder, all here in this sharp new adaptation of a classic thriller. This version weaves a whole new tangled web when Tony plots to have his wife Margot killed after he discovers her affair.