At a bus stop in a run-down New Jersey town, Darja, a Polish immigrant cleaning lady, is done talking about feelings; it’s time to talk money. Over the course of 20 years, and three relationships, Darja negotiates for her future with men who can offer her love or security, but never both. Award-winning playwright Martyna […]
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THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Countess Almaviva conspires with the young couple Figaro and Susanna to thwart the Count’s devious intentions to ruin the young couple’s wedding day. Will Susanna and Figaro make it to the altar? Will the Count change his ways and realize having the right to do something doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do? Mozart […]
ORFEO
Originally premiered at Seattle Opera, Kentucky Opera brings Kelly Kitchens’ groundbreaking conceptualization of this timeless tale of love and loss with brand new design for this production. Orfeo slips into a feverish dream while sitting vigil at the hospital bedside of her beloved wife, Euridice. In the blink of an eye, Orfeo experiences a flood […]
THE REVOLUTIONISTS
A quartet of fierce women —Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle—lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. As this fearless comedy unfolds, The Revolutionists rewrites the book on legacy, art and activism, feminism, compatriots and chosen […]
HAND TO GOD
After the death of his father, meek Jason finds an outlet for his anxiety at the Christian Puppet Ministry, in the devoutly religious, relatively quiet small town of Cypress, Texas. Jason’s complicated relationships with the town pastor, the school bully, the girl next door, and—most especially—his mother are thrown into upheaval when Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, […]
GROUNDED
An unexpected pregnancy ends an ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas, she hunts terrorists by day and returns to her family each night. As the pressure to track a high-profile target mounts, the boundaries begin to blur between the desert in which […]
LA BOHÈME
Four struggling bohemians – a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher are living together in Paris, when one freezing Christmas Eve their lives are changed forever. A girl named Mimì knocks on their door looking for a candle light, and she and Rodolfo fall in love. However, the rush of love at first […]
SHE’S COME UNDONE
This deeply affecting, often hilarious story follows the extraordinary Dolores Price from her fourth through fortieth year. Despite family dysfunction, bitter betrayal, violence, anger, and overwhelming despair, she ultimately forges a new beginning for herself. Her triumph gives us hope that we, too, can find a measure of peace and grace no matter what life […]
O+E
Journey to hell and back with a new twist on Gluck’s classic telling of Orpheus and Eurydice. A groundbreaking adaptation and conception by Lucy Tucker Yates and Kelly Kitchens of the legendary protagonist’s descent into grief and subsequent return to grace receives an intimate staging with all-female leading characters and creative team. In this timeless […]
MEDEA
Wife. Mother. Exile. Medea abandons her home and country for Jason, the man she loves. But when he discards her and their children for a new bride, she faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough to exact revenge in this powerful adaptation of the classic […]