The Wolves
From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, a competitive high school soccer team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim…
2021/22 Season
The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer’s landmark play about love and loss chronicles the rise of the AIDS crisis in New York City. Based on the playwright’s own experiences…
Body of Faith
How does faith unite and divide us? Body of Faith is a theatrical celebration of a spiritually diverse LGBTQ interfaith community, initially written as part…
Spring Awakening
This electrifying rock adaptation of a 1906 play about sexual and intellectual exploration among teens in a small German town explores the journey from adolescence…
The Seagull
In SDA Professor Sharon Carnicke’s award-winning translation of Anton Chekhov’s masterwork, The Seagull unravels along the Russian countryside, where a discontented group of artists —…
Miss Julie: Freedom Summer
Miss Julie: Freedom Summer is a re-imagining of August Strindberg’s masterpiece, set in Mississippi on the night of July 4, 1964, two days after the…
Stupid F##king Bird
In this irreverent, contemporary and very funny remix of The Seagull, Aaron Posner scoops up Anton Chekhov’s tale of unanswered love, missed opportunities and misplaced…
Everybody
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (An Octoroon, Gloria), whom The New York Times calls “one of this country’s most original and illuminating writers,” brings us a modern riff…
Seize the King
Award-winning playwright Will Power delivers a propulsive and timely modern reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Richard III. With England’s throne empty, Richard knocks down threats to his…
Blade to the Heat
Sexuality in and out of the ring is at the heart of Oliver Mayer’s exploration of the BIPOC boxing world of the late 1950s. Toxic…
As You Like It
All the world’s a stage in the Forest of Arden where lovers become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity. Shakespeare’s…
Scenes from The Odyssey
With her characteristic wit and irreverence, renowned playwright Mary Zimmerman transforms Homer’s epic tale of a hero’s arduous journey home into a captivating, contemporary and…
In the Red and Brown Water
Spirited Oya, a promising young athlete who is offered a scholarship that could jump-start her future, must make a difficult choice: following her dream or…
A Chorus Line
In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, the casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 17 diverse dancers, this audition is…
The Hamlet Project
The play’s the thing in “The Hamlet Project,” an exploration of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy. Consumed with grief and determined to avenge their father’s apparent…
New Works Festival Year 2
NWF Year 2 showcases the emerging voices of the School’s second-year MFA in Dramatic Writing students with workshop productions. New Works Play 1: Click By…
Godspell
Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell employs creative storytelling, dance and an eclectic blend of songs to deliver timeless messages of kindness, loyalty and love. Featuring an updated…
The Tempest
Teeming with fairies, monsters, and a spirit of superstition and magic, The Tempest is Shakespeare’s last romance. The deposed Duke their lovely daughter are shipwrecked…
New Works Festival Year 3
New Works Festival Year 3 features plays by the graduating MFA in Dramatic Writing cohort of the USC School of Dramatic Arts, presented as concert readings with professional actors…