season 35 | 2022-23
the coral season
Edit Annie
September 9-24, 2022 | The VORTEX
World Premiere by Mary Glen Fredrick. Directed by Will Detlefsen. NNPN Directing Fellowship
Defying genre as a dark comedic psychological queer rom-com social media thriller, Edit Annie explores what it means to be authentic, when everything we do is edited for public consumption.
The Pact
September 30-October 15, 2022 | Jarrott Productions
World Premiere Play by Max Langert. Directed by Will Douglas
With temperatures rising and global crises escalating, two grandparents decide to take action to heal the planet. But first they need to heal their own family. A play about family, pizza, climate change, dating apps, and fringe religious sects...in that order.
Naked Feast Coral Kick-off
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Birthday Party, Music, Performances, Silent Auction
Malum Malus Samhain Burlesque
October 27-29, 2022
SLAUGHTERHOUSE II
October 30, 2022
Entierro
November 4-5, 2022
A poetic ritual in grief with a unique focus on the dirt/land.
Water by the Spoonful
November 11-December 3, 2022 | Different Stages
A play by Quiara Alegría Hudes.
Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is working at Subway while trying to jump-start his acting career. Scattered throughout the world in chat rooms, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. In this surging drama, the boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide. Water by the Spoonful is a heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption.
Consolation of Chaos
December 8-10, 2022 | Corps Multiple
Film, music, and dance intersect in reflection as the dancer meets the different parts of herself, virtually and physically.
The Muttcracker (SWEET!)
December 15, 2022-January 1, 2023
Circus Chickendog’s family-friendly dog and circus holiday fun.
Ride the Wave
January 12-28, 2023 | World Premiere
Written by Mattie Barber-Bockelman. Directed by Teresa Cruz in collaboration with Aylin Eker and Riana Moore.
A surfer-satire turned climate crisis sweeps us through the curl of the waves as three friends battle the maddening loss of boyhood, brotherhood, and the beach they call home… After the waters have risen, how will we face nature’s power?
MLK Day Poetry
Monday, January 16, 2023
Year of the Water Rabbit
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Malum Malus Imbolc Burlesque
February 2-4, 2023
OUTsider Fest
February 15-19, 2023
i see you. you’re seen.
February 25-March 11, 2023
Written and performed by Oktavea LaToi. Directed by Simone Rachel Alexander.
This fusion of art, poetry, music, and movement explores the intersecting oppressions of Black women while illuminating their lineage.
Garden Party
Sunday, March 19, 2023
13th-Annual re-planting of the Butterfly Garden at The VORTEX. Music, Crafts, Petting Zoo.
The Dragonfly Princess
March 25-April 15 2023
A Faery Opera by Chad Salvata. Directed by Bonnie Cullum.
A journey into a fantasy faery realm exposes the dark heart of corruption and extremism. 2007 B. Iden Payne for Outstanding Original Score. All-new, expanded production.
Earth Day with Guy Forsyth Band
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Celebrating the Poetry, Music, and Dance of the Earth
Malum Malus Beltane Burlesque
May 4-6, 2023
Sprites and Spirits
May 18-21, 2023 | Diverse Space Dance Theatre
Black Queer Emancipation Open Mic Poetry Night
June 2, 2023
Hosted by Ebony Stewart
Trouble Puppet: A Year of Funding Dangerously
Fundraiser and Workshop Performance
June 11 - June 17, 2023
The Art of Martyrdom (A Comedy)
June 23 - July 15, 2023 | Different Stages
World Premiere Comedy by Rita Anderson
Born 500 years before Shakespeare, the first female playwright of the Western world, Hrosvitha, wrote from behind the walls of a convent. Assigned to document the history of her 10th-century convent, Hrosvitha aspired for more, creating secret plays in her “spare” time. With the help of an irreverent Muse, Hrosvitha unleashes a secret playfulness and pens closet dramas that break through the constraints of the time. Based on real events, this is a tale with a comic, magic-realism bent.
The Memo
July 21-29, 2023 | Summer Youth Theatre
By Václav Havel. Directed by Jelena Stojiljkovic Rhynes
1966 Czech modern classic demonstrates that the State “can do no wrong”.
Malum Malus Lammas Burlesque
August 3-5, 2023
The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body
August 12, 2023
Staged reading of a new choreopoem by Lisa B. Thompson.
This new theatre piece offers a spiritual mixed tape, praise dance, community guide, self-help book, lullaby, road map, collective diary of prayers and lies, and love song for Black women and girls.
Sunny Days
August 17-20, 2023
Workshop of a new play by Reina Hardy. Directed by Rudy Ramirez.
Inspired by the actual Sesame Workshop that develops new versions of Sesame Street for other nations to address the specific cultural and social needs of their children. Even in the midst of despair, we tell new and better stories through the humanity of puppetry, giving hope to the descendants.
MotherTree
August 30, 2023
Workshop of Songs/Scenes from MotherTree. Conceived and Directed by Bonnie Cullum.
We conjure the art and music of Tree with movement and stillness, song and silence, to find a path towards Environmental Justice.
Green New Theatre Symposium
September 2023