A World Premiere

by Christopher Chen
directed by Rick Shiomi

Cast

Ames Adamson
Bob
Jessica DalCanton
Joyce
Justin Jain
Lin Bo
Bi Jean Ngo
Wang Min
Christie Parker
Curator

Production Team

Elizabeth Atkinson
Sound Design
Rachel Coon
Costume Design
Mellie Katakalos
Set Design
Bill Ng
Visual Designer
Kittson O’Neill
Dramaturg

Chinese artist Lin Bo's harrowing tale of imprisonment has the world standing at attention--but when cracks appear in his story and accusations fly, his claims transform into a labyrinthine exploration of truth, art, appropriation, and justice where nothing is what it seems.

Winner: 2015 Independence Foundation Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play

Erin Washburn
Assistant Dramaturg
Peter Whinnery
Lighting Design

An InterAct World Premiere

by Jen Silverman
directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh

Cast

Eric Berryman
Marcel
Ross Beschler
Gregory
Akeem Davis
Sicelo
Lynnette R. Freeman
Pretty Mbane
Aimé Donna Kelly
Noxolo

Production Team

Katherine Fritz
Costume Design
Carolyn Mraz
Set Design
Dan Perelstein
Sound Design
Maria Shaplin
Lighting Design

In this beautiful and haunting play, South African soccer phenomenon Noxolo has found safety and freedom in England--but when her activist lover Pretty Mbane goes missing during the world Cup, Noxolo’s search brings her face to face with the demons of her past and her country’s blind eye towards violence against women. 

Commissioned by InterAct in 2011
Winner: 2014 Kennedy Center Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting
Winner: 2015 Virginia Brown Martin Philadelphia Award

A World Premiere

by Thomas Gibbons
directed by Seth Rozin

Cast

Sally Mercer
Claire
Frank X
Julian

From the ingenious mind behind Permanent Collection comes the story of Julian, the newest advancement in artificial intelligence, and Claire, the woman tasked with teaching him how to be human. 

A World Premiere

Written by Seth Rozin
Directed by Seth Rozin & Kittson O’Neill

Cast

Judith Lightfoot Clarke
Three
Akeem Davis
Two
Dan Hodge
One
Leah Walton
Dr. Posner

In this absurdist comedy of ideas, Dr. Posner, a neurotic, atheist Jewish psychiatrist, is visited by three people claiming to be Jesus Christ, each convinced they need to make their case as the Messiah to save Dr. P's soul--or at least avoid the loony bin.