Season 32, 2024-2025
Season 32
“Navigating history, whether personal or public, is challenging. There are facts and there are memories, and though they do not always match up, both are essential in the understanding of its impact then and also today. What if there are no heroes or villains but only human beings? I am thrilled to dig into some of the beautiful, horrible, hilarious ways that histories haunt us all this season and look forward to seeing you at the theatre!”
-Kirsten Fitzgerald, Artistic Director, A Red Orchid Theatre
Season 32 Shows
The Cave
Written by Ensemble Member Sadieh Rifai
Directed by Alex Mallory
Featuring Ensemble Members Kirsten Fitzgerald, John Judd, Guy Van Swearingen & Natalie West, with more cast to be announced!
Performance Dates: Jan. 30-March 16, 2025
Preview Performances: Jan. 30-Feb. 8, 2025
Press Performances: Feb. 8, 2025
Regular Run Performances: Feb. 13-March 16 (Thurs-Sun)
World Premiere!
Amidst breaking news of the first Gulf War, tragedy forces a Palestinian-American family to move from Las Vegas to Columbus, Ohio, upending their lives. Jamil struggles to hold himself and his family together as the world becomes unbalanced and terror can no longer be buried behind closed doors. Sadieh Rifai’s thriller of a new play examines how a family across cultures and generations leans into love and humor in the face of global turmoil and a fracturing American dream.
Six Men Dressed Like Joseph Stalin
Written by Dianne Nora
Directed by Ensemble Member dado
Performance Dates: May 8-June 22, 2025
Preview Performances: May 8-17, 2025
Press Performances: May 17, 2025
Regular Run Performances: May 18-June 22 (Thurs-Sun)
Chicago Premiere!
When Soso is left for dead on the Eastern Front, he’s taken in by the Kremlin due to his shocking resemblance to a certain someone. Koba is tasked with training him to perform the role of a lifetime: Stalin’s body double. While Soso is a performer—trained to dance, juggle, and tour the countryside entertaining peasants—Koba is an actor’s actor, a student of Stanislavski himself (maybe you’ve heard of his System?), committed to the pursuit of perezhivanie, or experiencing a character’s reality. Together, the doubles prepare for the Conference at Tehran, when three so-called Great Men (or were they merely players?) decided the fate of the 20th century.
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