TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGSBY NIA VARDALOS | SEP 11 – OCT 6, 2019

CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND BY LAUREN YEE | OCT 16 – NOV 10, 2019

THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEYBY LAUREN GUNDERSON AND MARGOT MELCON NOV 27– DEC 22, 2019

MAYTAG VIRGIN BY AUDREY CEFALY JAN 8 – FEB 2, 2020

NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN BY CHRISTINA HAM | FEB 12 – MAR 8, 2020

THE LOWELL OFFERING BY ANDY BAYIATES AND GENEVRA GALLO-BAYIATES MAR 18 – APR 12, 2020

LULLABY BY MICHAEL ELYANOW | APR 22 – MAY 17, 2020

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literature would ever be on stage it would be helmed by a Latino artist? I certainly didn't. MRT pushes the American theatre forward and that often means taking bold risks. I am a bold risk.

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World Premiere of Jack Kerouac’s The Haunted Life by Sean Daniels, based on the book by Jack Kerouac, co-directed by Sean Daniels and christopher oscar peña. (l-r) Vichet Chum, Raviv Ullman, Caroline Neff, Tina Fabrique and Joel Colodner. Photo by Meghan Moore.

ON THE COVER: Amanda Collins and Vichet Chum in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Photo: Meghan Moore

World Premiere of Slow Food By Wendy MacLeod. (l-r) Joel Van Liew, Brian Beacock and Daina Michelle Griffith. Photo by Meghan Moore. Photo by Meghan Moore.

Silent Sky By Lauren Gunderon. (l-r) Victoria Grace and Alexis Bronkovic. Photo by Meghan Moore.

The 2018-19 Season was an incred-ible adventure. We laughed our way through the fall and winter with Native Gardens, Murder for Two, Miss Ben-net: Christmas at Pemberley, and Slow Food. We embarked on deeper explo-rations of family, memory, and history with the world premieres of The Heath and The Haunted Life. We sent you off into summer with one more comedy in

Cry It Out. We broke some records and had some important firsts: three world premieres, including the first adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s lost novella, our top-selling show with Miss Bennet…, crossing the 3,000 mark with subscribers, open captioned shows for every production, and a record number of babies joining their parent-artists at MRT as part of our family-friendly theatre efforts.

We hope you’ll join us on our next adventure—the 2019-20 Season, which boasts seven women playwrights, three premieres, and two provocative plays with music, including the companion piece to Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pember-ley, a world premiere account of Lowell’s “Mill Girls,” and a rousing tribute to the late singer and activist Nina Simone. Outgoing Artistic Director Sean Daniels picked a great season for you and secured the top talent our audiences are used to seeing on our stage. The entire MRT team is already preparing to bring you exciting new plays and more opportunities to engage with our artists.

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7 PLAYS for the price of 6TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGSSEP11 – OCT 6, 2019

BASED ON THE BOOK BY CHERYL STRAYED ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY NIA VARDALOS CO-CONCEIVED BY MARSHALL HEYMAN, THOMAS KAIL, AND NIA VARDALOS DIRECTED BY JEN WINEMAN

"A theatrical hug for turbulent times,” according to Variety, Tiny Beautiful Things is based on the book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed. Unlike conventional advice columnists, Strayed answered hundreds of letters for two years with surprising candor and an often bruising, brutal honesty. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, Tiny Beautiful Things is her personal account of life as Dear Sugar.

"A show that aims to open your eyes to the tiny moments when the world surprises us with care." — New York Magazine

CAMBODIAN ROCK BANDOCT 16 – NOV 10, 2019

EAST COAST PREMIERE BY LAUREN YEE DIRECTED BY MARTI LYONSSONGS BY DENGUE FEVER “It’s a riveting play that’s part mystery, part history lesson, and part unabashed jukebox musical concert,” according to Broadway World. The story of a young woman, who attempts to piece together her family history 30 years after her father fled from Cambodia, Rock Band celebrates the resilient bond of family and the enduring power of music.

“A fierce, gorgeous, heartwarming, comedic fairy tale. Yee has made her char-acters so joyfully and ridiculously human that it’s impossible not to identify with them.”— Los Angeles Times.

A co-production with City Theatre in Pittsburgh and Victory Gardens in Chicago.

THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY NOV 26 – DEC 22, 2019

BY LAUREN GUNDERSON AND MARGOT MELCON

As the events of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley unfold upstairs, the servants below find themselves in the midst of a scandal; an unwelcome visitor has stumbled into the kitchen in the middle of the night – Mr. Darcy’s nemesis and Lydia’s incorrigible husband: Mr. Wickham.

“Impossible to resist! Epistolary complications, empire-waist dresses, scheming female relatives, and romance - both sparked and thwarted by pride." —San Francisco Chronicle

MAYTAG VIRGINJAN 8 – FEB 2, 2020

BY AUDREY CEFALYDIRECTED BY ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE

When unflappable Jack moves in next door to sweetly neurotic Lizzie – two forty- something school teachers, both widowed, the two bond over being lonely and feeling stuck. As they get to know each other, they find themselves searching for an answer to the same question: how do you know when you’re ready to live, and love, again?

“A radiant gem of light into the ordinary struggles of love, loss, and life.” — Theatre Bloom D.C.

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NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN FEB 12 – MAR 8, 2020

BY CHRISTINA HAMDIRECTED BY KENNETH ROBERSON The show brings to life Nina Simone’s original song “Four Women,” her tribute to the four little girls killed in the 1963 church bombing in Alabama. The four women, including Nina herself, reflect what might have become of the girls. As she grapples with sorrow and rage, Nina slowly begins her transformation from jazz club chanteuse to the civil rights activist we revere today. Songs include “Mississippi Goddam,” “I Loves You, Porgy,” “To Be Young, Black and Beautiful,” and “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.”

“ Truly Marvelous. Guaranteed to rouse your soul and raise your mind!” — DC Metro. A co-production with Northlight Theatre in Chicago.

THE LOWELL OFFERING MAR 18 – APR 12, 2020

WORLD PREMIERE BY ANDY BAYIATES AND GENEVRA GALLO-BAYIATES

In 1840 in Lowell, MA, a group of factory workers began publishing the world’s first magazine written solely by women; it was called The Lowell Offering. This is the story of the magazine’s editor, Harriet Farley, and a labor activist, Sarah Bagley – and the rise and fall of their friend-ship, the magazine, and Lowell’s “Mill Girl” culture.

“Absorbing, funny and thoroughly entertaining – one of MRT’s best in years.” — Lowell Sun review of Lost Laughs by Andy Bayiates and Aaron Muñoz

LULLABY APR 22 – MAY 17, 2020

EAST COAST PREMIEREBY MICHAEL ELYANOWFEATURING THE MUSIC AND LYRICS OF GARRISON STARR, CHRIS DALLMAN, CURT SCHNEI DER AND MICHAEL ELYANOW Lullaby is a pulsating, provocative dark comedy about love and family and heartbreak – about lingering spirits and how we finally say goodbye to the past and move on to a lighter future.

“There’s a modern, absurdist side to Elyanow’s humor — a bracing wit.” —Twincities.com

(clockwise from top left) Gail Rastorfer and Lou Sumrall in Women in Jeopardy!; Benjamin Scheuer in The Lion; and Gabriel Marin, VIvia Font, and Joel Colodner in Native Gardens. Photos: Meghan Moore.

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