Mainstage Season
2020 MAINSTAGE SEASON NOW ANNOUNCED!
May 26-June 14
a new comedy by Scooter Pietsch
In the comedy WINDFALL, five office workers in Columbus, Ohio toll under the heavy hand of a maniacal boss and dream of a better life. When the boss’s antics become too much to bear, they bet their every last cent on a one billion dollar lottery jackpot. But the prospect of winning brings out the worst in these best friends. A dark, hilarious comedy that delves into how far any of us would go in our desire to have it all and live the American Dream. WINDFALL is produced by special arrangement with John Yonover and Ken Davenport.
June 23-July 19
by Brian Friel
When it premiered in 1990, DANCING AT LUGHNASA took the world by storm, winning both the Tony and Olivier awards for Outstanding Play. Brian Friel’s haunting masterpiece is a memory play about family. It tells the story of five unmarried sisters in a small village in Ireland in August of 1936. During the Festival of Lugh, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing, their lives become filled with music and they make new discoveries that start a process that will change this family forever.
August 4 - September 6
book by Terrance McNally
music by Stephen Flaherty
lyrics by Lynn Aherns
directed by Will Pomerantz (Bay Street's Evita and My Witch)
Rediscover America with RAGTIME, the epic musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s classic novel that captures the American experience at the turn of the 20th century. The worlds of a wealthy white couple, a Jewish immigrant father and his daughter, and an African American ragtime musician intertwine in this sweeping musical about America’s Golden Age when our nation was mixing, boiling, and changing. Will Pomerantz, Bay Street Theater’s Associate Artistic Director, will bring together the team with which he created Bay Street’s extraordinary production of Evita to create a visionary new production of this Tony Award-winning contemporary classic to the East End.