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By Aeschylus · Adapted by Robert Auletta
The oldest surviving Greek tragedy — a devastating portrait of empire, hubris, and the human cost of war. Aeschylus's masterwork, given new voice in Auletta's searing adaptation, speaks with terrifying urgency to our present moment.
Purchase TicketsAeschylus · Adapted Auletta
The first anti-war play in recorded history. A shattering meditation on empire, hubris, and the human cost of war — told from the side of the defeated.
April 24–26, 2026
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Gertrude Stein · An Operetta
A soul sold for electric light. Stein's fever-dream operetta dismantles the Faust legend and rebuilds it as pure incantation.
November 2026
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Anton Chekhov · A Tragicomedy
Lives unlived. Love unreturned. Chekhov's most devastating portrait of quiet surrender — and somehow, his funniest.
March 2027
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