2015-2016 HPT Season
The Quarry
by Greg Pierce
September 24 - October 24, 2015
Only the second production in the country of this new work by the playwright of HPT's award-winning smash hit Slowgirl. After a series of unsettling discoveries in a marble-quarry town in Vermont, antisocial widow Jean McClain decides to conduct her own investigation. A funny and surreal detective story with a haunting original score by Randal Pierce. "An intriguing play, haunting and strangely magical." (Burlington Free Press). "Delightful storytelling, fascinating and quirky . . . Unexpected and satisfying." (Rutland Herald) Featuring Chase Brewer, Katherine Catmull, Jess Hughes, and Ken Webster. Directed by Ken Webster.
FronteraFest 2016
January 12 - February 13, 2016
The 23rd season of this renowned five-week, city-wide, unjuried fringe festival featuring over 800 local and national artists annually. The Short Fringe, the Long Fringe, Mi Casa Es Su Teatro--all as unpredictable as ever.
FronteraFest is produced in collaboration with Script Works, a group dedicated to supporting emerging playwrights and developing new dramatic works.
The Realistic Joneses
by Will Eno
February 25 - March 26, 2016
"Plays as funny and moving, as wonderful and weird as The Realistic Joneses, by Will Eno, do not appear often on Broadway. Or ever, really. . . . Easily his most accessible play . . . The Realistic Joneses brought me a pleasurable rush virtually unmatched by anything I've seen this season." That's the New York Times raving about the 2014 Broadway run of this marvelous play. When Bob and Jennifer meet new neighbors John and Pony, they find they have much more in common than identical homes and shared last names. Hilarious, tender, unforgettable. Featuring Jess Hughes, Rebecca Robinson, Benjamin Summers, and Ken Webster. Directed by Ken Webster.
The Flick
by Annie Baker
July 7 - August 6, 2016
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, The Flick is another exquisite play from Annie Baker, who wrote three of HPT's biggest-ever hits: The Aliens, Circle Mirror Transformation, and Body Awareness. The New York Times called this wistful, funny, moving story of a friendship between three young movie-theater workers "a work of art so strange and fresh . . . infinitely touching." Featuring Delanté G. Keys, Katie Kohler, and Shanon Weaver. Directed by Ken Webster.
Lungs
by Duncan Macmillan
September 23 - October 22, 2016
In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child but are running out of time. If they overthink it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster. They want to have a child for the right reasons. Except what exactly are the right reasons? And what will be the first to destruct--the planet or the relationship? Starring Liz Beckham and Michael Joplin. Directed for HPT by Lily Wolff. Tickets available now.
"Both uproariously funny and unbearably poignant . . . an engaging and poignant piece."
- Exeunt Magazine
"Duncan Macmillan's distinctive, off-kilter love story is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current. It gives voice to a generation for whom uncertainty is a way of life . . . bravely written, startlingly structured."
- The Guardian
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