Wright Theatre

Agnes Evans is an average young woman who wished her life in Athens, Ohio, was less boring. Then, the sudden death of her sister opened the door to a world of adventure. Turns out that her teenage sister Tilly, fascinated with the dark arts – magic, dragons, and silly costumes – led a double life as Tillius the Paladin, Dungeons & Dragons healer of the wounded and the protector of lights! Will Agnes cross the threshold, taking up the challenge to find and free the Lost Soul of Athens before it is devoured by the dark forces of darkness forever?

Agnes Evans is an average young woman who wished her life in Athens, Ohio, was less boring. Then, the sudden death of her sister opened the door to a world of adventure. Turns out that her teenage sister Tilly, fascinated with the dark arts – magic, dragons, and silly costumes – led a double life as Tillius the Paladin, Dungeons & Dragons healer of the wounded and the protector of lights! Will Agnes cross the threshold, taking up the challenge to find and free the Lost Soul of Athens before it is devoured by the dark forces of darkness forever?

Using vintage overhead projectors, multiple screens, puppets, actors, live-feed cameras, multichannel sound design, and a live music ensemble, Manual Cinema transforms the experience of attending the movies into an immersive event created right before your eyes. The End of TV explores the two sides of the American Dream—its technicolor promise through TV advertising, and its failure witnessed in industrial decline. Stay to meet the performers on stage after the show. “This Chicago troupe is conjuring phantasms to die for.…”—New York Times. Tickets: $22/16/10/6

Called a “national theatrical treasure” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Theatre Works presents the riveting documentary play SEVEN. Written by seven female writers, it’s based on personal interviews with seven remarkable women who faced life-threatening obstacles—resistance, death threats, entrenched norms, and pervasive violence—yet later brought heroic changes to their home countries of Pakistan, Nigeria, Ireland, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Russia, and Cambodia.

Called a “national theatrical treasure” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, L.A. Theatre Works presents the riveting documentary play SEVEN. Written by seven female writers, it’s based on personal interviews with seven remarkable women who faced life-threatening obstacles—resistance, death threats, entrenched norms, and pervasive violence—yet later brought heroic changes to their home countries of Pakistan, Nigeria, Ireland, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Russia, and Cambodia.

London, 1665: the plague year. Mr. Snelgrave and his wife remain under quarantine inside their home. When a mysterious sailor and a young girl sneak into their house, social norms begin to crumble. Unrelentingly poetic and fiercely humorous, this Obie award-winning play by Naomi Wallace asks, who is master and who is servant? Directed by Claudio Medeiros ’90. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale November 4

London, 1665: the plague year. Mr. Snelgrave and his wife remain under quarantine inside their home. When a mysterious sailor and a young girl sneak into their house, social norms begin to crumble. Unrelentingly poetic and fiercely humorous, this Obie award-winning play by Naomi Wallace asks, who is master and who is servant? Directed by Claudio Medeiros ’90. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale November 4

London, 1665: the plague year. Mr. Snelgrave and his wife remain under quarantine inside their home. When a mysterious sailor and a young girl sneak into their house, social norms begin to crumble. Unrelentingly poetic and fiercely humorous, this Obie award-winning play by Naomi Wallace asks, who is master and who is servant? Directed by Claudio Medeiros ’90. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale November 4

Richard Romagnoli directs five short and shorter funny, chilling plays by Václav Havel, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. The evening explores the challenges of exercising individual conscience and the consequences of making unpopular though principled choices. Such choices deny the herd. A Theatre Program event. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale October 22.

Richard Romagnoli directs five short and shorter funny, chilling plays by Václav Havel, Samuel Beckett, and Harold Pinter. The evening explores the challenges of exercising individual conscience and the consequences of making unpopular though principled choices. Such choices deny the herd. A Theatre Program event. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students; on sale October 22.