THE SPORTING LIFE World Premiere and More Set for The Factory Theater 2025-26 Season

The Factory Theater has unveiled its 31st season of world premieres, including Marjorie Muller’s The Sporting Life, October 10 - November 22; Zack Peercy’s Kubrickian, February 13 - March 14, 2026; and Bill Daniel’s Two Out of Three Falls, June 5 - July 18, 2026. 

The Factory Theater’s 31st Season includes:

WORLD PREMIERE

The Sporting Life

Written by Marjorie Muller

Directed by Kayla Menz

October 10 - November 22

The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St.

Previews: Friday, Oct. 10 and Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 3 p.m.

Press Opening: Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m.

Performance Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Tickets: $30

The Sporting Life is a bloody coming-of-age play about a sixteen-year-old girl who seeks out the witch in the woods to finally get her period.

WORLD PREMIERE

Kubrickian 

Written by Ensemble Member Zach Peercy

Directed by AJ Schwartz

February 13 - March 15, 2026

The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St.

Previews: Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 15 at

3 p.m.

Performance Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at

3 p.m.

Tickets: $30

Kubrickian is an existential dark comedy about three men trapped in a white space waiting to have their vocal cords ripped out. And all

they seem to talk about is Stanley Kubrick.

WORLD PREMIERE

Two out of Three Falls

Written by Artistic Associate Bill Daniel

Directed by Ensemble Member Ashley Yates

June 5 - July 18, 2026

The Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St.

Previews: Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, June 7 at 3 p.m.

Performance Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.

Tickets: $30

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6.8% of votes

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