TheaterWorks Announces 2019-2020 Season

TheaterWorks Producing Artistic Director, Rob Ruggiero announced four of the five shows in its 2019-2020 season today. The theater will open its season with AMERICAN SON by Christopher Demos-Brown.

Ruggiero said "I wanted to open the new space with an iconic TheaterWorks show. The broadway production was riveting and I knew our audiences would really connect with it. It was important for us to do this piece here."

Ruggiero added "It's a season of great writing and great stories. It always starts there. But bringing these plays to life in our special space is such a privilege. We couldn't be more grateful or more excited to be coming home"

THE WHO AND THE WHAT by Ayad Ahktar, THE CAKE by Bekah Brunstetter and the Tony Award winning musical FUN HOME round out the season. The final play will be announced soon. AMERICAN SON by Christopher Demos-Brown

Winner of the prestigious Laurents/Hatcher Award, American Son opened the 2018-19 Broadway season with a jolt of electricity. This explosive drama examines our nation's racial divide through the eyes of an estranged, interracial couple who rush to the police station when their son`s car has been pulled over. Over the course of an evening, the couple's disparate backgrounds collide in this gripping tale about who we are as a nation.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of THE INVISIBLE HAND and DISGRACED - a thrillingly fierce and funny new play about identity, religion and the contradictions that make us who we are. Brilliant Pakistani-American writer Zarina is focused on finishing her novel about women and Islam when she meets Eli, a young convert who bridges the gulf between her modern life and her traditional heritage. But when her conservative father and sister discover her controversial manuscript, they are all forced to confront the beliefs that define them. A passionate and searing look at a family divided by faith, bonded by love and searching for truth in contemporary America.

All is going well for Della. Her North Carolina bakery is legendary and she's just been cast on her favorite television baking competition. But then, her late-best-friend's daughter comes home from New York City to ask her to make a cake for her upcoming wedding. When Della learns that Jen's about to marry a woman, she is forced to re-examine her deeply held beliefs, as questions of morals, judgment and family swirl around them all. This emotional and deliciously funny play was created by the writer of THIS IS US.

One of the most groundbreaking musicals to hit Broadway, Fun Home is the winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical. Based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic memoir, Fun Home introduces us to Alison at three different ages, revealing memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family - her mother, brothers and her volatile, brilliant, enigmatic father - that connect with her in surprising new ways. Moving through past and present, she relives her childhood and her growing understanding of her own sexuality. This powerful and emotional theatrical experience performed in our intimate space will bring audiences closer to Alison's story than ever before. A refreshingly honest musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.