The 2011-12 Season starts in October!


Dear Next Theatre Audience -

It is with great delight that I share with you our 2011-12 season of programming: three plays that explore the link between our personal lives and the political world around us.  Each of these exciting and thought provoking plays delve into the heart of what it means to be a parent, a child, a lover and a citizen of the world in the 21st century. 

As always, we at Next strive to share with you the most thrilling, thought provoking and moving stories we can find. I so look forward to discussing and debating these productions with you.  Thank you for being part of the Next family - we couldn't do what we do without you!

Jenny Avery, Artistic Director

 

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Maple and Vine >>

By Jordan Harrison
Directed by Damon Kiely
Showtimes Have Ended
Katha and Ryu, a successful NYC couple, have become allergic to their 21st century lives. After meeting a charismatic man from a community of 1950's re-enactors, they forgo cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors - and they themselves - are willing to sacrifice for happiness.

The Girl in the Yellow Dress >>

By Craig Higginson
Directed by Joanie Schultz
January 19 - February 26, 2012
When Pierre, a French-Congolese pupil, signs up for English lessons with Celia, a beautiful young white teacher, they both get more than they bargained for. Set in contemporary Paris, this gripping new play explores the ways in which class, race, and language continue to divide us.

   

After the Revolution >>

By Amy Herzog
Directed by Kimberly Senior
April 5 - May 13, 2012
The young, brilliant Emma Joseph proudly carries the torch of her family's Marxist tradition by devoting her life to the memory of her famously blacklisted grandfather. When history reveals a shocking truth about the man himself, the entire family is forced to confront questions of honesty and an allegiance they thought had been long resolved. AFTER THE REVOLUTION is a bold and hilariously moving portrait of a jewish American family, forced to reconcile a thorny and delicate legacy.