from our friends at Arizona Theatre Company:
Announcing ATC’s 2022/2023 Season!
Join us for a season filled with stories that traverse the intricacies and intimacies of familial and personal relationships, celebrating the spectrum of human emotion to ultimately find hope, forgiveness, redemption, and healing.
2022-2023 Season
The Lion
Created by Benjamin Scheuer
Directed by Sean Daniels & Alex Stenhouse
Tucson: 09/24/2022 – 10/15/2022
Phoenix: 10/20/2022 – 11/06/2022
After its first revival in London at Southwark Playhouse from this summer, “The Lion” opens ATC’s 55th Season with a heartwarming and powerful one-man folk musical. Co-produced by Arizona Theatre Company and Danielle Tarento, and co-directed by Sean Daniels and Alex Stenhouse, “The Lion” tells a true story of survival and redemption that reminds us that great things can come from challenging times. Actor, singer, and musician Max Alexander-Taylor stars in the lead role of Ben.
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
Created by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
Directed by Veronika Duerr
Tucson: 11/05/2022 – 12/02/2022
Phoenix: 12/08/2022 – 12/23/2022
Pemberley returns front and center for this holiday season with a focus on The Wickhams and the goings on of the home’s downstairs residents. While the events of “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” unfold upstairs at the great house, the bustling staff find themselves amid a different holiday scandal in “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley.” As the festivities spiral into chaos, Lydia Wickham finds her voice in this celebration of family and forgiveness.
The Glass Menagerie
Created by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Chanel Bragg
Tucson: 01/21/2023 – 02/11/2023
Phoenix: 02/16/2023 – 03/05/2023
“The Glass Menagerie,” one of the greatest plays of all times, is a poetic and raw portrayal of a family on the brink of change. Reimagined for Arizona Theatre Company’s stages, this intimate and intense classic that changed the way we tell stories draws from the memories of narrator Tom and explores the complex web of love, longing, loyalty, and constraints that bind families together.
Pru Payne
Created by Steven Drukman
Directed by Sean Daniels
Tucson: 03/04/2023 – 03/25/2023
Phoenix: 03/30/2023 – 04/16/2023
Written by Pulitzer Prize Nominee Steven Drukman, this ATC world premier is a remarkable, funny, and life-affirming story about the relationship between a mother and son. An esteemed critic, Prudence “Pru” Payne is widely recognized as a wit, a scholar, and a public intellectual; her son Thomas lives in that shadow. But as her memory begins to fade, all her preconceived notions – about herself and, more importantly, others – also slip away.
The White Chip
Created by Sean Daniels
Directed by Sheryl Kaller
Tucson: 04/15/2023 – 05/06/2023
Phoenix: 05/11/2023 – 05/28/2023
Originally produced by Tony Award winner Tom Kirdahy, The White Chip shows a path to recovery that is poignant, funny and uplifting. A dry comedy about drying out, the show follows the main character Steven as he forms a new bond with his mother while carving an unusual path to sobriety. A wild, theatrical journey, The White Chip’s Off-Broadway production will come to Arizona alongside a Tony-nominated director and Tony award-winning designer.
The Legend of Georgia McBride
Created by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Meredith McDonough
Tucson: 06/03/2023 – 06/24/2023
Phoenix: 06/29/2023 – 07/16/2023
This big-hearted, fierce, music-filled comedy has been hailed as “stitch-in-your-side funny” by the New York Times. Casey, an Elvis impersonator with everything going for him, including a flashy sequin jumpsuit, suddenly loses his gig, his rent is overdue, and his wife announces a baby on the way. So, when Elvis leaves the building and a drag show moves in, “The King” transforms into an all-out queen with some. With snappy zingers and dance-worthy numbers, this wildly entertaining story challenges assumptions with extraordinary humor and depth.
