2017-2018 Season
Live Arts’ 27th Season!
A Delicate Balance
by Edward Albee
October 13–Nov 11
Founders Theater.
“Be prepared for a surprise: an evening of theatrical fireworks that prompt astonished oohs and ahs, genuine laughter and a certain amount of delicious unease.”
– New York Times
Sweet Charity
Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Book by Neil Simon
December 1–January 6
Gibson Theater
“It’s slick, it’s funny, but it is also… nudging us towards a question: how to be good, in a world such as this?”
– The Guardian
Top Girls
By Caryl Churchill
February 2–24
Founders Theater
“A once-daring play has matured over 30 years into a genuine classic, as pertinent and piercing as ever.”
– The Hollywood Reporter
Fun Home
Music by Jeanine Tesori, Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron
March 9–25
Gibson Theater
“Heart-gripping and cathartic, FUN HOME occupies the place where we all grew up.”
– New York Times
Hand to God
By Robert Askins
April 13–May 5
Founders Theater
“Darkly delightful.”
– New York Times
The Liar
By David Ives, Adapted from the play Le Menteur by Pierre Corneille
May 18–June 3
Gibson Theater
“Ives’s Liar is a treat—and that’s the truth.”
– Entertainment Weekly
Moving Forward
One of the most remarkable things about being part of Live Arts is having the opportunity to grow with a community. This year, we celebrate the births of our newest theater babies. We help find sitters for parents who want to see shows—or be in them. We watch our young thespians and audiences members sprout into adolescents. We celebrate as our young adults graduate from high schools and colleges. We applaud as those among us take on new careers, new relationships—or create new works with us when they crave a change. We have held tight to those of us who are ailing, and attended funerals of those we have lost. We are not just a theater. We are a community through all the stages of life.
And thank goodness we have the theater for there is no greater way to process, celebrate and mourn the complexity of life than to make theater with and within this creative community. Our 2017–2018 season takes the frailty and farce of humanity head on, accepting both and aspiring to more. This is a season of facing fears, of connecting with friends, of coming clean about who we are and forgiving those who aren’t so sure. It is a season of making sense of the unknown, of figuring out what is right, and then fighting for it. Finally, it is a season not just to seek joy, love, and laughter—but to make them with each other. It is a season when we will pick ourselves up by our bootstraps, and move forward. We will make the most out of every moment, large and small.
We are going on a scary, exhilarating, loving journey of discovery, and we will take care of each other and grow together through the creative process we share. Come, join us!
BREE LUCK
Producing Artistic Director
In this Section
- Production History
- 1990-1991 Season
- 1991-1992 Season
- 1992-1993 Season
- 1993-1994 Season
- 1994-1995 Season
- 1995-1996 Season
- 1996-1997 Season
- 1997-1998 Season
- 1998-1999 Season
- 1999-2000 Season
- 2000-2001 Season
- 2001-2002 Season
- 2002-2003 Season
- 2003-2004 Season
- 2004-2005 Season
- 2005-2006 Season
- 2006-2007 Season
- 2007-2008 Season
- 2008-2009 Season
- 2009-2010 Season
- 2010-2011 Season
- 2011-2012 Season
- 2012-2013 Season
- 2013-2014 Season
- 2014-2015 Season
- 2015-2016 Season
- 2016-2017 Season
- 2017-2018 Season
- 2018-2019 Season
- 30 IN 30: A Live Arts Retrospective
- Production History