Court Theatre's 2025-26 season: ‘Miss Julie,' an inside-out ‘Shrew' and a world-premiere musical
The theater's 2025-26 subscription season, its 71st, features four titles in all and will be led by executive director Angel Ysaguirre and artistic producer Gabrielle Randle-Bent, who has been serving as interim artistic director since the departure of Charles Newell last summer and is the director of the theater's current hit production of 'A Raisin in the Sun.'
In Tuesday's announcement, Ysaguirre said the Equity theater on the campus of the University of Chicago would be deepening its collaboration with the university as well as 'reaffirming our commitment to reimagining classics.'
'Big White Fog' (Sept. 12 to Oct. 12): The season opens with a play directed by Parson, who directed 'East Texas Hot Links' as this current season's opener. Theodore Ward's 1938 play is set on Chicago's South Side on the cusp of the Great Depression, telling the story of the Mason family at a time of racial and economic upheaval.
'The Taming of the Shrew' (Nov. 14 to Dec. 14): Marti Lyons of Remy Bumppo Theatre Company comes to Court to direct a feminine-focused production of what some consider Shakespeare's most problematic comedy. 'This is not your standard 'Shrew,'' promises the theater's announcement.
'Miss Julie' (Feb. 6 to March 8, 2026): Randle-Bent will direct Strindberg's naturalistic classic about a Swedish aristocrat and a servant, 'a confrontation of class, gender and desire at the turn of the 20th century.'
'Out Here' (April 10 to May 10, 2026): A world-premiere musical made in collaboration with the University of Chicago, with music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, book and lyrics by Leslie Buxbaum, and concept by Buxbaum, David J. Levin and McKeown. It tells the story of Dawn, caught between a stable life with a husband and family and her desire for a former girlfriend. The director is not yet announced.
Originally Published: March 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM CST
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