The decade of the 2020s started with ACT being dark for the entire 2020 mainstage season. While closed
for the pandemic, there was a change in leadership as Anita Shah moved in as Managing Director. The
first play after the pandemic closure was Hotter Than Egypt, written by Core Company member Yussef el Guindi
- a world premiere.
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Hadrian VII (1971)
A fascinating excursion into the dreams of a frustrated ex –seminarian and sometime con artist, who finds himself named Pope
The Boys in the Band (1971)
Crowley's play takes the homosexual way of life totally for granted and uses this as a valid basis for human experience. Both funny and sad, "it is uncompromising in its honesty." (N.Y. Times)
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1971)
Their play is the story of the young Thoreau. It dramatizes his act of civil disobedience: refusing to pay a poll tax of $1 because the money would support what he felt was an immoral war with Mexico.
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1971)
This powerful portrait of family life probes the substratum of Harlem culture and finds in plain, prosaic characters an explosive commentary on a human condition.
Plaza Suite (1971)
Three sophisticated short plays all taking place in the same suite of the Plaza Hotel; in the same high comedy tradition of “The Odd Couple" and “Barefoot In The Park."
A Cry of Players (1971)
Boisterous and lusty, this is “a plausible account of how a young married named Will Shakespeare might have thought and behaved before he ran off to London and wrote all those plays!" (N.Y. Daily News) "The Miracle Worker" is among Gibson's other successes.
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1971)
A delightful musical based on the comic strip “Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz, featuring Charlie Brown and all his friends, including Snoopy. Music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, book by John Gordon. It s for everybody!