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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Sleuth (1975)
You will howl with laughter and surprise at the ingenious skullduggery, inventive tricks and suspense of this masterpiece murder/mystery. It's light years ahead of any work in its genre - screamingly funny and then, split seconds later, in deadly earnest!
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1975)
Machine guns, fast action, gangster molls and faltering politicians mark the rise of Arturo Ui, a 1920's Chicago gangster. But Ui is also Adolph Hitler, whose rise to power, says Brecht, was resistible.
Quiet Caravans (1975)
The play takes place in Atlantic City in a house that borders on—- seems to merge into--the Boardwalk. The house belongs to Louis and Bella, a middle—aged couple who take in roomers during the summer. Louis works at small jobs on the Boardwalk and "watches." Bella is restive, even embattled, until a mysterious visitor offers her an exciting but mysterious chance to change her life. The play then slips in and out of realism into a bizarre love story.
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1975)
A young tough enters a sleepy New Mexico diner and all complacency is lost! At the same time he terrifies, he offers a kind of salvation – 'piercing illusions with a knife edge of truth.'
Of Mice and Men (1975)
Who can forget the touching tale of child-like, gorilla-built Lenny, the provocative bunk-house floozy who teases him into an uncomprehending grip of death, and his compassionate and agonized pal who kills him?
Oh Coward! (1975)
This stylish and spirited musical revue is a happy reminder of the dazzling theatre talents of Sir Noël Coward - a delicious mélange of the devilish wit, polish and sophistication that was his particular genius.