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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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1980)
Catholics (1980)
The second show of ACT’s 16th season is the June 5 - 28 World Stage Premiere of Catholics by Brian Moore. The award-winning Mr. Moore, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and now a resident of
California, has accepted ACT’s invitation and will be coming to Seattle for the premiere. The show will be directed by ACT’s Artistic Director Gregory A. Falls.
Artichoke (1980)
The third show of ACT’s 16th season (our 105th mainstage production) is Artichoke by Joanna McClelland Glass. The play is set in the Canadian plains, the playwright’s home for the first twenty years of her life, and IS a charming story of hope, love for the rural‘ life, and homespun wisdom as urban and rural lifestyles collide.
Wings (1980)
The fourth show of ACT’s 16th season (our 106th mainstage production) is Wings by Arthur Kopit. Called “wise, magical and shattering” by The New York Times, Kopit’s Wings takes us into the strange, isolated world of a woman who has had a stroke and is groping her way back through the strength and mystery of the human spirit. The show will be directed by John Dillon, Artistic Director of the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and native Northwesterner.
Buried Child (1980)
A powerful contemporary myth explodes into action when the terrible secret a family has kept for years is inexorably unearthed amid homecoming festivities. It is a st6ory of relationships, showing, as Shepard says, how life comes full circle. Winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
Starting Here, Starting Now (1980)
The excitement of young love and the confusion of growing up (or is it the other way around?) are explored in this intimate revue from one of the most respected teams in the contemporary musical theatre, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire.