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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The Gospel at Colonus (1995)
Hospitality (1995)
When power corrupts and misplaced loyalty is in control, the welcome to America for an Israeli dignitary and a Colombian journalist is less than warm and inviting. Join director Peggy Shannon for this suspense-filled political thriller.
Handing Down the Names (1995)
This epic new play by the award-Winning author of Lonely Planet traces the history of seven generations of a German family beginning in 1766. Seeking love, land and freedom of worship, the Dorns take an immigrant journey that spans two continents and 2OO years. From Catherine the Great to the teeming throngs of Ellis Island, the threads of a dream bind one generation to another, weaving a rich tapestry of endurance and hope.
Later Life (1995)
A chance encounter at a cocktail party reunites a Boston banker with a Woman he had a romantic interlude with thirty years earlier. Could this be a second chance to find true love? They might find out if the oddball couples around them didn’t keep getting in the way. Extremely funny and very touching, Later Life is loaded with all the Wit, humor and charm of a New Yorker cartoon. From the author of Love Letters and The Dining Room.
Tea (1995)
A haunting story of five Japanese war brides living in Kansas in 1968. Winner of the Los Angeles Times and DramaL0gue Critics Choice awards.
The Language of Flowers (1995)
One of the great romances of all time, Romeo and Juliet, inspires this tale of forbidden love in the barrio of modern Los Angeles Amidst the colorful festivities of Halloween and the Mexican holiday of the Day of the Dead, the young lovers play out their fateful affair. But in a surprising twist on Shakespeare’s drama, the dead come to life suffusing the beauty and passion of the original tragedy with the magic and mysticism of Latino storytelling traditions.
