Shut down after it opened on Broadway in 1923, Sholom Asch’s controversial, turn-of-the-century Yiddish drama, in a new adaptation by Donald Margulies, touches on themes that prove timeless - faith, family, and the conflict between public appearances and private realities.

Yankel, a father devoted to preserving his teenage daughters innocence, maintains a home of exemplary values and religious faith while in the basement, he runs a brothel. Yankel’s attempt to shield his daughter from the sin and sexuality two floors below leads to explosive events, as one family attempts to struggle with its own demons.

Obie Award-winning playwright Donald Margulies, currently celebrating hits in Paris, London, and New York, moves the action in God of Vengeance from turn-of-the-century Poland to New York City in the roaring 20s, when immigrant values clash with exuberant new-world opportunism. ACT’s world premiere adaptation revitalizes this extraordinary play in the world canon.

Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Talley’s Folly is a funny, wise, tender, and sparkling romance about two lost souls struggling for a way to find each other.

Matt Friedman has one night to woo back the woman of his dreams, his romantic paramour from the summer before. When he unexpectedly shows up in her small Missouri town, Sally is forced to confront her family‘s looming disapproval as well as her own conventional small-town morality. The unlikely duo spends a remarkable evening in a broken-down boathouse, taking tentative steps toward a romantic waltz of mutual understanding. Filled with humor and compassion, Talley's Folly unfolds like a cherished valentine, brimming with perseverance, hope, and true love.

One of Seattle's favorite actors, Michael Winters, returns in the role of Matt Friedman, adding this to his long list of shows that have dazzled local audiences, including Shadowlands, Lonely Planet, Man of the Moment, The Cider House Rules, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

ACT is honored to introduce Seattle audiences to solo performer and theatre innovator Lisa Kron, whose latest piece, 2.5 Minute Ride is a funny, moving, and deeply personal story about finding the connections between generations, taking us on a ride that rises and falls from utter hilarity to the bittersweet.

Meet the Kron family of Lansing, Michigan. Guided by the deft and cheerful narration of daughter Lisa, we are privileged to witness a series of true adventures that in any other family would be simply ordinary. From midnight grocery shopping at Meijers Thrifty Acres (“the showplace of Lansing”) to impromptu dress fittings at the Detroit Airport, to a family road trip with endless discussions about food and various family members’ quirky nutritional habits, what emerges is a captivating and loving journey with an extraordinary family who, despite everything - or because of everything-are willfully and absurdly bound together.

An extremely gifted writer and a natural storyteller, Lisa Kron’s work has received wide acclaim for her humor, gentle grace, affection, and self-effacing charm. She is a winner of an Obie Award and a Bessie Award, and 2.5 Minute Ride was hailed by The New York Times as ”a remarkable new performance piece...wonderfully evocative and often seriously funny."

One of the freshest, most original new voices in the theatre to come along in years, Martin McDonagh has created a sensation in London and is now making a splash overseas. ACT is proud to present the American premiere of A Skull in Connemara, a black comedy of unapologizing surprises and unexpected depths.

For one week each autumn, Irishman Mick Dowd is hired to dig up the bones in parts of his local cemetery to make room for the new arrivals. When it comes time for him to move those of his own late wife, strange rumors begin to surface regarding his involvement in her sudden death seven years before. Told with brutal humor and wicked irony, McDonagh's unique gift of storytelling explores the secrets of souls that will thrill and chill you down to your bones.

An historic collaboration of world-class artists, this world premiere piece of music, theatre, and movement will be a rare opportunity for Seattle audiences to experience an international theatrical event.

Commissioned by ACT, internationally- renowned composer Philip Glass has created a spellbinding and stirring original score for string quintet. Based on one of Kafka’s masterpieces, In the Penal Colony is a heart-stopping tale about the dehumanization of the individual. Using Kafka’s resounding voice as a starting platform, Glass and director >oAnne Akalaitis, collaborating with a brilliant design team including >ohn Conklin, Susan Hilferty, and Jennifer Tipton, and choreography by Pat Graney, complete an approach to theatre that will stretch the boundaries of conventional storytelling.

ACT’s production of In the Penal Colony combines one of the greatest works of literature of the early 20th century with one of the greatest American composers’ first work of the 21st century, creating a hypnotic, beautifully realized, and thrilling way for us to learn from the past and imagine the future.

One of the funniest plays to have ever taken over Broadway, The Odd Couple is a true American comedy classic, and its author, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Neil Simon, continues to be the most prolific and best-loved playwright that this country has produced.

After his wife boots him out and demands a divorce, the fussy, tidy, and slightly neurotic Felix Ungar moves in with his buddy, the irascible, crass, and alarmingly sloppy Oscar Madison. As the two men adjust to bachelor life they come to an important realization –they are driving each other nut! Tensions come to a rolling boil on the night of a dinner party with the vivacious Pigeon sisters from upstairs; Felix is more worried about overcooking the beef and Oscar is more interested in what happens after dinner, leading to one of the most classic comic confrontations in American theatre history.

ACT's production will feature some of the most hilarious comic talent in Seattle and promises to bring down the house with laughter. Under the direction of comedy maestro Jeff Steitzer, the title roles will be filled by ACT favorites John Procaccino as Oscar Madison and R. Hamilton Wright as Felix Ungar. If you think you've seen The Odd Couple — think again!