Theatre with a side of life
Remy Bumppo Theatre presents DEAR ELIZABETH. Playwright Sarah Ruhl has constructed a love letter to a writer’s creative process. Ruhl cleverly utilizes actual correspondence between Poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell to chronicle their relationship over three decades. Bishop and Lowell meet because of mutual admiration. Over time, this appreciation grows from respected colleagues to trusted ...
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents LOVE SONG. Witty dialogue. Slick condo. Superb acting. What’s not to love? Playwright John Kolvenbach explores love on multiple levels: man and woman, wife and husband, sister and brother, and self. His romcom is sharp. The banter is rapid-fire as interns are annihilated and calling-in-sick becomes a skillful art. The vibe is ...
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY. A nightclub singer, a costume designer, a social worker and a doctor create a makeshift community in 1930s Harlem. They toast successes, champion dreams, and clean-up life messes… together. Although they each have different aspirations, they bond over their hopeful pursuits. The arrival of a stranger ...
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of GALILEO’S DAUGHTER. Women centuries apart explore the impact of Galileo on their lives. This past and present retrospective is the search for purpose by two very different people. Playwright Jessica Dickey intertwines 16th and 21st century stories. She personalizes it by making herself a character in the ...
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents ANNA IN THE TROPICS. A factory hires a lector to read to its workers. As the employees hand-roll cigars, they get lost in the romance and intrigue of “Anna Karenina.” Playwright Milo Cruz uses the Leo Tolstoy classic as the basis for transformation in a working class community. Tolstoy’s words enchant ...
Remy Bumppo Theatre presents TOP GIRLS. Playwright Caryl Churchill pens a quirky yet thought-provoking tale of girl power. Churchill tells her story in three acts. In the first act, Marlene (played by Linda Gillum) celebrates her recent promotion at a dinner party. The fantasy feast brings together women throughout history. They are drinking in each other’s ...
Remy Bumppo presents HOWARD’S END. Howard’s End is a house in the English countryside. Its proper ownership comes under question when a handwritten will bequeaths it to a stranger, Margaret Schlegel. Although the Wilcox family ignores the wishes of the departed, their lives begin to get tangled up with the Schlegel sisters. Playwright Douglas Post skillfully ...
Remy Bumppo Theatre presents THE FATHER. Florian Zeller’s play is a bit of a puzzle. Zeller won the 2014 Molière Award for Best Play. Christoper Hampton translated Zeller’s Le Père into English. THE FATHER debuted on Broadway in 2016 and led to Frank Langella winning a Tony for Best Actor in a play. The show has critical ...
Remy Bumppo presents the Midwest Premiere of PIRANDELLO’S HENRY IV. Mark L. Montgomery (Henry IV) is the reason to see this show. His madness is palpable. Montgomery plays a man who fell off a horse and woke up believing he is the 11th Century German Emperor Henry IV. For twenty years, his family has perpetuated the ...
Remy Bumppo presents FALLEN ANGELS. Playwright Noël Coward penned a 1920s risqué comedy. Coward tells the tale of two couples. When the husbands go away on a golf outing, the wives plot a sexy tryst with a former lover. In Coward’s day, this subject matter must have been scandalous. Ladies having premarital sex. Oh my! Not ...