ESR 2025 Summer/Fall Season Tickets
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What are the shows? We're glad you asked!
July
Home, I'm Darling
by Laura Wade
Director: Amy Fabick
Drama: July 11 - 20
WARNINGS: ADULT THEMES & LANGUAGE
Description: This witty, sad and clever play is a portrait of crippling obsession. Its central character, Judy, presents herself as a doting Fifties housewife — dutifully descaling the kitchen taps with lemon juice, fetching her husband Johnny’s slippers and making him sickly cocktails. Yet it soon becomes apparent that she’s a 21st-century woman, who after losing a well-paid job has retreated into a fantasy version of a past she never knew. Friends Fran and Marcus share her delight in all things retro, but for them it’s a hobby, whereas for Judy it’s a crutch. The safe space she’s created is an attempt to obliterate memories of teenage unhappiness. What could go wrong?
Home, I'm Darling
by Laura Wade
Director: Amy Fabick
Drama: July 11 - 20
WARNINGS: ADULT THEMES & LANGUAGE
Description: This witty, sad and clever play is a portrait of crippling obsession. Its central character, Judy, presents herself as a doting Fifties housewife — dutifully descaling the kitchen taps with lemon juice, fetching her husband Johnny’s slippers and making him sickly cocktails. Yet it soon becomes apparent that she’s a 21st-century woman, who after losing a well-paid job has retreated into a fantasy version of a past she never knew. Friends Fran and Marcus share her delight in all things retro, but for them it’s a hobby, whereas for Judy it’s a crutch. The safe space she’s created is an attempt to obliterate memories of teenage unhappiness. What could go wrong?
August
WILL ON THE WATER: THE TRAGEDIE OF KING LEAR
By William Shakespeare, edits by Regina Spain
Director: Regina Spain
Drama: August 8-24
WARNINGS: GRIEF ASSOCIATED W/ DEMENTIA
Description: Lear, the aging king of Britain, steps down from the throne and divides his kingdom evenly among his three daughters. First, however, he puts his daughters through a test, asking each to tell him how much she loves him. Goneril and Regan swiftly begin to undermine the little authority that Lear still holds, while Cordelia is banished for speaking truth. Lear struggles with symptoms of dementia as he deals with real and imaginary betrayal from those around him.
WILL ON THE WATER: THE TRAGEDIE OF KING LEAR
By William Shakespeare, edits by Regina Spain
Director: Regina Spain
Drama: August 8-24
WARNINGS: GRIEF ASSOCIATED W/ DEMENTIA
Description: Lear, the aging king of Britain, steps down from the throne and divides his kingdom evenly among his three daughters. First, however, he puts his daughters through a test, asking each to tell him how much she loves him. Goneril and Regan swiftly begin to undermine the little authority that Lear still holds, while Cordelia is banished for speaking truth. Lear struggles with symptoms of dementia as he deals with real and imaginary betrayal from those around him.
September
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman & the Members of the Techtonic Theatre Project
Director: Regina Spain
September 5-21, 2025
WARNINGS: GRIEF, LOSS, HATE SPEECH
Description: In 1998, 21 year old college student Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. The members of the Tectonic Theater Project made 6 trips to Laramie in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
The Laramie Project
by Moises Kaufman & the Members of the Techtonic Theatre Project
Director: Regina Spain
September 5-21, 2025
WARNINGS: GRIEF, LOSS, HATE SPEECH
Description: In 1998, 21 year old college student Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. The members of the Tectonic Theater Project made 6 trips to Laramie in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
October
Dracula
By Aric Cushing, adapted from Brom Stoker's novel
Director: Scott Joseph
Drama: October 3-19
WARNING: GORE & ADULT CONTENT
Description: Aric Cushing's adaptation includes Mrs. Westenra, Lucy's mother, whom is rarely portrayed in the dramatic versions, Simmons, the Teaming Man, Mr. Swales, and a plethora of other characters whom enlivened Bram Stoker's original novel. The complexityof Stoker's manuscript is not discarded, but instead celebrated in this complex, multi-accented rendition of the most famous horror tale of all time.
October
Dracula
By Aric Cushing, adapted from Brom Stoker's novel
Director: Scott Joseph
Drama: October 3-19
WARNING: GORE & ADULT CONTENT
Description: Aric Cushing's adaptation includes Mrs. Westenra, Lucy's mother, whom is rarely portrayed in the dramatic versions, Simmons, the Teaming Man, Mr. Swales, and a plethora of other characters whom enlivened Bram Stoker's original novel. The complexityof Stoker's manuscript is not discarded, but instead celebrated in this complex, multi-accented rendition of the most famous horror tale of all time.
November and December
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical
Based on the TV animated/claymation special; Music & Lyrics by Johnny Marks; Original Story by Robert May; Story Adaption by Robert Penola;
Director: Regina Spain
Drama: Nov 14-23 & Dec 5-21
Description: The holiday classic soars off the screen in this musical adaptation of the beloved television special. Filled with holiday hits like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas," Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ features all of your favorite characters including Santa and Mrs. Claus, Hermey the Elf, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, Clarice, Yukon Cornelius and, of course, Rudolph. It’s an adventure that teaches us that what makes you different can be what makes you special.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical
Based on the TV animated/claymation special; Music & Lyrics by Johnny Marks; Original Story by Robert May; Story Adaption by Robert Penola;
Director: Regina Spain
Drama: Nov 14-23 & Dec 5-21
Description: The holiday classic soars off the screen in this musical adaptation of the beloved television special. Filled with holiday hits like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas," Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ features all of your favorite characters including Santa and Mrs. Claus, Hermey the Elf, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, Clarice, Yukon Cornelius and, of course, Rudolph. It’s an adventure that teaches us that what makes you different can be what makes you special.