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2022-23 Season

September 9, 2022 – May 21, 2023

We are proud to share our 2022-23 season — and our 47th World Premiere — with you: four stories exploring the complex, wondrous truths of ourselves.

Don’t miss a moment. Purchase your package now and reserve the best seats for all four plays in our exciting new season.

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Have you checked out our season packages?? Go Fixe

Have you checked out our season packages?? Go Fixed or Flexible with 4, 3, and even 2 play packages! See the whole season, or your pick of plays and performances and get some sweet subscriber benefits along the way! Find out the details to find the right package for you through the link in our bio!

ACT is working with community to re-imagine theatr

ACT is working with community to re-imagine theatre education on our stages.

We are excited to announce upcoming opportunities this summer and fall including performance classes, professional observerships, student matinees, arts engagement for teachers and teens, and more! PLUS, our new flagship program, the ACT Young Core Company, which launches this fall.

Teens ages 14-19 are invited to join us at our August Open Houses. Explore ACT's 5 performance spaces, hang out with other arts-focused teens, learn more about our Young Core Company, and enjoy free pizza!

We're building something new here, and you'll have the chance to shape it for generations to come. If that sounds exciting, learn more at the link in our bio - we hope you'll join us!

We are proud to share our 2022-23 season — and o

We are proud to share our 2022-23 season — and our 47th World Premiere — with you: four stories exploring the complex, wondrous truths of ourselves.

Subscribe now to receive the best seats at a great price, plus flexibility and exchange options, as well as the advantage of subscriber-only perks.

Link in bio for details!

We already know you're as excited as we are to kic

We already know you're as excited as we are to kick off our 2022-23 season with our co-production with @the5thavenuetheatre of Choir Boy, starting September 10 – October 23, 2022, directed by Jamil Jude.

This riveting show is an intersectional coming-of-age story and a powerful examination of personal identity against institutional traditions: here, being black and queer in a prestigious all-male prep school. From Tarell Alvin McCraney, the Academy Award®-winning writer of Moonlight.

Coming to ACT May 5 - 21, 2023, Directed by Rosa J

Coming to ACT May 5 - 21, 2023, Directed by Rosa Joshi

Wolf Play is a mischievous and affecting new play about the families we choose and unchoose.

A southpaw boxer is on the verge of a pro debut when their wife signs the adoption papers for a Korean boy. The boy's original adoptive father was all set to hand him over to a new home... until he realizes the boy would have no “dad.” Caught in the middle, the child launches himself on a lone wolf's journey to find a pack he can call his own.

“(A) heart-wrenching, hilarious play…explored

“(A) heart-wrenching, hilarious play…explored with unflinching honesty.” — Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

The color yellow. Sunsets. Things with stripes. Wearing a cape. Ice cream! There are a million brilliant things. Can you name them all?

The hit play and international sensation Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe is an immersive storytelling experience blending comedy, improv, and audience interaction to tell the story of an adult growing up in the shadow of mental illness and learning to grapple with their own experiences of love, loss, and a finding a new way forward, one brilliant thing at a time.

Coming to ACT March 17 - April 2, 2023
Directed by John Langs

Thanks so much to everyone who made our gala such

Thanks so much to everyone who made our gala such a success this weekend! It really was A Great Night BACK! Gala gifts power our work advancing new works and nurturing local artists.

Couldn't make it or want to give again? Every dollar you donate right now will be matched 1:1 by our Past Presidents match. Because ticket sales cover less than half of what it costs to do our work at ACT, we rely on our Gala and other fundraising efforts to make what you see on our stages possible.

Make a gift today at the link in our bio, and thanks again!

Announcing the Past Presidents Match! Tomorrow ou

Announcing the Past Presidents Match!

Tomorrow our community will gather at Two Union to raise a glass to ACT! Together we will enjoy amazing food and performances from treasured community partners.

Can't make it? Click the link in our bio to make a donation today to support our commitment to new works and local artists. Every dollar you donate this weekend will be matched 1:1 up to $100,000!

Thanks so much to ACT's Board Presidents, past and present!

Tomorrow really will be A Great Night BACK!

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