Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok's Sanctuary City asks the question: In a nation built on the promise of opportunity, how do we determine who benefits? Where once belonging was measured by front‑porch waves and neighborhood gatherings, today it hinges on paperwork and the threat of separation - or possibly far worse.
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The first staged reading in our Bold Voices series, Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children is a taut, unsettling exploration of aging, legacy, and environmental responsibility — a surprisingly funny, yet razor-sharp thriller.
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Driven by Tlingit song, dance, and ancestral wisdom, this heartfelt drama honors Indigenous voices and stories that echo across time. Some journeys don’t end at the summit—they reach all the way to the stars.
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The second staged reading in our Bold Voices series, Lynn Nottage’s Sweat brings us into a neighborhood bar where friendships begin to splinter, long-held tensions erupt, and a town already stretched thin is pushed to the brink. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this powerful, provocative drama lays bare the intersection of race, class, and resilience in a country struggling to hold itself together.
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August 2 -3, we present our second Bold Voices staged reading, The Treasurer by Max Posner. Through surreal encounters and biting wit, this unforgettable play captures the emotional math we all attempt when weighing love against responsibility. A tender, tragic, and sharply observed journey through the ledger of a life.
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The HQP Bold Voices series includes readings of newer, edgier work that wouldn’t normally get a chance on the mainstage. For our first reading, Harlequin presents The Christians by Lucas Hnath, a "mature and elusive" look at faith in America. A charismatic pastor has had a revelation that he thinks his congregation will be happy to hear. He's wrong about that...
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A true story, still unfolding. The verbatim transcript of NSA whistle blower Reality Winner's FBI interrogation, conceived as a play by Obie Award-winner Tina Satter.
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Pulitzer Prize finalist, celebrated performer, and playwright Dael Orlandersmith explores the social uprising in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of teenager Michael Brown. Pulling from her extensive interviews with Missouri residents, Orlandersmith crafts a stunning theatrical experience that must be seen.
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Executed for a murder she did not commit, young widow Dou Yi vows that if she is innocent, snow will fall in midsummer and a catastrophic drought will strike.
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From the Pulitzer-winning playwright behind Angels in America comes a dramatic parable for our time. A Bright Room Called Day follows a group of artists and political activists struggling to preserve themselves in 1930s Berlin as the Weimar Republic surrenders to the seduction of fascism.
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