Welcome to the Shotgun Players 2020 season.
We’ve got six plays with writing that leaps off the page. Words so good that you want to hear them every night… and characters so compelling they’ll stick with you for years to come. Are you ready for even more high-quality theatre in your community? Then let’s GO! Your subscription covers the upfront costs that make it all happen.
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Patrick Dooley
CANCELLED
By Tim Cowbury
May 14 – June 14
A bold, imaginative response to the stories of those seeking refuge in the UK, The Claim asks what happens when your life is at stake and all you have to save it are your words. The runaway hit of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Claim is a comically absurd and quietly shattering journey to the heart of our tolerant and fair society.
“We just need the truth.”
By Eliza Clark
Directed by Brady Brophy-Hilton
July 10 – August 9
Dr. Irving Baer and his daytime television show reach millions of women across America. They rely on him for everything from weight loss tips to how they can manifest their destinies. When a take-down piece of journalism goes viral, one thing becomes clear: if Baer is going to fall from grace, he's bringing everyone else with him.
“Don't believe everything you read.”
By Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Lisa Marie Rollins
August 27 – September 27
A Black student (Zoe) and her White professor (Janine) meet to discuss a paper about slavery’s effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite academic debate of perspectives at a liberal arts college explodes into an intergenerational clash to define “truth" when history is up for grabs.
“Who are you teaching us to empathize with?”
By Josh Kornbluth
Directed by Casey Stangl
October 15 – November 15
At the Global Brain Health Institute, Josh Kornbluth immersed himself in the study of brain disease and wondered if our society was suffering from political dementia. The discovery of the “empathy circuit” in the brain might be the cure. Can a neurotic storyteller, who flunked every science class, spark a science-based revolution of empathy?
“Irrationally hopeful. Easily distractible. No college degrees. Alive!”
Book and lyrics by Stew
Music by Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Created in collaboration with Annie Dorsen
Directed by Brendan Simon
Winner of a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical!
December 10 – January 10
A young bohemian charts a course for “the real” through sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Loaded with soulful lyrics and overflowing with passion, this show takes us from Black middle-class America to Amsterdam, Berlin and beyond on a journey towards personal and artistic authenticity.
“Love is more than real.”
