Plays | Guthrie Theater

A Streetcar Named Desire

July 03 - August 29, 2010

Wurtele Thrust Stage

by Tennessee Williams
directed by John Miller-Stephany

One of America's most iconic plays, A Streetcar Named Desire begins on a steamy afternoon in the heart of New Orleans as Blanche DuBois arrives on the doorstep of her younger sister Stella and Stella's sexy, yet brutish husband Stanley. With a pulsating underscore of music and memory that swells with the heat of pure emotion, A Streetcar Named Desire delivers an unforgettable dramatic ride, filled with love, loss and the dream of what's to come.

A Guthrie Experience for Actors in Training 2010

July 28 - August 01, 2010

Dowling Studio

Macondo is a place of myth, a place where oil spills under and over water, creating a chain reaction that devastates human lives and animal habitats.

The Scottsboro Boys

July 31 - September 25, 2010

McGuire Proscenium Stage

Vineyard Theatre production of
The Scottsboro Boys
music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
book by David Thompson
direction and choreography by Susan Stroman

With a score by Broadway's legendary songwriting team Kander & Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago) and a book by Tony-nominee David Thompson (Steel Pier), five-time Tony-winner Susan Stroman (The Producers, Contact) directs and choreographs a stellar cast in this new musical triumph that depicts one of the most important and notorious chapters in American history.

The Master Butchers Singing Club

September 11 - November 06, 2010

Wurtele Thrust Stage

by Marsha Norman
based upon the novel by Louise Erdrich
developed and directed by Francesca Zambello

Bookended by the two World Wars, The Master Butchers Singing Club, a moving story of tradition, family, love and loss, follows the life of Fidelis Waldvogel and his family, as well as Delphine Watzka and her partner Cyprian, as they adjust in their separate lives in the small town of Argus, North Dakota.

The Great Game: Afghanistan

September 29 - October 17, 2010

McGuire Proscenium Stage

The Guthrie Theater's WorldStage Series presents
the Tricycle Theatre's production of
The Great Game: Afghanistan
by Richard Bean, Lee Blessing, David Edgar, David Greig, Amit Gupta, Ron Hutchinson, Stephen Jeffreys, Abi Morgan, Ben Ockrent, Simon Stephens, Colin Teevan and Joy Wilkinson
directed by Nicolas Kent and Indhu Rubasingham

Recently nominated for a prestigious Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement, this ambitious theatrical experience from London's Tricycle Theatre explores Afghan culture and history in an enthralling three-part event.

The 39 Steps

October 30 - December 19, 2010

McGuire Proscenium Stage

adapted by Patrick Barlow
from the novel by John Buchan
from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock
licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited
and an original concept
by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
directed by Joel Sass

Combining spy thriller with farcical comedy and ingenious theatrical invention, The 39 Steps is an engaging, fast-paced whodunit that celebrates the magic of theater.

A Christmas Carol

November 19 - December 30, 2010

Wurtele Thrust Stage

by Charles Dickens
adapted by Crispin Whittell
directed by Joe Dowling

The Guthrie returns to this holiday favorite, in an all new production with a script by British playwright Crispin Whittell and directed for the first time by Joe Dowling.

Romeo and Juliet and The Comedy of Errors

January 08 - January 30, 2011

McGuire Proscenium Stage

The Acting Company in association with
the Guthrie Theater presents
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Penny Metropulos
and
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
directed by Ian Belknap

The Guthrie and The Acting Company reunite for the third year with The Comedy of Errors, a hilarious tale of multiple mistaken identities, and Romeo and Juliet, the story of star-crossed teenage love returning after an earlier run in 2010.

The Winter's Tale

January 29 - March 27, 2011

Wurtele Thrust Stage

by William Shakespeare
directed by Jonathan Munby

The Winter’s Tale, with its improbable twists and turns, signals Shakespeare’s mature and inspired creativity. This broadly appealing romance dazzles and delights with a lovely range of poetic and dramatic invention.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

February 10 - March 06, 2011

McGuire Proscenium Stage

Penumbra Theatre Company's
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson
directed by Lou Bellamy

Inside a cramped Chicago recording studio, the agony and rage bound up in the blues gets amplified when a young talent threatens to dethrone the queen.

Arms and the Man

March 19 - May 15, 2011

McGuire Proscenium Stage

by George Bernard Shaw

Arms and the Man contrasts the practical military knowledge of a Swiss mercenary – who knows that old soldiers carry food in their holsters and young ones pistols – with the romantic posturing of a Bulgarian soldier who becomes a hero by leading an improbably successful, and stupid, cavalry charge.

Arsenic and Old Lace

April 09 - June 05, 2011

Wurtele Thrust Stage

by Joseph Kesselring
directed by Joe Dowling

Spinster sisters Abby and Martha Brewster are devoted to charity and family. But the sisters have taken on another project as well – befriending lonely older gentlemen and then poisoning them with arsenic-laced elderberry wine.

God of Carnage

May 28 - August 07, 2011

McGuire Proscenium Stage

by Yasmina Reza
translated by Christopher Hampton
directed by John Miller-Stephany

God of Carnage is a self-proclaimed “comedy of manners ... without manners” in which the parents of two boys involved in a playground scuffle meet to discuss, logically and amiably, how to deal with the boys.

H.M.S. Pinafore

June 18 - August 28, 2011

Wurtele Thrust Stage

Gilbert and Sullivan's
H.M.S. Pinafore
directed by Joe Dowling

H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan’s first major success, provides a farcical look at the mixing of social classes and the failure of idealistic socialism when put into practice.