2025-2026 Season
The place to be
Something powerful happens when we gather in the same place and experience the same story together. Whether it’s an enduring classic or a bold new play, we can be entertained, inspired and moved by what happens onstage. Sometimes, we may even be transformed.
Our 2025–2026 Season will thrill and delight you: Love will bloom and get complicated. Glass ceilings, stereotypes and illusions will shatter. Plots will thicken. Both dreams and revenge will be realized. Ordinary characters will teach us extraordinary things, make us laugh and help us find our way in the world.
The Guthrie is the place to be, and we can’t wait to welcome you.
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A Doll’s House
by HENRIK IBSEN
a new version by AMY HERZOG
directed by TRACY BRIGDEN
September 13 – October 12, 2025
Wurtele Thrust Stage
A classic drama reimagined
Housewife and mother Nora Helmer lives a delicately constructed — and seemingly perfect — life focused on keeping up appearances and meeting expectations. When a long-held secret comes to light on Christmas Eve, the foundation of Nora’s world begins to crumble. The blackmail and lingering resentments that emerge force her to come to terms with the fragile facade of her doll-like existence. Torn between playing the part that’s been built for her or leaving behind everything she’s ever known, Nora is faced with an impossible choice. Ibsen’s seminal drama returns to the Guthrie in this thrilling adaptation by Pulitzer finalist and Tony nominee Amy Herzog.
Primary Trust
by EBONI BOOTH
directed by MARSHALL JONES III
October 11 – November 16, 2025
McGuire Proscenium Stage
A hopeful story of courage
In a small town in upstate New York, 38-year-old Kenneth has everything he needs: a bookstore job he loves, his best friend Bert, daily mai tais at Wally’s and a simple, steady routine — that is, until he finds himself unemployed. With Bert’s encouragement, Kenneth applies to be a teller at Primary Trust Bank, and he gets the job. Thriving at work, he slowly begins to open his heart to new people and possibilities. But when newfound rhythms threaten his friendship with Bert, Kenneth must face his past before he can fully embrace his future. This Pulitzer Prize-winning new play reveals our universal need for human connection and each other.
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by LAVINA JADHWANI
directed by ADDIE GORLIN-HAN
based on the original direction by JOSEPH HAJ
November 8 – December 28, 2025
Wurtele Thrust Stage
A cherished holiday tradition
Each Christmas, the miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge greets the holiday with “Bah! Humbug!” and can’t be bothered to celebrate. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by three spirits who show him happy memories from his past, difficult realities from the present and a grim future should he continue his closed-hearted ways. Throughout his journey, Scrooge is forced to reckon with the man he has become and contemplate the man he could be — but only if his restless night leads to a change of heart by morning. Filled with hope and festivity, the Guthrie’s cherished holiday tradition continues to bring joy to theatergoers of all ages.
Somewhere
by MATTHEW LÓPEZ
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
December 13, 2025 – February 1, 2026
McGuire Proscenium Stage
A dance-filled family portrait
It’s 1959, and the musical West Side Story has captured the hearts of America, including the tight-knit Candelaria family who dreams of making it big in show business: the siblings take acting and dance lessons, mother Inez works as an usher and father Pepe tours as a bandleader. When an exciting update about a West Side Story film arrives, it is overshadowed by devastating news — their Manhattan tenement apartment is being demolished to build Lincoln Center, and they have 30 days to vacate. Filled with music and dance, this heartfelt family drama explores the tension between pursuing dreams and managing the realities of life.
Macbeth
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by TBA
January 31 – March 22, 2026
Wurtele Thrust Stage
A chilling tale of ambition
When three witches utter a surprising incantation — “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” — a soldier and nobleman’s course is forever altered. Macbeth and his ambitious wife seek to kill King Duncan and usurp the throne. The pair is successful, but their satisfaction is fleeting, and the two embark on a perilous path of destruction. Macbeth is soon haunted by the bloodstained ghost of a former enemy, and the crown grows heavy with the weight of his insecurity and paranoia. Shakespeare’s thrilling story of treachery and ambition explores the relationship between power and corruption, revealing the villainy that can emerge when power is sought.
Sleuth
by ANTHONY SHAFFER
directed by KIMBERLY SENIOR
March 7 – May 10, 2026
McGuire Proscenium Stage
A heart-pounding thriller
When Milo Tindle visits detective writer Andrew Wyke at his English countryside home, the last thing he expects is for Andrew to propose they stage an elaborate jewelry burglary. Andrew’s endgame is a sizeable insurance payout for himself; Milo can use the jewels to financially support Andrew’s wife, Marguerite, with whom he’s been having an affair. The plan goes swimmingly at first, but as new revelations come to light, both men soon realize they’ve met their match. What follows is a heart-pounding, high-stakes game of cat and mouse where each man’s web of lies, bargains and misdirections leads to the ultimate checkmate. Let the game begin.
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
adapted by LAUREN M. GUNDERSON
from the novel by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
directed by JACKSON GAY
April 18 – June 21, 2026
Wurtele Thrust Stage
A beloved coming-of-age drama
Jo March desperately wants to be a writer — an unusual dream for a teenage girl in 1860s Massachusetts. With her father away during the Civil War, Jo and sisters Meg, Beth and Amy, at home with their mother Marmee, remain joyful and dutiful despite their modest circumstances. As time passes, the women in the family grow ever closer as they navigate love, loss and new beginnings. Yearning for independence, Jo is emboldened by her sisters to channel her angst into her stories, eventually finding her place in the world as a published author. This new adaptation of the beloved classic celebrates the wonderful and trying transition from girlhood to adulthood.
Come From Away
A New Musical
book, music and lyrics by IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN
directed by KENT GASH
June 6 – August 9, 2026
McGuire Proscenium Stage
A musical inspired by true events
At 9:26 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the Federal Aviation Administration shuts down U.S. airspace in response to terrorist attacks, forcing all inbound planes to find alternate destinations. In total, 38 planes are diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, and the hospitable residents of the small Canadian town greet all 7,000 passengers with food, clothing and open hearts. By the time the “plane people” depart, defenses are down, romance blooms and lifelong friendships are formed. Based on the inspiring true story of Gander’s unexpected guests, this joyful musical honors our common humanity and highlights the importance of reaching out to those in need.
Private Lives
by NOËL COWARD
directed by TBA
July 18 – August 23, 2026
Wurtele Thrust Stage
A quick-witted comedy
It’s been five years since divorcees Elyot and Amanda called it quits. It wasn’t that they didn’t adore each other — their union was just too tempestuous for their own good. Now they’re both on marriage number two and honeymooning at a popular resort town in France with their new spouses, Sibyl and Victor, who remain unconvinced that the flames between the former dynamic duo have fizzled. When the couples discover they are vacationing at the same hotel, insults and romantic sparks fly until everyone is caught in the emotional crossfire and forced to follow their hearts. This delicious will-they-won’t-they comedy will have you rooting for the lovers and leave you laughing the whole way home.
In the Dowling Studio
The Ruins: a play through music
by GEORGE ABUD
directed by OSH ASHRUF
September 19 – October 12, 2025
Dowling Studio
A poignant world premiere
In a single white room, two young people find themselves facing each other — and the harsh truth of their own mortality. Each enters the room with a stringed instrument, and they choose to spend their remaining days together. He is Arab American, plays “Al Atlal” and reads Khalil Gibran; she is white, plays Bach (to impress), secretly loves folk music and reads Tom Robbins. Over the course of eight movements, they share their rage and ecstasy, finding in music the language that words fail to convey. This poetic new play with music is a gentle investigation into big questions of life, death, fulfillment and meaning.
Ticket information
Eight productions will be available as part of the 2025–2026 Season subscription series: A Doll’s House, Macbeth, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women and Private Lives on the Wurtele Thrust Stage, and Primary Trust, Somewhere, Sleuth and Come From Away on the McGuire Proscenium Stage. New season subscriptions start at $108.
On-sale dates
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July 16: Single tickets for A Doll’s House, Primary Trust and Somewhere
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September 2: Single tickets for A Christmas Carol
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November 5: Single tickets for Macbeth, Sleuth and Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
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January 7, 2026: Single tickets for Come From Away and Private Lives
Single ticket prices for all mainstage shows, excluding A Christmas Carol, range from $35 to $104 (includes handling fees). Discounts are available for seniors, students and children.
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