Oedipus El Rey
World Premiere by Luis Alfaro
Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera
Opening February 27, 2010

In this gritty reimagining of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, the modern kingdom is the barrio of East LA. Our ruler, just released from prison, is in search of a new place called home. Along the way he faces off with a wounded queen, a three-headed born-again serpent and a king with road rage. Is our young homeboy doomed to suffer his destiny? The word on the street is not good, but great love conquers all. A shared world premiere with San Francisco's Magic Theatre.

The Twentieth-Century Way
World Premiere by Tom Jacobson
Directed by Michael Michetti
Opening May 8, 2010

Based on a little-known incident in LA history, this theatrical thrill ride explores the collision of reality and fantasy as two actors juggle various roles to entrap homosexuals for "social vagrancy" in the public restrooms of 1914 Long Beach. But are they actually entrapping each other? Who they are and what they need is a mystery that deepens with every twist and turn.

The Good Book of Pedantry and Wonder
World Premiere by Moby Pomerance
Directed by John Langs
Opening July 31, 2010

A deliciously witty exploration of the very special misery only the smartest family members can inflict upon one another. In 1880s England, James Murray pursues the Sisyphean task of creating the Oxford English Dictionary, alongside his brilliantly caustic daughter who is now responsible for Murray, his seemingly prodigal son, and a garden shed full of thousands of slips of paper bearing definitions. When does a lifework end and your own life begin? A Co-Production with Circle X Theatre Company.

Futura
World Premiere by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
Opening October 9, 2010

Can a font change the future? On her first day back at the University, a rogue professor sets out to avenge her missing husband – and the lost art of ink on paper – by conducting a dangerous lesson on typography. When the Professor’s lecture jumps the rails, we peer into a near future where desperate people search for the tangible in an ever more virtual age. A shared world premiere with Portland Center Stage and The National Asian American Theatre Company.