Productions & Events

ETW MAINSTAGE SHOWS

evoking him: Baldwin

Recent ETW Mainstage Productions

2022-2023

The Serpent

A ceremony written by Jean-Claude van Itallie in collaboration with The Open Theatre, directed by Midori Nakamura

Nine Studies for a Dance Opera

Conceived and directed by Alexander Gedeon

Trojan Women

By Euripides, translation by Brendan Kennelly, directed by Andy Arden-Reese

borderline, (a dance)

A collaboration with the Company, directed by Ishmael Houston-Jones

2021-2022

Men on Boats

By Jaclyn Blackhaus, directed by Doug Paulson

moving forward...looking back

Co-directed by Pat Hall and Jonathan Hart Makwaia, created in collaboration with master drummer Pam Patrick and the Company

2020-2021

THIS IS HOW WE’RE DOING; or Not Philoctetes

Created by the ensemble with help from Sophocles, Directed by Deena Selenow

Marjorie Prime

By Jordan Harrison, Directed by Ryan Dobrin

Rituals for a New Future

Based on writings by Aracelis Girmay, Ursula K. Le Guin, June Jordan, Gabrielle Civil, Elia Monte-Brown,  Zahra Budhwani, Laisa Garcia, Directed by Elia Monte-Brown

2019-2020

Emergence: A Communion

Based on adrienne maree brown’s book Emergent Strategy, Directed by Jonathan McCrory

Beaches in Winter

Written and directed by Jess Barbagallo

Marat/Sade

By Peter Weiss, Directed by Andy Arden-Reese

ESCAPE (cold feet)

By Richard Foreman, Directed by Nicolàs Noreña

2018-2019

evoking him: Baldwin

Conceived by Jonathan McCrory with text by James Baldwin, Co-directed by Chelsea Dee and Jonathan McCrory

The Drunken Days

By Sa’dallah Wannous, Directed by Naila Al-Atrash

Le Bourgeois Avant-Garde

By Charles Ludlam, Directed by Carlton Cyrus Ward

Seagull (Thinking of you)

By Tina Satter, Directed by Tina Satter