Legacy is the theme of next year’s Here for Now Theatre season.
So says founding artistic director Fiona Mongillo as the company announces its line-up of shows.
Seven productions will be showcased, including four world premieres.
Mongillo said a lot of the plays focus on a deeper question: how do I make my time on this planet meaningful, and what mark am I leaving on the world?
“This question takes on many different forms throughout the season.”
The season starts with Dancing on the Elephant, a play about two elderly women forming a friendship at Shady Rest Retirement Home and reconciling with their pasts, directed by Sheila McCarthy.
The next production, Love Story (directed by Sabryn Rock), follows a young protagonist who tries to regain control of the narrative of her own life after passing away, while the Bob White-directed The Shoe sees a meltdown at the dentist change the lives of four people.
Rosemary Dunsmore is directing The Last Days of Jude, where a daughter returns home to say goodbye to her dying father.
An Ordinary Afternoon in 1974 takes theatre-goers to a suburban kitchen where two women navigating the recent ends of their marriages meet for what starts out as an ordinary afternoon. This production is directed by Fiona Highet.
Forbidden love, a doomed rebellion and a giant wheel of cheese will be featured in the Peter Hinton-Davis directed The Last Hanging at Redbridge.
Ruby and the Reindeer closes the season. The production follows 12-year-old Ruby discovering an unruly reindeer in her family’s barn, bringing an extraordinary turn to the holidays.
Theatre staff say there will also be two productions running for only four days each; DORA MAAR: Picasso’s Wicked One and Monks.
DORA MAAR returns to Here for Now following its successful summer season this year.
Three plays will be read to the public as part of the 2027 reading series.
The plays include Talking Sex on Sunday, What did you see, and Listen.
The season runs next April 27 to Dec. 22.
