THE 2018-2019 SEASON AT
PROSPECT THEATER PROJECT

YANKEE TAVERN
By Steven Deitz
SEPTEMBER 14 – 30, 2018
Just when you thought you’d heard every crazy 9/11 conspiracy theory, a stranger walks into the Yankee Tavern. There, inside the walls of this crumbling New York tavern, a young couple finds themselves caught up in what might be the biggest conspiracy of all. Steven Dietz’s acclaimed and already widely produced dramatic thriller—a selection of the National New Play Network’s Continued Life Project—is a fierce, funny and ultimately mind- bending work of theatrical power that grips you until the final word. What you don’t know can hurt you.

WATCH ON THE RHINE
By Lillian Hellman
NOVEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 2, 2018
Told in compelling, human terms, the play is an eloquent and stirring tribute to the brave men and women who, despite all odds, struggled early on to stem the tide of fascism which was soon to spread throughout Europe and the world. A powerful and moving play by one of our most celebrated writers. A great success in both New York and London when first produced and when revived on Broadway.

ON THE VERGE
By Eric Overmyer
JANUARY 11 – 20, 2019
Among the most imaginative works of the 20th century, Eric Overmyer’s ON THE VERGE or THE GEOGRAPHY OF LEARNING captivates with its abundant invention. It is a romping meditation on the outer and inner frontiers of the human condition, full of lyrical and hilarious dialogue and imagery both beautiful and surreal.

THE FLICK
by Annie Baker
FEBRUARY 22 – MARCH 10, 2019
In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35-millimeter
film projectors in the state. A hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.
 

SONS OF THE PROPHET
by Stephen Karam
MAY 3 – 19, 2019
If to live is to suffer, then Joseph Douaihy is more alive than most. With unexplained chronic pain and the fate of his reeling family on his shoulders, Joseph’s health, sanity, and insurance premium are on the line.  In an age when modern medicine has a cure for just about everything, SONS OF THE PROPHET is the funniest play about human suffering you’re likely to see.

A WALK IN THE WOODS
By Lee Blessing
JULY 19 – AUGUST 4, 2019
The place is a “pleasant woods on the outskirts of Geneva,” where two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet informally after long, frustrating hours at the bargaining table. An important, brilliantly executed and strikingly original play which brings deep perception and unexpected humor to its probing examination of the superpower negotiations on nuclear disarmament.