Connecticut’s Yale Repertory Theatre has unveiled its 2018�2019 programming, with a fifth and final production still to be announced.
The season will feature the world premiere of Cadillac Crew, a new play about the Civil Rights Movement and what it meant for women by Yale playwright Tori Sampson; a new play by Charise Castro Smith presented in collaboration with The Sol Project; and a new work by two-time Tony Award winner Peter Brook and his longtime collaborator, Marie-Hélène Estienne.
Kicking off the season September 28 will be the world premiere of Castro Smith's El Huracán, directed by Laurie Woolery and presented in collaboration with . As an epic hurricane threatens Miami, a mother and daughter brace themselves for the storm as Abuela takes shelter in a world of memory, music, and magic. Performances will run through October 20.
In November, Yale Rep will present the American premiere of Brook and Estienne's The Prisoner, a new work that was commissioned by Paris' Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Yale Rep, New York City's Theatre for a New Audience, and London's National Theatre, among other international institutions. The play, in which a man sits outside a prison, explores the complexities of crime, justice, and compassion. Performances will run November 2�17.
Rounding out the season in the new year will be an Afro-futurist production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Twelfth Night, directed by Carl Cofield (March 15–April 6, 2019); and Sampson's Cadillac Crew, directed by Jesse Rasmussen (April 26–May 18).
A final production will be announced at a later date. For more information visit .
