The Muses

Written by Melisa Cole, Jessica McDonald, Jill Johnson, Kelby LeNorman, Jennifer Pierce, Amanda Riisager, Kaitlyn Ralston and Veronica Rosas

Directed by Jill Johnson

January 6th – January 29th

Artistic Director Jill Johnson has previously directed productions of the West Coast premiere of Sans Merci, The Cantor’s Tale and has produced three installments of the "Dead Letter Office" festival.

West Side Terri

Conceived by Christopher Basile, Alexander Price and Terri Mowrey

Directed by Christopher Basile

February 10th – March 4th

The Cherry Orchard

By Anton Chekhov

Directed by Gary Lewis McKee II

March 16th – April 7th

Great Western Wanderlust

by Eric Eberwein

Directed by Anthony Galleran

April 20th – May 13th

The west coast premiere of an award-winning comedy. A bored Midwestern couple makes an impulsive romantic getaway into the West … even as their marriage threatens to go off the rails. As their escape from suburbia turns into a vacation from hell, they feel the classic American urge to find their true selves on the open road. Anthony Galleran has previously directed High Fidelity, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Shape of Things.

To Hades And Back (Again)

By Katherine Murphy

Directed by Jill Johnson

June 1--June 24 

Set in the doomed House of Atreus, To Hades and Back Again has been reworked for our current age of self-aware existential angst. Murphy’s play views the participants of The Oresteia from Cly's point of view: her long-gone warrior husband Aggie, her replacement companion Aeg, the ghost of Cly (and Aggie’s) murdered daughter Iphy, Cly’s half-sister and sister-in-law Helen, and Aggie’s new riddle-spewing “employee” Cass. To Hades plays out the familiar tale of warfare, blood sacrifice, and even bloodier vengeance, while beleaguered servants try to keep it all together. Murphy explores the original sin of pride -- or was it manly posturing? -- and its destructive spiral in family relationships.

‘Art’

By Yasmina Reza

Directed by Katie Chidester

July 6th – July 29th

How much would you pay for a white painting? Three old friends square off over a blank canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly batter one another over various failures. As their arguments become less theoretical and more personal, they border on destroying their friendships. Katie Chidester has previously directed The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Buried Child and Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief.

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Julius Caesar

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Jeff Lowe

August 10th – September 2nd

Political intrigue, power struggles, and bloody betrayal, flourish in this all woman cast of Julius Caesar. "Think you I am no stronger than my sex?" Jeff Lowe makes his directorial debut at Hunger Artists.

The Elephant Man

By Bernard Pomerance

(Rights pending)

Directed by Glendele Way-Agle

September 14th – October 7th

Based on the life of John Merrick, a horribly deformed young man, victim of rare skin and bone diseases, he has become the star freak attraction in traveling side shows. Under the care of celebrated young physician Frederick Treves, Merrick is introduced to London society and slowly evolves from an object of pity to an urbane and witty favorite of the aristocracy and literati only to be denied his ultimate dream, to become a man like any other. Company member Glendele Way-Agle has previously directed Waiting for Godot, Bat Boy: The Musical and her own adaptation of Lysistrata.

 Losing Our Heads:

The Guillotine Play

By Nina Mansfield

Directed by Casey Holm

October 19th – November 18th

A comedy that juxtaposes absurdist vignettes about the bizarre history of the guillotine with the post-beheading loves, lives and struggles of Nick, Marie and Charlotte, historical figures who now exist in a very contemporary version of the afterlife. Beneath its comedic surface, the play examines humanity’s violent history. Casey Holm makes his directorial debut at The Hunger Artists Theatre Company.

Beyond Convention VI

Produced by Emily Brauer- Rogers

November 30th – December 16th

The play festival that breaks the boundaries of traditional theatre is back for its sixth installment. Playwrights from all over the world will submit their innovative, bizarre, and offbeat plays for the Hunger Artists stage. Company member Emily Brauer Rogers has previously produced the four previous installments of Beyond Convention as well as directed for Hardcore: Women's Reflections on Iraq.