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Season 32: Truth

These extraordinary new plays examine our truths and invite you to explore and find joy in what it means to be human.

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The Effect

Oct 13, 2019–Nov 23, 2019

Connie and Tristan in The Effect.

Hearts pounding, thoughts racing, and sleepless nights. Connie and Tristan are falling in love—or are they?

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

Dec 7, 2019–Dec 29, 2019

Hershel spins the dreidel.

In this adaptation of the Caldecott Honor–winning book by Eric Kimmel, the story comes to life with music and magic for all ages.

Thirst

Jan 9, 2020–Feb 15, 2020

Tracie Taylor, Saniyah As-Salaam, and Laura Resinger in Thirst.

C.A. Johnson looks at the politics of race and redefines community in this post-apocalyptic story. 

Welcome to Keene, New Hampshire

Apr 17, 2020–May 30, 2020

Downtown Keene, New Hampshire.

Brian James Polak’s play explores the way we are today: in our growing up and in our marrying, and in our living and in our dying.
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Chicago Tribune

by Chris Jones

Strawdog Theatre, kicked out of its home, has a last play and a new plan
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Columbia College

Theatre Department

Alums and Faculty Bring ​‘Thirst’ to Strawdog Theatre
A scene from Masque Macabre.
The cast of Pillars of the Community.
Hershel spins the dreidel.
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Kamille Dawkins in The Revolutionists.
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The cast of Barbecue.
The cast of Damascus.
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Adapter Michael Dailey with the cast of Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.