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The doors are open, audiences are back in the seats, actors are back on the stage and we couldn’t be more thrilled to announce this wonderful line-up for our 107th Season!
Stop Kiss
By Diana Son
Directed by Belle Burr
September 9–25, 2022
What can be more powerful and moving than a tale of enduring love that miraculously survives a shocking assault? Diana Son’s remarkable play traces Callie and Sara’s journey together through a world that is alternately funny and serious, warm, tender, and brutal.
“To love is to declare oneself, and STOP KISS should speak to anyone who has had to search deep within to find the strength and conviction to join hands with another. I can’t remember a love story that has moved me more.” - L.A. Times
SHOUT! The Mod Musical
Created by Phillip George and David Lowenstein
Continuity by Peter Charles Morris and Phillip George
Directed by Lou Otero
October 21 – November 20, 2022
With its irresistible blend of hip-swiveling hits, this pulse-pounding, raucous musical takes audiences back to the music, style and freedom of the 1960’s with such classic numbers as “Downtown,” “To Sir With Love,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Goldfinger,” “I Know A Place” and many more. Join five groovy gals as they come of age during those glorious days that made England swing.
“SHOUT! is without a doubt a celebration of the music and an homage to the women who made it great.” - BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway Bound
By Neil Simon
Directed by Steve Goldklang
January 6–29, 2023
Broadway’s King of Comedy brings his young alter ego, Eugene, back to Brighton Beach as he and his brother, Stanley hilariously struggle to break into show business as comedy writers for CBS, and watch helplessly as their parents’ marriage implodes. Simon’s Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated comedy provides a potent mix of laughter and tears.
“BROADWAY BOUND contains some of its author’s most accomplished writing to date.” - N.Y. Times
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
Directed by Daniel Douek
February 17 – March 12, 2023
Egad and forsooth! Take three wild’n’crazy actors plus Shakespeare’s 37 plays, cram ‘em all into 97 minutes, and you’ll learn more about The Bard (through songs, raps, interpretative dancing and even a cooking show!) than you ever did while you were asleep in English class. MEDICAL ALERT: “THE COMPLETE WORKS….” could be injurious to your funny bone.
“If you like Shakespeare, you’ll love this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll love this show!” - The Today Show
The Mountaintop
By Katori Hall
Directed by Dwight R.B. Cook
March 31 – April 23, 2023
Hall’s Olivier Award-winning drama begins as a deceptively simple account of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final night on Earth, but then explodes into a powerful rumination on race, politics, life and death that connects King’s legacy to all of us.
“THE MOUNTAINTOP is soul-stirring and eye-opening.” - New York Daily News
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
By Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey
Directed by Audra M. Mullen
May 19 – June 11, 2023
Renegade criminal Randle P. McMurphy wages a titanic battle against his arch nemesis, Nurse Ratched, and the state-sanctioned tyrannies of the American psychiatric establishment in the not-so-distant 1960’s. Funny and gripping, this thought-provoking story of a rebel with an outrageous cause is a great American classic.
“The play is an emotional button-pusher, wringing tears and cheers with precision.” - Variety
Vagabond Players rounds out its 106th season with the world’s longest running musical, The Fantasticks (Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones, Music by Harvey Schmidt). This magical show was suggested by a play, Les Romanesque, by Edmond Rostand. Originally slated for our 104th season, we are thrilled to welcome back and present this production post-pandemic.
There’s always time to remember this legendary romance about a boy, a girl, their two conniving fathers who plot to keep them apart, and a love that transcends all boundaries and expectations. Filled with one of the finest scores ever written for the stage, (“Try to Remember,” “Soon It’s Gonna Rain,” “They Were You,”) The Fantasticks is a bewitching comedy and haunting love story has entranced generations of theatre-goers, and will be sure to enchant and captivate Vagabond audiences for a long time to come.
The Fantasticks runs Friday, May 20 and runs through Sunday, June 19, with weekly performances Fridays/Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Special performances include: a New for 2022 Saturday matinee on June 4 at 2 p.m. and a special $16 Thursdays on Broadway performance on June 16 at 8 p.m.
The Fantasticks is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
DISGRACED
By Ayad Akhtar
Congratulations to the wonderful cast and crew of DISGRACED on a successful run. Thank you for your hardwork and dedication to this thought-provoking production!
Check out what reviewers had to say:
“Akhtar’s material is incendiary, yet ethically complex and even subtle in a lot of ways…Under Mitchell’s guidance, these five actors deliver a powerhouse ensemble performance.” – MD Theatre Guide
Check out the full review at MDTheatreGuide.com
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“Akhtar’s work is one of intense emotional depth and the production at Vagabond Players is delivered with stunning sincerity…A powerful, evocative, and moving sort of work, DISGRACED at Vagabond Players is a powder-keg of relevancy for today’s society.” – TheatreBloom
Check out the full review at TheatreBloom.com
WEEKEND UPDATE: To allow our cast, crew and audiences to be with their loved ones for the holidays - performances for Friday 4/15 and Sunday 4/17 have been cancelled.
BOTH PERFORMANCES FOR SATURDAY 4/16 WILL RUN AS SCHEDULED.
And don’t miss closing weekend April 21-24, which includes our special $10 Thursday on Broadway performance on April 21.
Vagabond Players continues its 106th season with the explosive Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar.
Amir, a successful Pakistani-American lawyer, has turned his back on his culture and heritage in pursuit of the American Dream – living a life of luxury with a beautiful Caucasian wife and lucrative promotion within his grasp. However, Amir’s world rapidly implodes at a dinner party with his African-American co-worker and her Jewish husband, where beliefs about race and religious identity are ruthlessly shattered.
Disgraced is a thrilling and controversial play that questions whether we can ever truly escape the confines of our upbringing and our heritage. Variety calls Disgraced, “…a blistering social drama about the racial prejudices that secretly persist in social circles…Ahktar knows how to build a scene and maintain suspense.”
Disgraced runs Friday, April 1 through Sunday, April 24, with weekly performances Fridays/Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Special performances include: a New for 2022 Saturday matinee on April 16 at 2 p.m. and a special $10 Thursdays on Broadway performance on April 21 at 8 p.m.
Show contains strong language and subject matter – Recommended for mature audiences.
GOD OF CARNAGE
By Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Congratulations to our wonderful director, cast and crew on kicking off our 106th season and helping us welcome back the best of Broadway to Broadway.
Check out what reviewers are saying:
“If you’re looking for an evening of theatre that is equal parts perplexing and evocative, entertaining and enigmatic, and perhaps just downright strange and silly— God of Carnage at Vagabond Players is the ticket for you this season.” – TheatreBloom
Check out the full review at TheatreBloom.com
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“The actors deliver maximum exertion from square one, showing incredible stamina in the process.” – MD Theatre Guide
Check out the full review at MDTheatreGuide.com
Vagabond Players is proud to reopen our doors and kick off our 106th Season with Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation, GOD OF CARNAGE, a comedy of manners… without the manners that offers up the guilty pleasure of watching two marriages go boom! In this outrageously shocking tour-de-force, a playground altercation between two eleven-year-olds brings together four parents who think they can resolve things in a civilized manner. BUT, as the evening progresses, and the drinks flow, the gloves come off and pure animal instinct reigns supreme.
Veteran Vagabond Players’ director, Stephen Deininger leads the supremely talented cast of Vanessa Eskridge, Elena Gray Huang, Troy Jennings, and Matt Leyendecker.
GOD OF CARNAGE runs Friday, February 18 through Sunday, March 13, with weekly performances Fridays/Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and special performances: New for 2022 Saturday Matinee performance on Saturday, March 5 at 2 p.m. and $10 Thursdays on Broadway performance on Thursday, March 10 at 8 p.m.
GOD OF CARNAGE is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
Vagabond Players and Bruce F. Press Photography are excited to provide the Baltimore Theatre Community with the opportunity to get professional headshots for only $50 as we renew our commitment to post-pandemic theatre in Baltimore and bring the best of Broadway back to Broadway.
Bruce F. Press Photography is cutting the standard price of $150 in half and Vagabond Players is picking up $25 per session, so the cost to you is only $50 for a professional mini-headshot session!
Click here to book your session now!
All sessions will be held at the Vagabond Theatre in Fells Point. You will receive a personal 30-minute session and be able to select up to two distinct headshots.
We want you to get the best shot possible, so bring additional tops and accessories to change your look. Time permitting multiple looks will be shot. If you are having a difficult time making a choice, our team and the photographer can help you decide.
Photo selection will be made onsite, if possible or via an online gallery after the event. Your headshots will be sent to you within 5 days of your selection being made.
COVID Precautions:
- In accordance with Baltimore City Guidelines, masks are required while in the venue. Masks can only be removed during photographs, while on the stage.
- Everyone entering the building will be required to answer screening questions and have their temperature taken.
- Social distancing will be observed whenever possible.
- Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the venue.
Vagabond Players is excited to announce that the best of Broadway will be back on Broadway starting in January 2022 with a lineup worth waiting for.
THE CLEAN HOUSE
January 7-30, 2022
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Rina Steinhauer / Assistant Directed by Penelope Chan
Lane’s maid, Mathilde, doesn’t want to clean. She wants to be a stand-up comedian. All Lane wants is a clean house—and a husband who doesn’t cheat on her. Sarah Ruhl’s wryly funny and deeply moving comedy joyously demonstrates that the best things in life—a sublime joke, a fulfilling purpose, a soul mate—are infinitely worth waiting for.
“…one of the finest and funniest new plays you’re likely to see this season.” - The New York Times
GOD OF CARNAGE
February 18 – March 13, 2022
Written by Yazmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by Stephen Deininger
A comedy of manners…without the manners, Reza’s Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation offers up the guilty pleasure of watching a pair of upper middle-class marriages go boom. The playground altercation between two eleven-year-olds brings together four parents who think they can resolve things in a civilized, adult manner. BUT, as the evening progresses, and the drinks flow, the gloves come off and pure animal instinct reigns supreme.
“Bitingly funny! Reza’s clever, stinging view of contemporary culture makes for a bracing burst of theater.” - The Baltimore Sun
DISGRACED
April 1-24, 2022
Written by Ayad Akhtar
Directed by Matthew Sean Mitchell
A successful Pakistani-American lawyer has turned his back on his culture and heritage in pursuit of the American Dream – living a life of luxury with a beautiful Caucasian wife and a lucrative promotion within his grasp. Ayad Ahktar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama shows how Amir’s world rapidly implodes at a dinner party with his African-American co-worker and her Jewish husband that shatters relationships and everyone’s beliefs about race and religious identity.
“…a blistering social drama about the racial prejudices that secretly persist in social circles…Ahktar knows how to build a scene and maintain suspense.” - Variety
THE FANTASTICKS
May 20 – June 19, 2022
Music by Harvey Schmidt, Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Directed by Jimi Kinstle
There’s always time to remember this legendary romance about a boy, a girl, their two fathers, and a love that transcends all boundaries and expectations. Filled with one of the finest scores ever written for the stage, this bewitching comedy and haunting love story has entranced generations of theatergoers, and will be sure to enchant and captivate Vagabond Players’ audiences for a long time to come.
“From ‘Try to Remember,’ the show’s best-known tune, to ‘Soon It’s Gonna Rain,’ to the haunting ‘They Were You,’ the songs are reminders of what make this little musical so hypnotic.” - Associated Press
Thanks to the ongoing support of our patrons and organizations like the Maryland State Arts Council, we’re eager to reopen the doors and welcome everyone back to the stage. More information will be available soon about auditions and opportunities to get involved, as well as tickets and subscriptions for this season.
Congratulations to the wonderful directors, cast, and crew of Talk Radio. Thank you for your hard work and talent in making our first virtual production a success.
“You can tell it’s 1987…the story plays just as fresh in 2021 as it did then. Vagabond Players have done a chillingly excellent job of staging it.” - MD Theatre Guide