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Tribes by Nina Raine
Directed by Cristy Landis
August 30, 2013-October 5, 2013
2012 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Play
2012 NY Theatre Critics Circle Award
Billy’s fiercely intelligent and defiantly unconventional family is its own tiny empire, complete with irascible wit, kimonos, pepper figs, and BB guns. Did we mention that Billy’s deaf and that not a soul in his family speaks sign language? Enter into the mayhem the beautiful Sylvia, who finally gives Billy the chance to not only speak but to actually be heard. Enjoy the silence.
The Birds by Conor McPherson
Directed by Sharon Graci
October 25, 2013–November 23, 2013
From the writer of the award-winning hit The Seafarer and the plays Shining City and The Weir, PURE is pleased to present Conor McPherson’s chilling psychological thriller The Birds, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s short story (on which Hitchcock’s famed thriller was loosely based). Set in an isolated, abandoned house, strangers with no electricity and little food take refuge from the unnerving masses of birds that attack everyone around them.
Penelope by Enda Walsh
Directed by Sharon Graci
December 13, 2013–January 18, 2014
2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award
On a sun-scorched island off the coast of Greece, beautiful Penelope awaits the return of her husband from war. Beneath her window, four Speedo-clad men camp in an empty swimming pool. Locked in a do-or-die competition to win Penelope’s love, they preen and posture and connive in a last ditch effort to cheat a grisly fate.
Russian Transport by Erika Sheffer
Directed by Randy Neale
February 7, 2014–March 1, 2014
2012 Paula Vogel Award
A comedy-turned-thriller that took Off-Broadway by storm. A rowdy Russian family in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, is on a daily hustle to achieve the American Dream. When Uncle Boris arrives from the Old Country, his mysterious business ventures force the family to decide just how far they are willing to go to come out on top.
Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
Directed by Erin Wilson
April 4, 2014–April 26, 2014
2012 Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2011 Outer Critics Circle Award
Drama League Award for Distinguished Play
After a six -year absence, Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs to celebrate Christmas with her parents, brother and eccentric aunt. When Brooke announces her decision to publish a memoir revealing a devastating family secret, the holiday reunion is turned upside down. This battle of reality and perception opens old family wounds as memories are tested and the Wyeth clan learns some secrets cannot stay buried forever. With biting wit and razor-sharp insight, Other Desert Cities is hailed as “one of the best plays of the decade.”[/three_fifth]
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