2022-23 Season

The Underground History Project:

The Ground On Which We Stand

Outdoors in Montclair 4/29

Indoors at Luna 4/30

Part 1 of a 5-year series of site-specific performances based on Underground Railroad history in Essex County. This year will focus on The Howe House in Montclair.

Two Elizas

By Jenny Mercein
May 4 – 14, 2023

Mercein explores women's rights, motherhood, and loss, juxtaposing the true story of her ancestor Eliza Mercein Barry's 1847 U.S. Supreme Court case Barry v Mercein with her own complicated journey to motherhood. A world premiere.

Torn Asunder

By Nikkole Salter
Directed by Lisa Strum
Feb 2 – 26, 2023

Prince George's County, MD, 1859. TORN ASUNDER dramatizes true stories of newly emancipated African Americans trying to overcome the ever-present vestiges of institutional slavery to reconnect with their families.

Richard II

By William Shakespeare
Adapted and directed by Zachary Elkind
Oct 20, 2022 – Nov 13, 2022

Starring Giuliana Carr, Nathan Darrow, Darin F Earl II, and Gaby Policano.

4 actors, 16 roles, 90 minutes. A taut reimagining of Shakespeare’s intimate, devastating history play about the danger of unchecked power. A world premiere.

Read about the show in Gothamist.