Arena Theater 2011-2012 Season

The Odyssey-

adapted by Mary Zimmerman from the Robert Fitzgerald translation

November 4-5 & 9-12, 2011

In this stunning modern adaptation we will journey together with Odysseus as he struggles through a dangerous and miraculous world to find his way back to the place he first called home.

Crimes of the Heart

by Beth Henley

February 17-18 & 22-25, 2012

The McGrath sisters provide the upright citizens of Hazelhurst, Mississippi with plenty of reasons to talk, in this darkly comic and ultimately affirmative story of a fractured family on the fringes of a small town.  Guest Directed by Rick Snyder from Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater.

Twelfth Night

by William Shakespeare

April 13-14 & 18-21, 2012

"If music be the food of love, play on..."

Shakespeare's sublime comedy plunges us deep into the stormy seas of unrequited human longing, where love is hopelessly lost before it is miraculously transformed and given anew.