‘Detroit ’67’ opens Aurora season
A mix of classics, premieres and adaptations of contemporary literature will compose Aurora Theatre Company’s 201819 season, the company announced Thursday, March 29.
Opening the company’s 27th season is Dominique Morisseau ’s “Detroit ’67,” a Motown-infused play, part of the writer’s Detroit trilogy, set in the advent of that city’s notorious race riot. Running Aug. 31-Sept. 30, it’s directed by Darryl V. Jones.
Next up is the West Coast premiere of the stage adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Everything Is Illuminated.” Staged Nov. 9-Dec. 9 under Tom Ross’ direction, it’s about a young American on a search for the Ukrainian woman who saved his grandmother from the Nazis.
With the new year comes director Barbara Damashek’s take on August Strindberg’s “Creditors,” translated by David Greig. The 1888 play, running Jan. 25-Feb. 24, 2019, follows a love triangle in which each party manipulates the others, with tragicomic results.
Spring brings the Bay Area premiere of “Actually,” running March 8-April 21 and directed by Tracy Ward. Anna Ziegler’s two-hander is about two Princeton freshmen navigating different definitions of sexual consent. Also in spring comes Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” often described as the best farce ever written. Directed by Josh Costello, it performs April 12-May 12.
The season concludes June 21-July 21 with “The Year of Magical Thinking,” a one-woman show adapted from Joan Didion’s eponymous memoir about loss. Nancy Carlin directs.