Loh’s ‘Madwoman’ part of SCR lineup

Sandra Tsing Loh, whose whimsical voice and off-kilter sensibility have stood alone on public radio and in solo stage performances, is about to let others cut in on her action for a change.

The 2015-16 season announced by South Coast Repertory will include the world premiere of “Madwoman in a Volvo,” (Jan. 324, 2016), Loh’s stage adaptation of her 2014 book of the same name, a memoir of the trials of menopause.

This time playgoers can see how well she plays with others — her “Madwoman” script calls for two additional actors.

“Madwoman in a Volvo” is one of five world premieres in a nine-play season at South Coast. All but Loh’s show were commissioned by the Costa Mesa theater.

“I don’t know for certain that she hasn’t done this before, but it’s not her typical approach, and that’s exciting,” artistic director Marc Masterson said of Loh.

“Madwoman” will be on the 336-seat Argyros Stage, where all four slots in the season are world premieres.

A fifth new play, “Future Thinking” (March 25-April 24, 2016) by Eliza Clark, will premiere on the Segerstrom Stage as part of the theater’s Pacific Playwrights Festival. It concerns a starlet and an obsessive fan, with ComicCon as a backdrop.

The other new plays announced so far are “Vietgone” by Qui Nguyen, about Vietnamese refugees struggling to come to terms with life in America after the fall of Saigon (Oct. 4-25), and “Going to a Place Where You Already Are” (March 6-27, 2016) by Bekah Brunstetter. The show, to be directed by Masterson, is driven by a character whose near-death experience has her believing she’s been to heaven.

Another premiere is still to be announced.

Rounding out the season are four revivals:

“Amadeus” (May 6-June 5, 2016) is Peter Shaffer’s mega-hit about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; John Logan’s “Red” (Jan. 22-Feb. 21, 2016), on the creative struggles of Mark Rothko; and “One Man, Two Guvnors,” (Sept. 11-Oct. 11), Richard Bean’s farce that translates the 18th century comedy “The Servant of Two Masters” to 1960s England.

The coming season also revisits “Abundance” (Oct. 16-Nov. 15), Beth Henley’s play about mail-order brides in the Wyoming Territory of the 1860s. Martin Benson, the company’s co-founder, will direct.

Also returning — for the 36th consecutive year — is the theater’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (Nov 27-Dec. 27).