‘25-’26 Season
Pins & Needles
by Harold Rome
August 30 - September 14
For the first show of its inaugural season, Mercury Theater presents, “Pins and Needles,” an unjustly forgotten piece of musical theater history that speaks powerfully to the present day.
“Pins and Needles,” is a musical revue by composer Harold Rome and a crew of Depression Era scribes first performed by members of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in 1937.
With a modern day cast of 10, the theater has culled the best songs and sketches from the revue’s ever-changing four-year Broadway run. These include songs like “Doin’ the Reactionary,””It’s Better with a Union Man,” “Sitting on Your Status Quo,” “One Big Union for Two,” and “Call it Unamerican.”
Eileen Morris, Stage Director
Jared Emerson-Johnson, Music Director
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertolt Brecht
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a satirical parable play that uses a gangster-ruled Chicago in the 1930s to allegorically depict Adolf Hitler's rise to power in 1930s Germany. Set during an economic slump, the play follows the small-time gangster Arturo Ui as he takes over the city's vegetable trade through corruption, bribery, and violence. Each event and character in the play has a parallel to real-life events in Nazi Germany, serving as a cautionary tale to audiences that people's complicity and lack of resistance allow demagogues to take control.
Oct 31-Nov 16
Woody Guthrie’s American Song
conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer
Woody Guthrie's American Song serves as a musical tribute to the American folk singer and poet, Woody Guthrie, conceived and adapted by Peter Glazer. It uses Guthrie's own songs and writings to narrate his life and the historical and social forces that shaped him and the nation, such as the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and labor struggles. The show brings to life the spirit of Guthrie's music as a celebration of American history, its people, their struggles, and their joys.
Jan 9-25
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
Private Lives is a witty 1930s romantic comedy about a volatile, divorced couple who, by chance, end up in adjoining hotel rooms while honeymooning with their new spouses.
Mar 6-22
Enfrascada
by Tanya Saracho
Practical, down-to-earth Alicia has had her heart broken and her world shattered, but her girls, Yesinia and Carolina, know what to do! With Alicia's cousin Lulu they launch into a madcap plan of magical manipulation with a little Santeria, a dash of Hoodoo, and a whole heap of Brujeria!
Get 'engrossed' in this dark Latine comedy about friendship, magic, and finding yourself after your world falls apart.
Apr 24-May 10
La Rondine
by Giacomo Puccini
La Rondine is a tragicomic opera by Puccini about Magda, a Parisian courtesan who leaves her wealthy patron, Rambaldo, for a life of true love with a young man named Ruggero, a chance encounter at a nightclub. She disguises herself to meet Ruggero, and they elope to the French Riviera, but their idyllic life is shattered when her past catches up to them, forcing her to choose between her love and Ruggero's social ruin.
Jun 12-28
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