Sam Shepard’s American classic True West explores the volatility of two brothers’ reunion in their mother’s house in California. As they navigate their differing life paths and aspirations, a screenplay ignites the fuse of their relationship. This brilliant staple of contemporary drama is a visceral investigation of brotherhood, identity, and the scorched American Dream.
Sam Shepard’s American classic True West explores the volatility of two brothers’ reunion in their mother’s house in California. As they navigate their differing life paths and aspirations, a screenplay ignites the fuse of their relationship. This brilliant staple of contemporary drama is a visceral investigation of brotherhood, identity, and the scorched American Dream.
Sam Shepard’s American classic True West explores the volatility of two brothers’ reunion in their mother’s house in California. As they navigate their differing life paths and aspirations, a screenplay ignites the fuse of their relationship. This brilliant staple of contemporary drama is a visceral investigation of brotherhood, identity, and the scorched American Dream.
Join us for a conversation with theater scholar and educator Brian Eugenio Herrera. Brian Eugenio Herrera is, by turns, a writer, teacher and scholar - presently based in New Jersey, but forever rooted in New Mexico. Brian's work, whether academic or artistic, examines the history of gender, sexuality and race within and through U.S. popular performance. He is author of The Latina/o Theatre Commons 2013 National Convening: A Narrative Report (HowlRound, 2015). With Stephanie Batiste and Robin Bernstein, Brian serves as co-editor of “Performances and American Cultures” series at NYU Press. Brian Eugenio Herrera is Associate Professor of Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, where he is also a core faculty member in the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and a faculty affiliate with the Programs in American Studies, Music Theater and Latino Studies.
Tickets for Thursday night can be found here.
Sam Shepard’s American classic True West explores the volatility of two brothers’ reunion in their mother’s house in California. As they navigate their differing life paths and aspirations, a screenplay ignites the fuse of their relationship. This brilliant staple of contemporary drama is a visceral investigation of brotherhood, identity, and the scorched American Dream.
Enjoy a musical hour full of whimsy and heart with You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Whether you grew up on the PEANUTS Characters or are introducing your children to the genius of Clark M. Schulz, this musical is fun for the whole family with its childhood joy, charming stories, and beautiful songs
Join us for a celebration of our incredible season and all our donors, subscribers, and patrons that made it a reality! Expect light refreshments and an auction of special local items, as well as the opportunity to meet some of the creatives and performers behind the season!
Join the fun with a ticket available here! Donors have free admission.
Join the cast of True West for a selected reading from the show and discussion about the behind-the-scenes magic! Learn from Jordan Rashdan (Austin) and Joseph McLean (Lee) about the technique and iterative process behind sculpting their intense brotherly relationship and brilliant performances. Co-hosted by Labyrinth Books, the event is on their lower level and attendance is free.
Tickets for True West can be found here.
Labyrinth is an acclaimed independent, family-owned academic and community bookstore serving Princeton University, the town of Princeton, and beyond. We specialize in academic books for scholars as well as books of broad and general interest: contemporary and classic literature, poetry, current events, history, philosophy, theology, cookbooks, comics, and books for children. We offer a large selection of constantly-changing inventory, including used and antiquarian titles, daily deep discounts on sale titles, and gifts for readers and writers. We are proud to host a full calendar of author lectures, conversations and signings. View our calendar here and sign up for our once-weekly events newsletter here.
Join us for a conversation with accomplished playwright, director, and educator R.N. Sandberg. R. N. Sandberg is a playwright and director who for many years taught playwriting, acting and dramatic literature at Princeton University where he received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. His plays have been seen at theaters throughout the U.S. as well as in Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia and are available from Dramatic Publishing Company and Concord Theatricals. He has directed Greek tragedy, comic opera, Brecht, Chekhov and contemporary plays by writers as different as Lewis Black, Philip Kan Gotanda, Anna Deavere Smith and Wendy Wasserstein. For PST, he directed The Heidi Chronicles, Gaslight, and Pygmalion. He is the series editor and co-editor of each volume in Methuen’s Global Theatre Anthologies. https://www.rnsandberg.com/.
Tickets for Friday night can be found here.
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
Recommended for ages 11+. This show contains haze, flashing lights, gunshot effects, and suggestive content. Runtime is around 95 minutes. Get tickets here!
Join us for a conversation on Hitchcock and the iconic quick witted, snarky dame in 1930s film with Maria A. DiBattista. Maria DiBattista, Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English at Princeton University, has written extensively on modern literature and film. Her books include Fast Talking Dames, a study of American film comedy of the thirties and forties. She has taught and written on Hitchcock and is a great fan of his directorial wit and cunning.
The talkback will begin after our 2:00pm matinee show. Get tickets here!
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
Recommended for ages 11+. This show contains haze, flashing lights, gunshot effects, and suggestive content. Runtime is around 95 minutes. Get tickets here!
Before our 11am production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, get a free balloon animal for your child! They’re welcome to take their new companion into the theater with them to watch the show. Meet us outside of the theater! Get your tickets here!
Join us for a conversation on the history of espionage and its media depiction with Jonathan Fredman. Jonathan Fredman is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs and taught a class last semester on Espionage in the 21st Century. He has held numerous leadership positions at the Central Intelligence Agency during his 36 year career and is a recipient of numerous awards including the Distinguished Career Service and the George H.W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism.
The talkback will begin after our 7:30pm evening show. Get tickets here!
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
Recommended for ages 11+. This show contains haze, flashing lights, gunshot effects, and suggestive content. Runtime is around 95 minutes. Get tickets here!
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!
Recommended for ages 11+. This show contains haze, flashing lights, gunshot effects, and suggestive content. Runtime is around 95 minutes. Get tickets here!
