Huntington Theatre Company's 2012-13 Season to Include GOOD PEOPLE, BETRAYAL and More

The Huntington Theatre Company announces its 2012-2013 Season. Continuing its 30-year tradition, the Huntington will present world-class productions of new works and classics made current that are created by the best local and national talent.

The varied lineup of productions include a gripping adaptation of a great American novel, an outrageous world premiere by one of Boston’s most fascinating playwrights, an acclaimed Broadway hit that tells a local story, a timeless family classic, the American premiere of an intriguing political drama, an innovative and intriguing drama, a biting new comedy, and the previously-announced visionary production of an American classic.  

“We have assembled an incredible team of artists for next season,” says Huntington Theatre Company Artistic Director Peter DuBois. “Throughout the year, we will feature radically different approaches to adaptation, fresh investigations of classics by world-class directors, and important plays that spring from our own backyard. In combination, the plays will create dynamic collisions of ideas, stories, and perspectives.” 

The 2012-2013 Season will include four plays at the Boston University Theatre on the Avenue of the Arts, three plays in the Wimberly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA, and one play in the Roberts Studio Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. 

THE 2012-2013 SEASON LINEUP

• Good People, a compelling Southie story by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire; directed by Kate Whoriskey; at the Boston University Theatre September 14 – October 14, 2012 

• Now or Later, a political drama by Christopher Shinn; directed by Michael Wilson; at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA October 12 – November 10, 2012 

• Betrayal, a razor-sharp drama by Harold Pinter; directed by Maria Aitken (Educating Rita, Private Lives); at the BU Theatre November 9 – December 9, 2012

• Our Town, a reimagined staging of the intimate classic by Thornton Wilder; directed by and featuring David Cromer; at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA December 7, 2012 – January 13, 2013 

• Invisible Man, a powerful American classic adapted for the stage by Oren Jacoby, based on the novel by Ralph Ellison; directed by Christopher McElroen; at the BU Theatre January 4 – February 3, 2013 

• A Raisin in the Sun, a timeless family classic by Lorraine Hansberry; directed by Liesl Tommy (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined); at the BU Theatre March 8 – April 7, 2013 

• M, an outrageous new comedy adapted by Ryan Landry (Psyched) from the Fritz Lang film; directed by Caitlin Lowans; at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA March 29 – April 27, 2013 

• Rapture, Blister, Burn, a biting new comedy by Gina Gionfriddo (Becky Shaw); directed by Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois(Sons of the Prophet, Captors); at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA May 24 – June 22, 2013

For more information, visit huntingtontheatre.org.

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