Laughter and lethality intertwine in this dynamic reimagining of a modern classic.

Preview May 4, Runs May 5-15
Schedule and ticket information here.

PELL-CHAFEE PERFORMANCE CENTER | PROVIDENCE RI

 

After being kidnapped and tortured under a repressive regime, Paulina encounters a man she believes to be the one behind her suffering. But during her quest for justice, the lines between Paulina’s reality and fantasy quickly begin to blur. With a biting sense of humor and thrilling original music, Death and the Maiden asks how to heal our greatest wounds when world events tear us apart, and explores the dangers in believing the lies we tell ourselves to cope.

Featuring an original score crafted by Tatar composer Adeliia Faizullini sung by Cuban singer/activist Aliana De La Guardia. Designs by Zoë Hurwitz, SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal, Amanda Downing Carney, and Daniel Baker of Broken Chord.

 
 

An epic original a capella science-fiction musical by Scotto Moore about imperialism and genocide with a cast of almost entirely womxn and trans performers.

 

Winner for “Best New Play”Gregory Award!
Winner for “Best Ensemble” Gregory Award!

This nightmarish and fantastical play launched Annex Theatre's 30th Season, as one of Annex’s most ambitious projects ever.

“Scary Mary” is propelled along by the singular directorial vision of Eddie DeHais, who excels at creating striking tableaux and evoking remarkably tactile worlds with a combination of ordinary objects and intricate puppets”
— SEATTLE TIMES
 

When a drop of Mary’s blood falls down down down to the center of the Earth, something Evil and Ancient wakes up in the shadows, and now the horrors of the dark have a taste for her. This hilarious and hallucinatory fairy tale creeps, crawls, and catapults its way through the bizarre landscape of the imagination as Mary fights for her very life amidst the ever-encroaching darkness.

 

Nominee for “Best Director” Broadway World Award
Nominee for the “Outstanding New Play” Gregory Award
Nominee for the “Best Ensemble” Gregory Award
Nominee for “Best Scenic Design” Broadway World Award

Photos by Joe Iano.

 

After a sold-out run during Cafe Nordo's inaugural Pressure Cooker in 2016, this poetic new play written and directed by Eddie DeHais was remounted as the mainstage show for Cafe Nordo's 2018 Season.

It's the Devil's last night on Earth, and she and her cohorts titillate, beguile, and entertain their guests with stories of the Devil's greatest triumphs and darkest secrets, featuring live music, dancing, and a southern-inspired four course meal.

 

All photos by Joe Iano, Joe Iano Photography.

 

Merging dance, theater, and clown with a special blend of macabre hilarity, Into the Deeps explores the rise and fall of aquatic society by diving into the depths of the ocean to create a gut-wrenching spectacle the likes of which you've never seen. 

 
 

Inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, this play asks: What makes a wolf? What makes a woman? And what horrors lie between? BIG BAD is a hilarious and hungry powerhouse of a piece that dares to throw us into the dark and dangerous forest where fantasy and family collide and consume one another.

 

All photos by Joe Iano, Joe Iano Photography.

“[D]irector DeHais and the cast have created a fully formed piece of theater that’s as thoughtful as it is funny. Initially, it seems like aggressive mischief is all these characters have to offer, but some segments smuggle in an unexpected dose of poignancy… The show approaches the anarchic comic genius of Monty Python.”  -Seattle Times

 

Seven nightmarish creatures created by a wayward scientist embark on a madcap adventure into the weird and wonderful world of Mad Science! Bound by their own bizarreness, they toil through titillating torments, physical feats, and extravagant experiments as they seek to discover the truth to their own monstrosity and humanity.

Comic mayhem and visual spectacle collide in a jam-packed journey into insanity that walks the line of horror and humor. Clowning, dance, puppetry, and more come together in this playfully audacious piece.

 

All photos by Ian Johnston, DangerPants Photography.