The world premiere of Hamlet in Bed, directed by Lisa Patterson, will begin performances Aug. 28, running through Oct. 25. The story follows Michael, a neurotic actor and adoptee, desperate to meet his real mother. He tracks down a woman who may just be her, and lures her into a dark production of Hamlet, playing the role of his mother. The play is billed as a "twisty and darkly comic story about mothers and sons — about what it means to live a life in the theatre, both a generation ago, and now." The 21st season will also include the New York premiere of Ironbound by Majok, in a co-production with Women's Project Theater, directed by Daniella Topol. Set in a bus stop in a run-down Jersey town, the play is a portrait of an immigrant cleaning woman over the course of three relationships, three presidencies, spanning 22 years. Performances will begin March 2, 2016, and continue through April 10.

Concluding the slate is Cal in Camo by Hoffman, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt and to be produced next spring. The co-production with Colt Coeur is about a woman's attempt to understand her fear of motherhood by summoning her long-lost past.

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