Grammy Award-winning Sweet Honey in the Rock celebrates the legacy of African-American musical traditions. With stunning vocal prowess, their voices resonate with harmonies and rhythms of hope, love, justice and peace. Sweet Honey is an a cappella sextet featuring five talented vocalists and one sign language interpreter whose repertoire captures the complex sounds of spirituals, gospel, Blues, African chants and ancient lullabies.

www.sweethoney.com

Friday, October 3, 8 p.m. Saturday, October 4, 8 p.m.

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, adapted by Howard Koch &
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by John de Lancie and Nat Segaloff

Two classic tales of science fiction and fantasy share the stage in this Sci-Fi double bill.

L.A. Theatre Works returns to the Edison stage to celebrate the 60 th anniversary of Orson Welles’ original broadcast of War of the Worlds. What Wells created Welles made iconic. This incredible weekend of Star Trek meets Indiana Jones is full of back-to-back chills, thrills and great literature as each night offers two masterpieces of science fiction and adventure.

www.latw.org

The hottest dance ticket in town…Trey McIntyre blasts onto the international scene with his own full-time, world-class contemporary ballet company. One of today’s most sought-after choreographers, McIntyre has established a remarkable reputation creating works with New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Houston Ballet and many others. McIntyre innovates the ballet genre by fusing its classical inheritance with freshness, vitality and depth.

www.treymcintyre.com

Founded by Eduardo Vilaro in 1999, Luna Negra Dance Theater blends ballet and modern dance with the richness of Latino and Afro-Caribbean dance styles.

www.lunanegra.org

Friday, February 13, 8 p.m.

www.theactingcompany.org
www.guthrietheater.org

Saturday, February 14, 8 p.m.

By James Fenimore Cooper
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by John Miller-Stephany

This thrilling adventure of espionage, double agents and disguises features American literature’s first spy. This compelling story was written by James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans, and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher who co-wrote the stage adaptation of Tuesdays with Morrie with author Mitch Albom . Caught up in the American Revolutionary War, one family fights between British loyalties and revolutionary sympathizers. No one is who they appear to be.

www.theactingcompany.org
www.guthrietheater.org

Friday, February 20, 8 p.m. Saturday, February 21, 8 p.m.

Joe Goode Performance Group, in collaboration with master puppeteer Basil Twist, present Wonderboy, an unexpected tale of a peculiar superhero isolated by his gift of super sensitivity and his uncanny ability to empathize with everyone. With music by Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi, this remarkable collaboration brings Twist’s magical puppetry and Joe Goode’s storytelling through text, song and dance.

I want to pierce the veil of toughness that we all have in our lives and to uncover the vulnerable center, the confused, flailing human part of us that we conceal and avoid.—Joe Goode

www.joegoode.org

Saturday, February 28, 8 p.m.

The Ahn Trio redefines the art & architecture of chamber music. Born in Seoul, Korea and graduates of Julliard, the sisters breathe new life into the standard piano-trio, exploring the new, cutting edge projects that re-imagine the art form. It is precisely their vitality and commitment to innovation that continually draws new audiences to this contemporary expression of classical music.

www.ahntrio.com

Diavolo redefines dance. Under the artistic direction of Jacques Heim, Diavolo showcases dance as an extreme sport. Diavolo offers a full program of excitement that features and brings to life Foreign Bodies, an orchestral work of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music director, Esa-Pekka Salonen’s, Heim’s choreography propels the evolution of dance by combining dance, gymnastics, extreme theatricality and architectural structures.

www.diavolo.org

Saturday, November 22, 8 p.m.

Academy Award-winning star of Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, Olympia Dukakis, performs her Broadway hit Rose. This unforgettable portrait of an 80 year-old Ukranian Holocaust survivor is a one-woman tour de force. Follow Rose’s life journey from the war-torn years in Warsaw to modern-day Miami Beach.

Edison Theatre & Metro Theater Company
To Kill A Mockingbird

Friday, January 9, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 10, 2 p.m. Saturday, January 10 7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 11, 2 p.m. Friday, January 16, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 17, 2 p.m. Saturday, January 17, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, January 18, 2 p.m.

This compelling story is set in 1935 in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, where the trial of a black man turns a community on its ear. For 9-year old Scout and her brother Jem, the trial and events surrounding it reveal life lessons in courage as their father, Atticus Finch, takes a stand for what is right. Delving into issues of prejudice and injustice that still challenge our country, To Kill a Mockingbird has an enduring power to touch the heart and awaken the conscience.

Treasured by generations of readers, To Kill a Mockingbird comes to the stage in the caring hands of Metro Theater Company, last seen at Edison Theatre with Hana’s Suitcase. This is a rich theatrical experience to share, to reflect upon, to remember.

This production will be a cornerstone event for the NEA Big Read initiative. As the recipient of the NEA Big Read grant award, Washington University is spearheading a community wide effort to promote the reading of To Kill a Mockingbird as well as attend the stage version at Edison Theatre. The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

Recommended for audiences age 10 and older

Produced by special arrangement with DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, Woodstock, Illinois.