ANNOUNCEMENT:
Which Way Millennial Man? by Jonathan Tessier (winner of the 2023 Windsor-Essex Playwriting Contest) has been POSTPONED until February 2025.
Puppets in the Hands of a Malevolent God by Michael K. Potter has been POSTPONED until October 2025.
Post Productions' 2024 Season will close with its remounting of First Night by Jack Neary as scheduled.
Puppets in the Hands of a Malevolent God by Michael K. Potter has been POSTPONED until October 2025.
Post Productions' 2024 Season will close with its remounting of First Night by Jack Neary as scheduled.
Post Productions 2024 Season
4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane & the Event by John Clancy
Feb. 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29; Mar. 1 & 2
Enjoy two unforgettable experiences that will live in your soul forever for the price of one!
4.48 Psychosis, the controversial theatrical masterpiece by singularly brilliant playwright Sarah Kane (Blasted), tells the story of an unnamed patient who has decided to finally end her life at 4:48 am after a lifetime of confusion, sorrow, disembodiment, anger, and grief. As you experience her life, you’ll find yourself not only wondering whether she will follow through on her plans, but more importantly you’ll find the barriers between her life and yours disintegrating through empathy. This visceral, harrowing, dreamlike, unsettling, and unforgettable poem of a play has been praised by critics around the world – and Post Productions is bringing it to Windsor-Essex for the first time!
A profound play in its own right, The Event by John Clancy (Fatboy) opens this double-bill, and prepares audiences for everything that they’re about to carry with them out of the theatre in their thoughts, hearts, and souls. A man stands on stage in a pool of light and attempts the ultimate magic trick: disappearing while remaining in full sight as he wittily vivisects what is happening at that very moment in that very room with that exact group of strangers in the audience. By the time The Event is over the man has become all of us, and all of us have become the man – in the process learning more about ourselves and the universe than should be possible in 45-minutes. This award-winning and internationally acclaimed play has been described by critics as “thrilling, mind-expanding and 100 percent engaging”, “so lethally accurate and funny, it’s difficult to resist”, and “as complex and stimulating as it is pleasurable”.
Enjoy two unforgettable experiences that will live in your soul forever for the price of one!
4.48 Psychosis, the controversial theatrical masterpiece by singularly brilliant playwright Sarah Kane (Blasted), tells the story of an unnamed patient who has decided to finally end her life at 4:48 am after a lifetime of confusion, sorrow, disembodiment, anger, and grief. As you experience her life, you’ll find yourself not only wondering whether she will follow through on her plans, but more importantly you’ll find the barriers between her life and yours disintegrating through empathy. This visceral, harrowing, dreamlike, unsettling, and unforgettable poem of a play has been praised by critics around the world – and Post Productions is bringing it to Windsor-Essex for the first time!
A profound play in its own right, The Event by John Clancy (Fatboy) opens this double-bill, and prepares audiences for everything that they’re about to carry with them out of the theatre in their thoughts, hearts, and souls. A man stands on stage in a pool of light and attempts the ultimate magic trick: disappearing while remaining in full sight as he wittily vivisects what is happening at that very moment in that very room with that exact group of strangers in the audience. By the time The Event is over the man has become all of us, and all of us have become the man – in the process learning more about ourselves and the universe than should be possible in 45-minutes. This award-winning and internationally acclaimed play has been described by critics as “thrilling, mind-expanding and 100 percent engaging”, “so lethally accurate and funny, it’s difficult to resist”, and “as complex and stimulating as it is pleasurable”.
The Anarchist by David Mamet
Apr. 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20
After 35 years in prison for a political protest that left a police officer dead, Cathy makes a last-ditch effort to be paroled when she learns that Ann, the prison’s administrator, is retiring. While incarcerated Cathy, an intellectual from a prominent Jewish family, believes she has done her best to redeem herself – which includes converting to Christianity. Can Ann be convinced to parole her as an act of grace? Expect surprises upon surprises in this tense thriller by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, as these two women face off over freedom, power, money, religion, and class differences.
After 35 years in prison for a political protest that left a police officer dead, Cathy makes a last-ditch effort to be paroled when she learns that Ann, the prison’s administrator, is retiring. While incarcerated Cathy, an intellectual from a prominent Jewish family, believes she has done her best to redeem herself – which includes converting to Christianity. Can Ann be convinced to parole her as an act of grace? Expect surprises upon surprises in this tense thriller by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, as these two women face off over freedom, power, money, religion, and class differences.
Which Way, Millennial Man? by Jonathan Tessier
POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2025
Winner of The 2023 Windsor-Essex Playwriting Contest! Aspiring but floundering writer Chris believes he could finally taste success by writing a book about Joe, the cantankerous father of a school shooter. Through interviews that gradually become conversations about masculinity, white privilege, and infidelity, Joe persuades Chris to start questioning his relationship with wife Laura. This bold new play about intergenerational conflicts and changing social norms will have audiences on the edge of their seats.
Winner of The 2023 Windsor-Essex Playwriting Contest! Aspiring but floundering writer Chris believes he could finally taste success by writing a book about Joe, the cantankerous father of a school shooter. Through interviews that gradually become conversations about masculinity, white privilege, and infidelity, Joe persuades Chris to start questioning his relationship with wife Laura. This bold new play about intergenerational conflicts and changing social norms will have audiences on the edge of their seats.
Puppets in the Hands of a Malevolent God by Michael K. Potter
POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 2025
Only life matched the horror of the Grand Guignol, at one time the most popular genre of live theatre in France. The one-act plays of the Grand Guignol were masterpieces of horror, intertwining psychological horror, body horror, supernatural horror, and existential horror… among every other type. Now Post Productions is resurrecting this genre with a triple-bill of spine-tingling one-act plays guaranteed to make you squirm in your seat: Cuckoo Birds, The Mothers of Nothing, and A Deviant Sanctuary. Prepare for a live experience like nothing else this Halloween season!
Only life matched the horror of the Grand Guignol, at one time the most popular genre of live theatre in France. The one-act plays of the Grand Guignol were masterpieces of horror, intertwining psychological horror, body horror, supernatural horror, and existential horror… among every other type. Now Post Productions is resurrecting this genre with a triple-bill of spine-tingling one-act plays guaranteed to make you squirm in your seat: Cuckoo Birds, The Mothers of Nothing, and A Deviant Sanctuary. Prepare for a live experience like nothing else this Halloween season!
First Night by Jack Neary
Dec. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 & 21
Back by popular demand! It’s New Year's Eve, 1995. Decades after their mutual eighth-grade crushes gave way to the responsibilities of adulthood, a cynical and unambitious video store clerk and a nun reconsidering the path she chose as a teenager reconnect as the holidays begin to wind down -- and a promising new year begins. Audiences loved this holiday-themed love story in 2023, so Post Productions is bringing it back for everyone who told us they want to see it again and everyone who told us they wish they’d seen it the first time.
Back by popular demand! It’s New Year's Eve, 1995. Decades after their mutual eighth-grade crushes gave way to the responsibilities of adulthood, a cynical and unambitious video store clerk and a nun reconsidering the path she chose as a teenager reconnect as the holidays begin to wind down -- and a promising new year begins. Audiences loved this holiday-themed love story in 2023, so Post Productions is bringing it back for everyone who told us they want to see it again and everyone who told us they wish they’d seen it the first time.
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4.48 PSYCHOSIS by Sarah Kane & THE EVENT by John Clancy
THE ANARCHIST by David Mamet