2024-25 Season
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Black Santa
Presented by City Theatre and Adrienne Arsht Center
By Aaron Mays
Directed by Margaret M. Ledford
Southeastern Premiere
December 5-22, 2024
Southeastern premiere! Before Abbott Elementary, there was Patrice at Dartmouth Day School.... Shortly before Christmas break, a third grader named Sharifa stands in front of her class and says, “Santa Claus is a black man from Detroit," sending the school into an uproar. This absurdist comedy examines how race and racial bias can have a foothold on one of the most benign figures—Santa Claus.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Presented by Zoetic Stage and Adrienne Arsht Center
By Selina Fillinger
Directed by Stuart Meltzer
January 9-26, 2025
POTUS is a comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world! Selina Fillinger's brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony Award nominations.
Fiddler on the Roof
Presented by Adrienne Arsht Center and Zoetic Stage
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Book by Joseph Stein
Directed by Stuart Meltzer
March 13 - April 6, 2025
Experience the fresh, bold interpretation of this timeless classic. Fiddler on the Roof's universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion. With iconic and beloved songs such as "Sunrise, Sunset," "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," Fiddler on the Roof is a story of humor, heart and honesty.
The Comeuppance
Presented by Zoetic Stage and Adrienne Arsht Center
By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Stuart Meltzer
May 8-25, 2025
Florida premiere! In The Comeuppance, an off-Broadway hit by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (“one of this country's most original and illuminating writers" according to The New York Times), a self-proclaimed "Multi-Ethnic Reject Group" reconvenes for their 20th high school reunion. Brilliantly witty, theatrical and moving, The Comeuppance focuses on millennials and their reckoning with the world they will soon inherit. A New York Times Criticʼs Pick.
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