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2025 ZEITGEIST Theater Season

LA RONDE

LA RONDE

Video submission deadline: Saturday, May 1st

Callbacks TBD

If you are interested in auditioning, PLEASE READ the audition notice above. If you still have questions AFTER YOU HAVE READ the audition notice, please contact Mary Fox: mary@zeitgeistarts.com.

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RENT

By Jonathan Larson

Directed by Jess Hughes & Mary Fox

July 31, August 1, 2, 3 & 6, 7, 8, 9 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 3rd at 2pm)

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, friends in Manhattan’s East Village struggle to build the lives of their dreams. Pennilessness, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, social tension, and political unrest, among other hardships, challenge the group physically and emotionally. Facing the problems head on, they make personal self-discoveries and find what really matters most in life.

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LA RONDE

By Arthur Schnitzler

Adapted & Directed by Robert Lee

September 25, 26, 27, 28 & October 1, 2, 3, 4 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 28th at 2pm)

A provocative and fully contemporary re-imagining of Schnitzler’s notorious play Reigen, known as its French translation, La Ronde. Sexy, literate, emotional, and highly theatrical.

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GOD OF CARNAGE

By Yasmina Reza

Translated by Christopher Hampton

Directed by Justin Peck

November 13, 14, 15, 16 & 19, 20, 21, 22 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 16th at 2pm)

A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.

Tony Award winner (2009)

“[A] streamlined anatomy of the human animal…delivers the cathartic release of watching other people’s marriages go boom. A study in the tension between civilized surface and savage instinct, this play is itself a satisfyingly primitive entertainment.”

-The New York Times

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME

By Heidi Schreck

Directed by Kendra Carlson

January 16, 17, 18, 19 & 22, 23, 24, 25 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 19th at 2pm)

ASL INTERPRETER PERFORMANCE ON WED. THE 22ND

Direct from Broadway, playwright Heidi Schreck’s boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans.

Fifteen year old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

Schreck’s timely and galvanizing play, directed by Oliver Butler, became a sensation off-Broadway before transferring to Broadway where it received two Tony Award nominations among countless other accolades. The New York Times hailed What the Constitution Means to Me as “not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important.”

STRING

By Jessica Lind Peterson

Directed by Mary Fox

February 13, 14, 15, 16 & 19, 20, 21, 22 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 16th at 2pm)

This hilarious romantic comedy chronicles the unlikely courtship between a poet and a pizza delivery boy. Raina is determined to find that great love one only reads about in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnets. Unknowingly, it arrives on her doorstep one day in the form of a scruffy pizza delivery boy who flunked high school English.

Runner-up for the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Comedy Playwriting Award.

ASL Interpreted Performance & PayWhatYouCan* night: Wednesday, Feb. 19th

*PayWhatYouCan seats are first come, first serve (or you can always reserve a seat online at full price).

MARJORIE PRIME

By Jordan Harrison

Directed by Anika Thompson

April 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9, 10, 11, 12 (All evening shows at 7:30pm – Matinee Sunday the 6th at 2pm)

It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance? In this richly spare, wondrous new play, Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits — if any — of what technology can replace.

“This season features bold, timely, and fearless plays—some familiar, some new, ranging from intimate to grand. Each production is crafted to spark emotion, inspire change, bring joy, and foster hope. Above all, we aim to create a genuine connection between our audiences and the writers, creators, actors, and builders behind these stories. Everyone deserves great storytelling, and you’re invited to be part of it. Here, everyone is welcome.”

Mary Fox
Producing Artistic Director

SPECIALTY LIVE SHOWS

GAG ME WITH A SPOON

Saturday, April 26th – 7PM

GAG ME WITH A SPOON IS BACK!

A celebration of stories, voices, and gestures. Offering a fun and safe space to hear stories and confessions, musings and triumphs of the human experience ranging from thrift store shopping to grand awakenings. You can expect an evening of tears and laughter, song and connection. Created and hosted by Adeline Wright, featuring a surprise musical guest at every show!

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DANCE TV

Dance TV Studio’s live shows take you behind the scenes and into the lives of the cast and crew of the fictional hit television show, DANCE TV (think Solid Gold, Club MTV, Soul Train). When cameras are rolling, the characters perform over the top production numbers, reveal the countdown of the latest hits, and share all the hottest gossip… but when they break for commercial, the backstage comedy, chaos, and relationships all come out.

New script. New music. New dances.
A whole New adventure.