Artistic Director Marti Lyons and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company are proud to announce the 2026 - 2027 season. Remy Bumppo’s new season includes the Pulitzer Prize-finalist Mud Row, October 15 - November 15, by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Malkia Stampley; Marjorie Prime, April 29 - May 30, 2027, by Jordan Harrison, directed by James Bohnen and the fourth edition of its reading series, Readings on Ravenswood in winter 2027. Performances for Mud Row and Marjorie Prime will take place at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Readings on Ravenswood takes place at Remy Bumppo’s Rehearsal Room, 1751 W. Grace St. Subscriptions for the 2026 - 2027 season are $55.25 - $115 and are currently on sale at RemyBumppo.org.
“Remy Bumppo’s celebration of three decades producing both the great plays of the past and the important plays of today continues this season,” said Artistic Director Marti Lyons. “This year, we will share two powerful plays directed by two renowned directors; the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award-winning Mud Row by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Goodman Theatre’s BOLD Artistic Producer Malkia Stampley and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, directed by Founding Artistic Director James Bohnen. I am delighted to share this rich and riveting season with Chicago.”
The Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s 2026 - 2027 season includes:
Mud Row
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Malkia Stampley
October 15 - November 15
Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.
Previews: Thursday, Oct. 15 - Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2:30 p.m.
Press Opening: Monday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.
Performance Schedule: Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 - $55
Subscriptions are now available at RemyBumppo.org
Single tickets go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 12 p.m. at TheaterWit.org
Set in the historically Black neighborhood of Mud Row in West Chester, Pennsylvania, two generations of sisters protect and defy the legacy of their foremothers in this surprisingly funny, thrilling and ultimately hopeful play from Tony Nominee and MacArthur “Genius” Grant Recipient Dominique Morisseau. Mud Row deftly shifts between past and present exploring themes of identity, belonging and the complexities of heritage through the lives of several Black women and men, each with their own struggles and aspirations.
The cast of Mud Row currently includes Tiffany Renee Johnson+.
Marjorie Prime
Adapted by Jordan Harrison
Directed by James Bohnen
April 29 - May 30, 2027
Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave.
Previews: Thursday, April 29 - Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 2 at 2:30 p.m.
Press Opening: Monday, May 3, 2027 at 7 p.m.
Performance schedule: Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 - $55
Subscriptions are now available at RemyBumppo.org
Single tickets go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 12 p.m. at TheaterWit.org
Set in the near future, a widow in her final years embraces technology to preserve her memories and connect with her past. As she bonds with her new artificial companion, the line between fact and AI-created fiction starts to blur. This Pulitzer Prize finalist shares the powerful and poignant story of the looming presence of technology and how it helps or harms society.
The cast of Marjorie Prime currently includes Annabel Armour+ and Linda Gillum+.
+Denotes Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Core Ensemble Member.
Readings on Ravenswood
January - February 2027
Remy Bumppo Rehearsal Room, 1751 W. Grace St.
Complete list of plays, actors, directors and dates to be announced.
Readings on Ravenswood returns for its fourth season with more plays featuring favorite playwrights and Core Ensemble Members. Each reading includes a conversation with audience members immediately following that night’s selected play.
Dates and other information shared are subject to change.
ABOUT DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU, playwright, Mud Row
Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle): Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company/Broadway, Tony Award nomination for Best Play), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre) and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT). Additional plays include: Bad Kreyòl (Signature Theatre and Manhattan Theatre Club), Confederates (Signature Theatre), Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theatre), Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theatre), Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre) and Follow Me To Nellie’s (Premiere Stages). She is the Tony Award-nominated bookwriter on the Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations (Imperial Theatre) and is currently working on her latest, Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical (ACT). TV/Film: co-producer on “Shameless” (Showtime), the film adaptation of the documentary “STEP” (Fox Searchlight) and consultant on the Netflix animated feature, “Tunga.” Awards include: PoNY Fellowship, TEER Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Audelco Awards, NBTF August Wilson Playwriting Award, Wyndham Campbell Prize, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, OBIE Award (two), Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship, one of Variety’s Women of Impact for 2018 and a MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow. In 2022, Dominique was awarded the key to the city by the Mayor of Detroit.
ABOUT JORDAN HARRISON, playwright, Marjorie Prime
Jordan Harrison was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Marjorie Prime. The play had its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons and its Chicago premiere at Writers Theatre after premiering at the Mark Taper Forum/CTG in Los Angeles. His play Maple and Vine premiered in the 2011 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville and went on to productions at American Conservatory Theatre and Playwrights Horizons, among others. Harrison’s other plays include The Grown-Up (2014 Humana Festival), Doris to Darlene (Playwrights Horizons), Amazons and their Men (Clubbed Thumb), Act A Lady (2006 Humana Festival), Finn in the Underworld (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Futura (Portland Center Stage, NAATCO), Kid-Simple (2004 Humana Festival), Standing on Ceremony (Minetta Lane), The Museum Play (Washington Ensemble Theatre) and a musical, Suprema (O’Neill Music Theatre Conference).
Harrison is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Hodder Fellowship, the Kesselring Prize, the Roe Green Award from Cleveland Play House, the Heideman Award, a Theater Masters Innovative Playwright Award, the Loewe Award for Musical Theater, Jerome and McKnight Fellowships, a NYSCA grant and a NEA/TCG Residency with The Empty Space Theater. His children’s musical, The Flea and the Professor, won the Barrymore Award for Best Production after premiering at the Arden Theatre. A graduate of Stanford University and the Brown MFA program, Harrison is an alumnus of New Dramatists. He is an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb, The Civilians and The Playwrights’ Center. Harrison wrote for the Netflix original series “Orange is the New Black.”
ABOUT MALKIA STAMPLEY, director, Mud Row
Malkia Stampley makes her Remy Bumppo Theatre Company debut directing Mud Row. Currently, she leads producing at Goodman Theatre as the BOLD Artistic Producer since 2021. Stampley is also a facilitator with Court Theatre’s Civic Actors Studio and teaching artist. She co-founded Bronzeville Arts Ensemble in 2013 and the Milwaukee Black Theater Festival in 2020. She is a Black Excellence Award Recipient for Directing (Primary Trust at the Goodman), twice Jeff nominated and a BOLD Artist with the BOLD Women’s Leadership Circle. Theater directing credits include Goodman Theatre, Rivendell, Kansas City Rep, Northern Sky Theater, TimeLine, Shattered Globe, Raven Theatre, Black Arts MKE, First Stage, Skylight Music Theater, American Players Theater, Milwaukee Rep, Chicago Shakes, Milwaukee Black Theater Festival, Farmers Alley Theatre and Milwaukee Fringe Festival. She is a member of SDC and a LORT Mentorship Committee member.
ABOUT JAMES BOHNEN, director, Marjorie Prime
James Bohnen co-founded Remy Bumppo Theatre Company and served as artistic director from 1996 - 2012 directing more than 30 productions during his tenure, including plays by Tom Stoppard, Athol Fugard, Harold Pinter, Edward Albee, Caryl Churchill and Gore Vidal. He has directed more than 20 productions at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, WI, including 11 plays by Shakespeare, four by Shaw and three by Stoppard. He has also directed at Court Theater, Huntington Theater, The Old Globe, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Seattle Rep, among others. James founded Arcadia Books in Spring Green 15 years ago and Remy Bumppo's name was inspired by his Labrador Retriever, Natty Bumppo.
ABOUT REMY BUMPPO THEATRE COMPANY
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company expands and enriches their community’s view of the world, and their own, by producing both the great plays of the past and the important plays of today. As an ensemble-driven theater company, Remy Bumppo authors a more humane culture that listens to, and seeks to understand, the voices, the ideas and the stories of one another.
Since its inception in 1996, Remy Bumppo has produced a blend of modern classics and complex contemporary works, presented in an intimate setting with clarity, wit and passion. We invite audiences to engage directly with the art through conversation with the artists.
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company’s season sponsors are Mary and Bruce Feay, Brenda and James Grusecki, Lynne and George Simon Donor Fund and Charlotte Toerber.
Additional sponsors include Paul M. Angell Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, John R. Halligan Charitable Fund and Laughing Acres Family Foundation.
Top row (L to R) Dominique Morisseau, playwright MUD ROW and Malkia Stampley, director MUD ROW. Bottom row (L to R) Jordan Harrison, playwright MARJORIE PRIME and James Bohnen, director MARJORIE PRIME