by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Derrick Ivey
August 21 – September 13

A luckless but quick-witted servant comes up with a plan to double his wages and ends up caught between feuding lovers in this high energy farce from Italy’s most beloved and influential playwright.

THIRD

by Wendy Wasserstein
October 23 – November 15

The last play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Heidi Chronicles concerns a conservative college student and the celebrated liberal professor who charges him with plagiarism. A fierce and funny look at the struggle to preserve academic freedom.

UNCLE VANYA

by Anton Chekhov, directed by Paul Frellick
February 19 – March 14

A provocative tragic-comedy centered on two desperate men watching their world slowly dying, and a young woman in whom they each hope to find salvation. A tangled tapestry of love, loss and inconvenient truths by the Russian master.

JITNEY

by August Wilson, directed by Kathy Hunter-Williams
April 30-May 23

Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1977, this gritty and compassionate comedy explores the struggles of the drivers at a gypsy cab company. A captivating chapter in Wilson’s magnificent 10-play cycle reflecting the African American experience in the 20th Century.

The Deep Dish Theater is funded in part by the North Carolina Arts Council and the Orange County Arts Commission.