Call for Directors
Deadline to Apply: Monday, April 20, 2026
Application Requirements
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Cover Letter - outlining your interest in the script, your vision, etc.
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Theatre Resume - including recent directing credits, and/or other relevant credits
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1 Theatre Reference - no current Lowell Arts Theatre Ambassadors or family
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Questions? Email theatre@lowellarts.org
2026-2027 Theatre Season
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Fall 2026
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, & Jess Winfield
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Spring 2027
A Bright New Boise by Samuel D. Hunter
About the Season
Fall 2026
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, & Jess Winfield
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Venue: Lowell Arts (black-box, auxiliary-style space)
Production begins Mid-July 2026
Performance Dates: Oct 16, 17, 18 & 23, 24, 25
Full Length Play, Comedy
Duration: 97 minutes
Cast: 3 (3m, as originally performed; gender-diverse and/or expanded casts welcome)
Period Costumes
Minimal Set Requirements
About the Production
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The cultural touchstone that is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) was born when three inspired, charismatic comics, having honed their pass-the-hat act at Renaissance fairs, premiered their preposterous masterwork at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1987. It quickly became a worldwide phenomenon, earning the title of London’s longest-running comedy after a decade at the Criterion Theatre. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is one of the world’s most frequently produced plays and has been translated into several dozen languages. Featured are all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, meant to be performed in 97 minutes, by three actors. Fast paced, witty, and physical, it’s full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike. The original version was followed by the 2010 REVISED version, and this latest REVISED AGAIN version includes changes that celebrate and encourage greater diversity and inclusivity in today’s theater!
Spring 2026
A Bright New Boise
by Samuel D. Hunter
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Venue: Lowell Arts (black-box, auxiliary-style space)
Production begins Mid-January 2027
Performance Dates: April 9, 10, 11 & 16, 17, 18
Full Length Play, Dark Comedy
Duration: 120 minutes
Cast: 5 (2w, 3m)
Time Period: Present Day
Setting: A windowless breakroom of a Hobby Lobby in Boise, Idaho; the parking lot of the Hobby Lobby.
About the Production
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In the bleak, corporate break room of a craft store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. Will, who has fled his rural hometown after a scandal at his Evangelical church, comes to the Hobby Lobby, not only for employment, but also to rekindle a relationship with Alex, his brooding teenage son, whom he gave up for adoption several years ago. Alex works there along with Leroy, his adopted brother and protector, and Anna, a hapless young woman who reads bland fiction but hopes for dramatic endings. As their manager, foul-mouthed Pauline, tries ceaselessly to find order (and profit) in the chaos of small business, these lost souls of the Hobby Lobby confront an unyielding world through the beige-tinted impossibility of modern faith.