The Guthrie Theater’s 2024–2025 season is set to feature several newer productions and comedies, alongside classic works by Shakespeare and Agatha Christie.
This year also marks the 50th production of “A Christmas Carol,” an annual holiday tradition at the Minneapolis theater. Another highlight, the jazzy musical “Cabaret,” was initially scheduled for 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic — and it fits in with other shows this season whose themes also center around the blurry line between morality and immorality.
Here’s what’s on the schedule:
‘The Lehman Trilogy’ (Sept. 14 – Oct. 13, Wurtele Thrust Stage): This multigenerational epic is based on the real-life story of the Lehman brothers, immigrants whose fabric company slowly transformed into the massive global financier and investment bank that, of course, collapsed disastrously in 2008. Directed by Arin Arbus.
‘All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain’ (Oct. 12 – Nov. 17, McGuire Proscenium Stage): This one-man show, created and performed by renowned Broadway star Patrick Page, uses Shakespearean characters to illuminate “the depths of the human heart.” It’s directed by Simon Godwin.
‘A Christmas Carol’ (Nov. 9 – Dec. 29, Wurtele Thrust Stage): This season marks the 50th year the Guthrie has produced this holiday classic! Directed by Addie Gorlin-Han, the theater’s associate producer.
‘The Heart Sellers’ (Dec. 14 – Jan. 25, McGuire Proscenium Stage): Lloyd Suh’s new comedy, which just premiered last year, follows two women, recent and homesick immigrants from Asia, who make a traditional Thanksgiving meal together while their husbands are working. In the process, they share stories, dreams and insights into the Asian immigrant experience. Directed by May Adrales.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Feb. 1 – March 23, Wurtele Thrust Stage): It’s Shakespeare’s “beloved tale of mischief and merriment,” as the Guthrie puts it! What’s not to love? Well, as it happens, love is not always easy when mythological figures and real people bump up against the fantastical fairy world. Directed by Guthrie artistic director Joseph Haj.
‘The Mousetrap’ (March 15 – May 18, McGuire Proscenium Stage): The longest-running play in the world, “The Mousetrap” is the ultimate whodunit murder mystery and one of Agatha Christie’s best-known works. Directed by Tracy Brigden, the Guthrie’s senior artistic producer.
‘The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years’ (April 19 – May 25, Wurtele Thrust Stage): This 2013 play is set in 1964 in Montgomery, Alabama, where two high-society Black women planning the year’s debutante ball are hoping their grandchildren will become engaged to each other at the event. Things don’t go according to plan, naturally, making for a clever and fun comedy. Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton. (Fun fact: This show is written by Pearl Cleage, who also wrote “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” which was staged at the Guthrie in 2022 and directed by incoming Playwrights’ Center leader Nicole A. Watson.)
‘Cabaret’ (June 21 – Aug. 24, Wurtele Thrust Stage): Haj directs this production of the classic musical that juxtaposes a writer’s immersion into the less-savory side of Berlin’s late-1920s nightlife against the rise of the Nazis.
How to buy tickets:
Ticket packages go on sale May 16; season subscriptions start at $54, a drop from last year’s $68 starting price.
Individual tickets go on sale on various dates throughout the season and range from $29 to $139. Seniors, students, children and teachers can access discounted tickets.
Once available, tickets can be purchased at the box office or online at guthrietheater.org. Call 612-225-6238 for season ticket information.
