The Steward of Christendom with Brian Dennehy, Tribes & More Set For Center Theatre Group Season

Nina Raine’s Tribes, Bruce Norris’ A Parallelogram and Sebastian Barry’s The Steward of Christendom, starring Brian Dennehy, are among the productions scheduled for the Center Theatre Group’s 2013 season at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. The new season, which begins February 27, 2013 and runs through January 5, 2014, will also feature August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, directed by Phylica Rashad, and Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw.

Directed by David Cromer, Tribes kicks off the season on February 27, 2013 and will play a limited engagement through April 14. Opening night is set for March 10. Tribes is the story of a deaf man named Billy who struggles to be understood by his opinionated hearing family. Tribes premiered in London in 2010. The off-Broadway production, also helmed by Cromer, is currently running at the Barrow Street Theatre.

Tony-winning actress Phylicia Rashad will direct Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, which begins performances April 24, 2013 and is scheduled to play a limited engagement through June 9. An official opening night is set for May 8. Set in 1911 in a Pittsburgh boarding house, Joe Turner is the story of the daily routine of meals, conversation, gossip, arrivals and departures that occur among the tenants. Joe Turner is set against the tide of Americans of African descent who are moving toward the industrial cities of the North in search of economic opportunity, lost family members and new beginnings.

Directed by Anne D. Shapiro, A Parallelogram begins performances July 10, 2013 and will play a limited engagement through August 18. Opening night is set for July 21. A Parallelogram is the story of Bee, who believes she has the ability to know what happens in the future. To the concern of those around her, Bee struggles to make sense of the knowledge she has learned about her future.

What the Butler Saw, directed by John Tillinger, will begin performances September 25, 2013 and play a limited engagement through November 3. Opening night is set for October 6. Set in the consulting room of a private psychiatric clinic, What the Butler Saw is the story of Dr. Prentice, who is interrupted by his wife just as he is about to seduce a beautiful, young woman applying for a job as a secretary. His botched efforts to conceal his actions spiral outrageously out of control.

Starring two-time Tony Award winner Brian Dennehy and directed by Steven Robman, The Steward of Christendom begins performances November 26, 2013 and will play a limited engagement through January 5, 2014. Opening night is scheduled for December 8. Set in the early 1930s at an Irish county mental home, The Steward of Christendom is the story of Thomas Dunne, a 75-year-old former head of Dublin’s Metropolitan Police, who has been committed by his daughter. Further casting will be announced shortly.