Explore the 25/26 Season

On Beckett

Conceived and performed by Bill Irwin
An Irish Repertory Theatre Production, Produced in association with Octopus Theatricals
FEB 11-MAR 15, 2026 | Klein Theatre

Tony Award-winning actor and master clown Bill Irwin (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sesame Street) has spent a lifetime captivated by Samuel Beckett. With little more than a funny hat and a podium, Irwin mines the comedy and tragedy of Beckett’s work—including Waiting for Godot, Texts for Nothing, and more—in a nonstop display of jovial verbal and physical comedy that has become Irwin’s signature. Whether you’re encountering the Nobel Prize winner’s writings for the first time or building on a body of Beckett knowledge, the “pure, energizing joy” (The New York Times) of Irwin’s dynamic showcase is not to be missed.

The Royal Shakespeare Company and Neal Street Productions
Present
Maggie O’Farrell’s

Hamnet

Adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
Directed by Erica Whyman
MAR 17-APR 12, 2026 | Harman Hall

When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, Agnes and William, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born. Experience the U.S. premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “sweeping and sentimental” (The Guardian) stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi) and directed by Erica Whyman.

Wendell Pierce in

Othello

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Simon Godwin
MAY 19-JUN 21, 2026 | Harman Hall

Simon Godwin directs Wendell Pierce (Elsbeth, The Wire) in Shakespeare’s towering tragedy about the power of words to kill. Venice is scandalized when its protector, Othello (Pierce), elopes with a nobleman’s daughter, while his most trusted lieutenant, Iago, seethes after being passed over for a promotion. Vengeful Iago speaks a word and contorts the world: transforming Othello’s faithful wife into an adulteress and upright men into beasts.

Optional Special Add-On

Paranormal Activity

A New Story Live on Stage
Written by Levi Holloway
Directed by Felix Barrett
Restaged by Levi Holloway
By arrangement with Paramount Pictures and Melting Pot
In co-production with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theatre Group, and American Conservatory Theater
JAN 28-FEB 7, 2026 | Harman Hall

James and Lou move from Chicago to London to escape their past… An original story set in the world of the terrifying Paranormal Activity film franchise, this thrilling new play will haunt you long after the lights go out. We can’t say anything else.

The North American Premiere production is written by Levi Holloway, whose Tony Award-nominated Grey House chilled Broadway audiences in 2023. Felix Barrett—pioneering founder and artistic director of the acclaimed Punchdrunk, whose immersive Sleep No More played more than 5,000 performances in a record-breaking 14-year run—directs.

Optional Special Add-On

Eddie Izzard Performs The Tragedy of Hamlet

EXTENDED—MAR 27–APR 11, 2026 | Klein Theatre

In this celebrated solo theatrical performance of Shakespeare’s iconic play, Tony-nominated and Emmy-winning actor Eddie Izzard seamlessly shifts between 23 characters—men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools, and poets—in an “impressive, sweeping performance” (The London Telegraph).

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All titles, dates, venues, artists, and Harman Hall seating configurations are subject to change.