1 The Brothers Size (Steppenwolf for Young Adults) In a fierce and honest look at the complex bonds of brotherhood, Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”) weaves poetry, music and Yoruba mythology to magnify the tug-of-war between freedom and the need to belong somewhere, to something, to someone. Opens October 4
2 Mosquitoes (Steep Theatre) High-energy particle beams and ideology collide travel in Lucy Kirkwood’s intergenerational examination of the gulf between decisions and their consequences. Opens October 4
3 Twice, Thrice, Frice (Silk Road Rising) Three Muslim women confront adultery and polygamy when one of their husbands marries a second wife. Friendship, fidelity and faith are called into question as each woman reevaluates bonds once believed unbreakable, and discovers humor amid the heartbreak. Opens October 13
4 Sugar in Our Wounds (First Floor Theater) Part of playwright Donja R. Love’s trilogy of black love at pivotal moments in history, helmed by Mikael Burke, director of last season’s acclaimed production of “Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies.” Opens October 19
5 Kentucky (The Gift Theatre) In the local premiere of the play by Leah Nanako Winkler (“Two Mile Hollow”), Hiro returns home to stop the wedding of her twenty-year-old, born-again Christian sister and salvage her future at all costs. Opens October 20
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