The Guthrie Theater opened on May 7, 1963 with a production of Hamlet, directed by Sir Tyrone Guthrie, the theater's founder. Dont miss these building highlights, open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 9 am to 9 pm, no reservations necessary. The theater world is heading into the Upside Down and even further back in time. Meanwhile, hostility grows between the ruthless rancherFletcher and the settlers startingtheir farms. Construction begins on our current facility, which was designed by award-winning French architect Jean Nouvel. On the Vergeby ERIC OVERMYER directed by STAN WOJEWODSKI, JR. Rhinocerosby EUGNE IONESCOdirected by KAZIMIERZ BRAUN, Double Infidelitiesby PIERRE de MARIVAUXdirected by WILLIAM GASKILL, The Gospel at Colonus conceived, adapted and directed by LEE BREUERfrom Oedipus at Colonus by SOPHOCLESmusic composed, arranged and directed by BOB TELSON, Great Expectationsby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, Cyrano de Bergeracby EDMOND ROSTANDdirected by EDWARD GILBERT, A Midsummer Nights Dreamby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, Candidaby GEORGE BERNARD SHAWdirected by WILLIAM GASKILL, Execution of Justiceby EMILY MANNdirected by EMILY MANN, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by HOWARD DALLIN, On the Razzleby TOM STOPPARDdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, The Rainmakerby N. RICHARD NASHdirected by TIMOTHY NEAR, A Soldiers Playby CHARLES FULLERdirected by DOUGLAS TURNER WARD, Hang on to Mebook by MAX GORKYsongs by GEORGE and IRA GERSHWIN directed by PETER SELLARS, Three Sistersby ANTON CHEKHOVdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, Tartuffeby MOLIREdirected by LUCIAN PINTILIE, night, Motherby MARSHA NORMANdirected by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE, Twelfth Nightby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE, Anything Goesby COLE PORTERdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, Master Harold and the Boysby ATHOL FUGARDdirected by ATHOL FUGARD, The Threepenny Operaby BERTOLT BRECHT and KURT WEILLdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, Guys and Dolls A Musical Fable of Broadwaybased on a story and characters of DAMON RUNYONmusic and lyrics by FRANK LOESSERbook by JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWSdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, The Entertainerby JOHN OSBORNEdirected by EDWARD PAYSON CALL, The Seagullby ANTON CHEKHOVdirected by LUCIAN PINTILIE, The Importance of Being Earnestby OSCAR WILDEdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, Hedda Gablerby HENRIK IBSENdirected by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE, Summer Vacation Madnessby CARLO GOLDONIdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, Requiem for a Nunby WILLIAM FAULKNERdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, The Marriage of Figaroby BEAUMARCHAISdirected by ANDREI SERBAN, Room Serviceby JOHN MURRAY and ALLEN BORETZdirected by HAROLD STONE, Heartbreak Houseby GEORGE BERNARD SHAWdirected by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE, Entertaining Mr Sloaneby JOE ORTONdirected by GARY GISSELMAN, Peer Gyntby HENRIK IBSENdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, The Tempestby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, Don Juanby MOLIREdirected by RICHARD FOREMAN, Our Townby THORNTON WILDERdirected by ALAN SCHNEIDER, Foxfireby HUME CRONYN and SUSAN COOPERdirected by MARSHALL MASON, Eve of Retirementby THOMAS BERNHARDdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, Eli: A Mystery Playby NELLY SACHSdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by JON CRANNEY, Candideby VOLTAIREadapted by LEN JENKINdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, As You Like Itby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by LIVIU CIULEI, Wild Oatsby JOHN OKEEFFE directed by KENNETH FRANKEL, Camilleby ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, The Tavernby GEORGE M. COHANdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, Desire Under the Elmsby EUGENE ONEILLdirected by GEORGE KEATHLEY, Mary Stuartby FRIEDRICH von SCHILLERdirected by GARLAND WRIGHT, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by TONY MOCKUS, Arms and the Manby GEORGE BERNARD SHAWdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Macbethby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by EDWARDS HASTINGS, The Rivalsby RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDANdirected by ALVIN EPSTEIN, Right of Wayby RICHARD LEESdirected by STEVEN ROBMAN, The Glass Menagerieby TENNESSEE WILLIAMSdirected by EMILY MANN, Monsieur de Molireby MIKHAIL BULGAKOVadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by ANATOLY EFROS, Endgameby SAMUEL BECKETTdirected by RAE ALLEN, Romeo and Julietby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by RON DANIELS, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by RICHARD RUSSELL RAMOS, You Cant Take It With Youby GEORGE KAUFMAN and MOSS HARTdirected by EDWARD GILBERT, The Pretendersby HENRIK IBSENadapted by MICHAEL FEINGOLDdirected by ALVIN EPSTEIN, Teibele and Her Demonby ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER and EVE FRIEDMANdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, Boy Meets Girlby BELLA and SAMUEL SPEWACKdirected by PETER MARK SCHIFTER, Bonjour, L, Bonjourby MICHEL TREMBLAYdirected by STEVEN ROBMAN, Hamletby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, Marriageby NIKOLAI GOGOLadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by ANATOLY EFROS, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, The Beggars Operaby JOHN GAYdirected by ALVIN EPSTEIN, She Stoops to Conquerby OLIVER GOLDSMITHdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, A Moon for the Misbegottenby EUGENE ONEILLdirected by NICK HAVINGA, La Rondeby ARTHUR SCHNITZLERdirected by KEN RUTA, Catsplayby ISTVN RKNYdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, The White Devilby JOHN WEBSTERdirected by MICHAEL BLAKEMORE, Design for Livingby NOL COWARDdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Pantagleizeby MICHEL de GHELDERODEadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, The Matchmakerby THORNTON WILDERdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Doctor Faustusby CHRISTOPHER MARLOWEdirected by KEN RUTA, Cat on a Hot Tin Roofby TENNESSEE WILLIAMSdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Deadby TOM STOPPARDdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, An Enemy of the Peopleby HENRIK IBSENdirected by ADRIAN HALL, The Winters Taleby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, The National Healthby PETER NICHOLSdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Arsenic and Old Laceby JOSEPH KESSELRINGdirected by THOMAS GRUENEWALD, The Caretakerby HAROLD PINTERdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, A Streetcar Named Desireby TENNESSEE WILLIAMSdirected by KEN RUTA, Mother Courage and Her Childrenby BERTOLT BRECHTadapted by ROBERT HELLMANdirected by EUGENE LION, Under Milk Wood by DYLAN THOMASdirected by KENNETH WALSH, Private Livesby NOL COWARDdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA NOSANOWdirected by STEPHEN KANEE, Measure for Measureby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, King Learby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Loves Labours Lost by WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, The Crucibleby ARTHUR MILLERdirected by LEN CARIOU, Tartuffeby MOLIREdirected by MICHAEL BAWTREE, The School for Scandalby RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDANdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Becketby JEAN ANOUILHadapted by LUCIENNE HILLdirected by DAVID FELDSHUH, Oedipus the Kingby SOPHOCLESadapted by ANTHONY BURGESSdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, The Government Inspectorby NIKOLAI GOGOLadapted by PETER RABYdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Juno and the Paycockby SEN OCASEYdirected by TOMS MAC ANNA, I, Said the Flyby JUNE HAVOCdirected by ERIC CHRISTMAS, Waiting for Godotby SAMUEL BECKETTdirected by EUGENE LION, The Merchant of Veniceby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, The Miracle Manby ERIK BROGGERadapted from MOLIREdirected by JOSEPH RASSULO, A Midsummer Nights Dreamby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOHN HIRSCH, Of Mice and Menby JOHN STEINBECKdirected by LEN CARIOU, The Relapseby SIR JOHN VANBRUGHdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, An Italian Straw Hatby EUGNE LABICHE and MARC MICHELdirected by DAVID FELDSHUH, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by DAVID FELDSHUH and DAVID BALLdirected by DAVID FELDSHUH, CyranoA New Musical Versiondirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Cyrano de Bergeracby EDMOND ROSTANDadapted by ANTHONY BURGESSdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, The Taming of the Shrewby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, A Touch of the Poetby EUGENE ONEILLdirected by DAVID WHEELER, Misallianceby GEORGE BERNARD SHAWdirected by EDWARD GILBERT, The Diary of a Scoundrelby ALEXANDER OSTROVSKYdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, The Venetian Twinsby CARLO GOLDONIadapted and directed by ROBERT DAVID MacDONALD, Ceremonies in Dark Old Menby LONNE ELDER IIIdirected by ISRAEL HICKS, The Tempestby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by PHILIP MINOR, A Mans a Manby BERTOLT BRECHTdirected by JOHN HIRSCH, A Playby ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNadapted by PAUL AVILA MAYERdirected by MICHAEL LANGHAM, Julius Caesarby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by EDWARD PAYSON CALL, The Beauty Partby S.J. Play. Cast members from an early production ofA Christmas Carol. Pinaforedirected by JOE DOWLING, The Guthrie Theater presents Ellabook by JEFFREY HATCHERconceived by ROB RUGGIERO and DYKE GARRISONmusical supervision and arrangements by DANNY HOLGATEdirected by ROB RUGGIERO, The Importance of Being Earnestby OSCAR WILDEdirected by JOE DOWLING, Faith Healerby BRIAN FRIELdirected by JOE DOWLINGassociate director BENJAMIN McGOVERN, A Christmas Carolby CHARLES DICKENSadapted by BARBARA FIELDdirected by GARY GISSELMAN, The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presentsRomeo and Julietby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by PENNY METROPULOSand Macbethby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, The Guthries WorldStage Series presents Kneehigh Theatres production of Nol CowardsBrief Encounteroriginally produced by DAVID PUGH, DAFYDD ROGERS and CINEWORLDadapted and directed by EMMA RICE, M. Butterflyby DAVID HENRY HWANGdirected by PETER ROTHSTEIN, Circle Mirror Transformationby ANNIE BAKERdirected by BENJAMIN McGOVERN, Dollhouseby REBECCA GILMANbased on A Dolls House by HENRIK IBSENdirected by WENDY C. GOLDBERG, A Streetcar Named Desireby TENNESSEE WILLIAMSdirected by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY, The Scottsboro Boysmusic and lyrics by JOHN KANDER and FRED EBBbook by DAVID THOMPSONdirection and choreography by SUSAN STROMAN, Little House on the Prairiebook by RACHEL SHEINKINmusic by RACHEL PORTMANlyrics by DONNA DI NOVELLIbased on the Little House books by LAURA INGALLS WILDERdirected by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO, A View From the Bridgeby ARTHUR MILLERdirected by ETHAN McSWEENY, The Caretakerby HAROLD PINTERdirected by BENJAMIN McGOVERN, Shadowlandsby WILLIAM NICHOLSONdirected by JOE DOWLING, Edward AlbeesA Delicate Balancedirected by GARY GISSELMAN, The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents Henry Vby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by DAVIS McCALLUMand The Two Gentlemen of Veronaby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, Happy Daysby SAMUEL BECKETTdirected by ROB MELROSE, Caroline, or Changebook and lyrics by TONY KUSHNERmusic by JEANINE TESORIdirected by MARCELA LORCA, The Intelligent Homosexuals Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scripturesby TONY KUSHNERdirected by MICHAEL GREIF, Tiny Kushner: An Evening of Short Playsby TONY KUSHNERdirected by TONY TACCONE, When We Are Marriedby J.B. PRIESTLEYdirected by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY, Private Livesby NOL COWARDdirected by PETER ROTHSTEIN, Jane Eyreby CHARLOTTE BRONTadapted for the stage by ALAN STANFORDdirected by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY, The Home Placeby BRIAN FRIELdirected by JOE DOWLING, Penby DAVID MARSHALL GRANTdirected by ROB MELROSE, Peer Gynttranslated and adapted by ROBERT BLYfrom the original by HENRIK IBSENdirected by TIM CARROLL, Thirdby WENDY WASSERSTEINdirected by CASEY STANGL, 9 Parts of Desireby HEATHER RAFFOdirected by JOEL SASS, A Midsummer Nights Dreamby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, The Ugly Oneby MARIUS von MAYENBURGtranslation by MAJA ZADEdirected by BENJAMIN McGOVERN, The Secret Fall of Constance Wildeby THOMAS KILROYdirected by MARCELA LORCA, After a Hundred Yearsby NAOMI IIZUKAdirected by LISA PORTES, The Government Inspectoradapted by JEFFREY HATCHERfrom the original by NIKOLAI GOGOLdirected by JOE DOWLING, F. Scott FitzgeraldsThe Great Gatsbyadapted for the stage by SIMON LEVYdirected by DAVID ESBJORNSON, The Real Thingby TOM STOPPARDdirected by JOE DOWLING, The Fallsby JEFFREY HATCHERinspired by The Long Christmas Dinner by THORNTON WILDERdirected by BILL RAUCH and MICHAEL JOHN GARCS, Lost in Yonkersby NEIL SIMONdirected by GARY GISSELMAN, Edgardo Mineby ALFRED UHRYbased on The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by DAVID I. KERTZERdirected by MARK LAMOS, The Glass Menagerieby TENNESSEE WILLIAMSdirected by JOE DOWLING, The Merchant of Veniceby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, Major Barbaraby GEORGE BERNARD SHAWdirected by LISA PETERSON, Boats on a Riverby JULIE MARIE MYATTdirected by MICHAEL BIGELOW DIXON, 1776music and lyrics by SHERMAN EDWARDSbook by PETER STONEbased on a concept by SHERMAN EDWARDSdirected by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY, His Girl Fridayadapted by JOHN GUAREfrom The Front Page by BEN HECHT and CHARLES MacARTHURand the Columbia Pictures filmdirected by JOE DOWLING, The Constant Wifeby W. SOMERSET MAUGHAMdirected by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY, Intimate Apparelby LYNN NOTTAGEdirected by TIMOTHY BOND, The Peoples Templeby LEIGH FONDAKOWSKIwith GREG PIEROTTI, STEPHEN WANGH and MARGO HALLdirected by LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI, Hamletby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, Death of a Salesmanby ARTHUR MILLERdirected by JOE DOWLING, Lady With a Lapdogby ANTON CHEKHOVtranslation by JULIA SMELIANSKY and RYAN McKITTRICKdirected by KAMA GINKAS, Pygmalionby GEORGE BERNARD SHAWdirected by CASEY STANGL, The Sex Habits of American Womenby JULIE MARIE MYATTdirected by MICHAEL BIGELOW DIXON, Oedipusby ELLEN McLAUGHLINbased on the play by SOPHOCLESdirected by LISA PETERSON, Periclesby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREadapted and directed by JOEL SASS, As You Like Itby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, She Loves Meby JOE MASTEROFF, SHELDON HARNICK and JERRY BOCKdirected by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY, A Body of Waterby LEE BLESSINGdirected by ETHAN McSWEENY, Pride and Prejudiceby JANE AUSTENadapted by JAMES MAXWELL and revised by ALAN STANFORDdirected by JOE DOWLING, Nickel and Dimedby JOAN HOLDENdirected by BILL RAUCH, The Night of the Iguanaby TENNESSEE WILLIAMSdirected by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY, Othelloby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, Crownsby REGINA TAYLORdirected by TIMOTHY BOND, Boston Marriageby DAVID MAMETdirected by DOUG MERCER, Othello (tour)by WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by JOE DOWLING, Romeo and Julietby WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREdirected by ETHAN McSWEENY, The Pirates of Penzanceby W.S.