The 2019-2020 season of programming at the Southern Rep Theatre features world and regional premieres, helping to make New Orleans a center of theater in the southern United States.

Steered by Producing  Artistic Director Aimée Hayes, the Theatre will celebrate its 33rd season with regional premieres of “August: Osage County” by Tracy Letts, “Native Gardens” by Karen Zacarías, and “Mother Courage and Her Children” by Bertolt Brecht (and translated by Ntozake Shange).

Returning to this season’s programming is “Mandatory Merriment (Part Deux): A New Orleans Holiday Musical” by Leslie Castay and Ian Hoch. New Orleans playwright Pamela Davis-Noland will present the world premiere of “Chemin Du Bayou,” while the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival will team up with Southern Rep to present “Reykjavik” by Steve Yockey.

“We wanted to take a moment to explore what it’s like to reconnect to joy in a time like now that can often feel so grim,” said Hayes. “This season is filled with eclectic and remarkably funny plays, and even our dramas disarm with humor while digging into the darker and deeper emotional wells of our humanity. Focusing on the different kinds of joy we experience as humans—whether it be through gardening, food, drink, making love, dancing, romance or family—is exactly the kind of theatre we want to make this season.”

She continues, ““Furthermore, one of the best things about making theatre in New Orleans is that although we are geographically removed, our digital world also puts us virtually right next door. It doesn’t matter where you start the art anymore. So, if you’ve got to do it somewhere, New Orleans is the place to do it. We have a very savvy theatre community, a deep well of technicians, artists, and makers that can support any kind of process that might want to originate here. And, now that Southern Rep has a beautiful new permanent home in the historic former St. Rose de Lima church, we’re searching both locally and nationwide to find new works that can find a home here, and we’re seeking to create a hub for artists and audiences locally and nationwide in New Orleans.”

Southern Rep Theatre is housed at 2541 Bayou Rd. in New Orleans, in the former St. Rose de Lima church.

The 33rd season of programming at Southern Rep Theatre kicks of September 2019. Various ticket packages and subscription offers can be found at the Theatre’s official website.