2025-2026 Season
The Memo
By Vaclav Havel (translated by Paul Wilson)
Directed by Nigel Maister
Scenic Design by Frank Oliva
Costume Design by Mika Eubanks
Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg
Sound Design and Original Music by Obadiah Eaves
Voice and Acting Coaching by Jay Simmons
October 2–11, 2025
Václav Havel’s The Memo is a biting, darkly comic satire of bureaucracy run amok. When a mysterious new language—Ptydepe—is imposed on an unsuspecting government office, chaos ensues as employees scramble to understand, implement, and justify its absurd logic. In this DOGE-ean farce, efficiency becomes a weapon, language is twisted into nonsense, and the very notion of communication is lost in translation. Written during Havel’s years under Czechoslovakia’s communist regime, The Memo skewers authoritarian control and the soul-crushing machinery of institutional power with wit, precision, and an unsettling resonance all to recognizable in Trump’s America.
Show TimesOctober 2 at 8 p.m. (Join us for OPENING NIGHT!)
October 3 at 8 p.m. (Join us for IPA NIGHT! Enjoy a post-show reception with the cast!)
October 4 at 8 p.m.
October 5 at 2 p.m. (Matinee! ASL INTERPRETED)
October 8 at 8 p.m. (Join us for ENGLISH NIGHT! Enjoy a post-show reception with the cast!)
October 9 at 8 p.m.
October 10 at 8 p.m.
October 11 at 8 p.m. (Don't Miss It! Join us for CLOSING NIGHT!)