Firoozeh Dumas’ books “Funny in Farsi,” “Laughing Without an Accent,” and “It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel,” have explored her personal immigrant experience and are hailed as gateways to many conversations and insights about our shared humanity, immigration, language, family and identity. She was a finalist for the prestigious Thurber Prize for American Humor, which she […]

Paige Hernandez returns to our stage to bring us a visual mixtape that blends poetry, dance, visual arts and music to tell the tale of a multicultural girl growing up in Baltimore, Maryland. The production explores how a young woman’s identity is shaped by her ethnicity and popular culture, telling a personal, yet universal, story […]

Hailed for her “luscious, moody and dreamy” playing by the New York Times, pianist Lara Downes is equally celebrated as a musical innovator and cultural investigator. In this collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove, she presents a kaleidoscopic evening of music and poetry inspired by myriad stories of migration and transformation. This production is […]

Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival honoring the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have helped form the backbone of the greatest Irish group of the decade. View the 7:00 p.m. show.

Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival honoring the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have helped form the backbone of the greatest Irish group of the decade. View the 3:00 p.m show.