Two River Theater announces 2014/15 season including original play by Ruben-Santiago Hudson

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Red Bank, NJ – Two River Theater Co. has announced its lineup of productions for the 2014/15 season.

Each year, the season gets better and better as this beautiful theater in Red Bank brings Broadway right to the shore.

We’re excited to announce the season on Unheard Voices, especially an original play by Obie Award winner, Ruben-Santigo Hudson.

2014/15 season

The year will include world-premiere plays and musicals that have been developed at the theater, including Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, a new play written and directed by Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson; and Be More Chill, a musical by Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz, adapted from the novel by Ned Vizzini and directed by Scott Ellis.

The season will also include a range of world masterpieces and American classics, and work for audiences ages three and up.

A complete list includes : The School For Wives, Camelot, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle Favorites, Asburd Person Singular, Guadalupe in the Guestroom, Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, A Mid Summers Night’s Dream, and Be More Chill.

In in the midst of the season, Ruben Santigo-Hudson will premiere Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine in April 2015.

A play about a liberal, Upper West Side resident Judith who befriends Zeke, a highly educated yet once-homeless man she meets at a soup kitchen.

Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August Wilson’s Seven Guitars) crafts a provocative, daring, and immensely powerful world-premiere drama about race, sacrifice, and legacy.

As a playwright, Santiago-Hudson won an Obie Award and critical acclaim for his solo show Lackawanna Blues, and his screenplay for the HBO adaptation received the Humanitas Prize, Christopher Award, National Board of Review Honors, and NAACP Image Award. His directing credits include Two River’s critically acclaimed productions of August Wilson’s Jitney and Two Trains.

For more information please visit https://tworivertheater.org