Overview
- The American Repertory Theater, which announced its 2026–27 lineup Wednesday, will open Aug. 12–Sept. 20 with Rhinoceros at the Loeb Drama Center.
- Artistic Director Diane Paulus will direct Rhinoceros as her final A.R.T. production before the company relocates to the Goel Center in Allston.
- 1972, A Rock Opera runs Oct. 27–Nov. 22 at Harvard’s Farkas Hall with music by Dispatch’s Chadwick Stokes, a book by Stokes and Jessie Nelson, and direction by Nelson.
- The rock opera traces a teen’s journey that intersects with the Jane Collective, a Chicago group that provided illegal abortion care before Roe v. Wade in 1973.
- Mexodus plays Dec. 4, 2026–Jan. 10, 2027 at the Loeb after a tour and Off-Broadway runs, and subscriptions open later in April with single tickets for Rhinoceros on June 25 as A.R.T. prepares to name a May 2027 Goel Center opener.