Inspired by the 1927 case of convicted murderer Ruth Snyder, this expressionistic epic follows the heart-palpitating descent of an ordinary woman trapped inside a masculine hellscape. With its crackling dialogue, brutal humor, and unapologetic optimism for the human spirit, Machinal asks, what does it cost a person to survive a system that was never built to sustain them? How, if we are all cogs inside the machine of modernity, can we destroy the machine without destroying the body?

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Machinal

Yale University

Utopia

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

The world is in chaos— the sky is no longer blue, there’s a crusade against the homeless, apples are extinct, and no one’s seen the moon for nine months. A guardian angel appears in a dream to Marisol—a young, Nuyorican woman from the Bronx—with a mission: lead a war against the heavens and restore vitality to the universe. Marisol must ask herself: How will she choose to live in a time of destruction? Will she stand by her old faith and abide by the powers that be, or will she join the revolution in hopes of a new world?

Marisol

When a brilliant physician makes a split-second decision at a dying patient's bedside, a single act of medical conscience ignites a firestorm that threatens to consume everything she has built. A striking reimagining of Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 play Professor Bernhardi, Robert Icke's The Doctor is a merciless examination of one woman's unraveling and a razor-sharp portrait of a society that devours its own.

David Geffen School of Drama at Yale

9 - 16 Oct, 2026

Machinal

14 - 20 Nov, 2026

Marisol

23 - 29 Jan, 2027

The Doctor

9 - 16 Oct, 2026

Machinal

15 - 21 Nov, 2025

Utopia

David Geffen School of Drama at Yale