Welcome to the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
We’re launching our 2026 season with a variety of performance experiences that demonstrate the Odyssey’s dogged commitment to aesthetically daring dynamic work that is also unfailingly intimate. Join us for what’s sure to be a groundbreaking start to the year:
- R&B rhythms, boxing and rounds of scotch uncover shared histories and hidden wounds in Hymn, directed by award-winning director Gregg T. Daniel, in a much-anticipated co-production with the Lower Depth Theatre company. May 2 – June 14
- Fresh from a recent 5-star review from the Edinburgh Fringe, British actor Peter Tate takes us into the psyche of one of the most famous artists of the 20th century in Picasso Le Monstre Sacré. Opens May 8 – May 17
- Odyssey veteran Bart DeLorenzo adapts and directs a blistering new adaptation of Ibsen’s 19th century powerhouse An Enemy of the People, setting its story of power, politics and family in 2026. Opens August 22 – September 27
- Caroline Aaron (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) dives headfirst into the whiplash experience of what it is to live, love, and lament in The Best Medicine. Written by candid playwright and best-selling author Robin Gerber. October 10 – November 15
- Daniel Passer, the inspired lead clown from Cirque du Soleil, masterminds a delirious new atmosphere for French farceur Georges Feydeau’s vaudevillian look at domestic guerrilla warfare. Opens October 17, 2026
- We’ve expanding our adventurous contemporary dance festival, this year featuring extraordinary performers and choreographers unfolding across two of our three theater spaces in winter and summer festivals. The summer festival starts June 20 – July 4. Music at the Odyssey continues to delight audiences in our ongoing concert series with curator/bass player John Snow. A Life in Jazz opens on June 27 followed by a workshop with live jazz of Warren Leight’s Tony Award-winning play Sideman on July 18.
- New work is rising, too. Our Thresholds of Invention series brings bold voices to the stage through work-in-progress premieres that test new forms and theatrical ideas. Playwright John Binder will share three of his original unproduced scripts on July 12 at 2pm.