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Recipient of the
American Theatre Wing
National Theatre Company Award

Our Mission

Our mission is to create the highest quality theatre possible,
challenging, stretching, and invigorating our community. We emphasize

LANGUAGE by placing primary value on quality language and literature,

ENSEMBLE by developing performers who seek continuous improvement and
creating an academy for training ourselves and emerging theatre artists, and

CHALLENGING IDEAS by presenting plays which offer complex and provocative
points of view related to important social, political, and personal issues.


Closing Sunday, November 24

…a superb piece of theater, unlike anything I’ve ever seen. The ensemble once again takes on a challenging work and turns it into a thing of beauty. A must see for anyone who loves to read. Bravo!

—Jim Fye, Audience Member

Don’t miss this drop-dead brilliant production.

—Karen Falkenstrom, Audience Member

It is an extraordinary night at the theatre.

—Tim Monsion, Audience Member

Cynthia Meier’s direction is smooth, with an eye toward clarity and humor.

—Kathleen Allen, Arizona Daily Star

…reading a book, any book, will never be the same kind of experience once you've seen The Rogue's exceedingly brilliant stage adaptation…filled with clever humor and unexpected insights…

—Chuck Graham, Let the Show Begin

If on a winter’s night
a traveler

by Italo Calvino
adapted to the stage by John Capecci

PRODUCTION SPONSORS: 
Holly Morris

Brock & Chantal McCaman

Directed by Cynthia Meier
Music Direction by Russell Ronnebaum

November 1–24, 2024

Friday & Saturday 7:30 P.M.,
Saturday & Sunday 2:00 P.M.

Calvino’s 1979 novel—frequently ranked among the “top 100 of all time”—follows a protagonist named Reader in his quest to read If on a winter’s night a traveler. Along the way, he and consummate book-lover Ludmilla encounter ten engaging novels and become enmeshed in a dizzying international conspiracy. This classic work of postmodern metafiction contains themes that still resonate: computer-generated texts, book banning— and the simple, singular pleasure of curling up with a good book.

Performance run time of If on a winter’s night a traveler is 2 hour 5 minutes, including one 10-minute intermission.


Just When You Thought You Knew Where Things Were Headed…

Sponsored by Marianne Leedy

Three- and four-play season packages and individual tickets are now available

If on a winter’s night a traveler
by Italo Calvino
adapted by John Capecci
November 1–24, 2024

The Playboy of the Western World
by John Millington Synge
January 10–February 2, 2025

Marjorie Prime
by Jordan Harrison
February 21–March 16, 2025

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
April 25–May 18, 2025

Intro to our 20th Season

Our 20 Year History

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Patrick Baliani, Professor at the W.A. Franke Honors College at the University of Arizona, presents his essay 'The Ends of the World,' introducing The Rogue's 20th Anniversary Season.

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A history of The Rogue Theatre on the eve of its 20th Anniversary Season, with a photo from every play we've produced since 2005 and some of the remarkable milestones achieved along the way. Photos by Tim Fuller.

Recent news articles heralding the start of our 20th Season

Broadway World

The Rogue Theatre's Anniversary Season Celebrates 20 Years of Pushing Boundaries

The company has achieved two decades of innovation and excellence.

The Arizona Daily Star

20 Years of Shining a Light: Tucson’s Rogue Theatre marks a milestone season

Cynthia Meier and Joe McGrath had a very clear vision when they launched Rogue Theatre in 2005: To stage works that were being overlooked in Tucson’s theater space.


The John & Joyce Ambruster Play-Reading Series 20242025

New this season: Two performance of each reading to choose from: Saturday AND Sunday!

 
 

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
by Sam Steiner
2 PM Saturday, March 29, 2025
2 PM Sunday, March 30, 2025

No Man’s Land
by Harold Pinter
2 PM Saturday, May 24, 2025
2 PM Sunday, May 25, 2025


20th Anniversary Season Coloring Book

Illustrations by Christopher Johnson
from photographs by Tim Fuller

Purchase a coloring book and pick it up at the box office or have it mailed to you for an additional cost.


The Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y
300 East University Boulevard, Suite 150
Tucson, Arizona 85705-8033

Free Off-Street Parking
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I am constantly amazed by [The Rogue Theatre’s] creativity and ability to show our human propensities and mysteries in such a way as to catch our souls.
— Dottie Davis, audience member

 

A Look Back at The Rogue Theatre’s 2022–2023 Season

We hope you'll enjoy this look back at our 2022–2023 Season, featuring video footage of the five plays and four play-readings we staged this year.


The Rogue in Action!

Enjoy audio storytelling with Rogue Radio, and watching The Rogue in action on video with backstage tours and stop-motion animation!

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