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at Marin Shakespeare Company, San Rafael
For the first two plays in our 2026 Outside the Box Reading Series,
ARC returns to Marin Shakespeare Company's indoor Downtown Theater.
These beautiful plays each exploring in their own way how best to move forward
in a world that seems bent on knocking us back.
Greater Clements by Samuel D. Hunter
In the fictional mining town of Greater Clements, Idaho, gentrification is on the rise. Maggie, the divorced owner of a failing Mine Tour and Museum business, cares for her troubled adult son, who has moved back home to recover. As Maggie contemplates closing her business, an old flame visits and asks her to join him in a new life beyond the desolate town’s limits. Through quirky humor, keen observation and deeply sensitive and idiosyncratic characters, Greater Clements explores just how hard it can be to leave one’s past behind.
The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood
Rural England, 1759. As the country awaits the return of Halley’s comet, a young woman is sentenced to death. When she tries to escape the noose by claiming she is pregnant, twelve ordinary women are gathered to decide whether she is telling the truth. A dark, fierce, funny play about democracy and housework.
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Venue:
Marin Shakespeare Company's
Downtown Theater
514 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
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ARC concludes Outside the Box 2026 with a little Halloween fare:
Witch by Jen Silverman
A charming devil arrives in the quiet village of Edmonton to bargain for the souls of its residents in exchange for their darkest wishes. Elizabeth should be his easiest target, having been labeled a “witch” and cast out by the town, but her soul is not so readily bought. As the devil returns to convince her – and then returns again – unexpected passions flare, alliances are formed, and the village is forever changed.
An inventive retelling of a Jacobean drama, this sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
Venue: TBA
Date: October TBA
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Past FULL PRODUCTIONS
Amy Herzog // MARY JANE
Presented in person at the Magic
Performed NOV 6 - 30, 2025
Directed by Amy Kossow
Annie Baker // THE ANTIPODES
Presented in person at Marin Shakes, 514 4th St
Performed NOV 8 - DEC 2, 2024
Directed by Alyson Schacherer
Past READINGS
OUTSIDE THE BOX Reading Series 2025
Presented at Aurora Theater, Z Space,
and the Magic
Lucas Hnath // the thin place
Performed on JULY 7 & 13, 2025
Directed by EMILIE TALBOT
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins // APPROPRIATE
Performed on JULY 20 & 21, 2025
Directed by LEONTYNE MBELE-MBONG
Emily Feldman // THE BEST WE COULD
Performed on JULY 27 & 28, 2025
Directed by TIM REDMOND
Michael Gene Sullivan // RECIPE
Performed on AUGUST 4 & 5, 2025
Directed by ANSLEY VALENTINE
OUTSIDE THE BOX Reading Series 2024
Presented at Marin Shakes, 514 4th St, San Rafael
George Brant // INTO THE BREECHES!
Performed on JULY 1, 2024
Directed by DAVID SINAIKO
Betty Shamieh // MALVOLIO
Performed on JULY, 21, 2024
Directed by AMY KOSSOW
Jeffrey Hatcher // STAGE BEAUTY
Performed on AUGUST 12, 2024
Directed by NANCY CARLIN
Susan Ferrara // BUZZ
Performed on AUGUST 21, 2024
Directed by MARCIA PIZZO
Stephen Adley Guirgis // THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT
Presented in person at Marin Shakes, 514 4th St
Performed on MAY 4, 2024
Directed by LUISA SERMOL
Aaron Posner // LIFE SUCKS
Presented in person at Marin Shakes, 514 4th St
Performed on DECEMBER 4, 2023
Directed by AMY KOSSOW
OUTSIDE THE BOX Reading Series 2023
Presented at Marin Shakes, 514 4th St, San Rafael
Henry & Hissom // SHAKESPEARE AND
THE ZOMBIE PLAGUE OF 1590
Performed on JUNE 5, 2023
Directed by ALDO BILLINGSLEA
Dominique Morriseau // PIPELINE
Performed on JUNE 19, 2023
Directed by LEONTYNE MBELE-MBONG & EMILIE TALBOT
Jez Butterworth // THE FERRYMAN
Performed on JULY 10, 2023
Directed by ROBERT PARSONS
Lucy Kirkwood // THE CHILDREN
Performed on JULY 31, 2023
Directed by TIM REDMOND
Jordan Harrison // THE GROWN-UP
Presented in person at Z Space
Performed on JANUARY 30, 2023
Directed by TIM REDMOND
Oksana Zabuzhko // YOUR AD COULD GO HERE
Presented on ARC YouTube Channel
Performed on APRIL 30, 2022
Cast by AMY KOSSOW & PATRICIA SILVER
Octavio Solis // MOTHER ROAD
Presented on ARC YouTube Channel
Performed on NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Cast by CATHERINE CASTELLANOS & AMY LIZARDO
Henry & Hissom // SHAKESPEARE AND THE
ZOMBIE PLAGUE OF 1590
Presented on ARC YouTube Channel
Performed on OCTOBER 24, 2021
Cast by ALDO BILLINGSLEA
Shakespeare // ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Presented on ARC YouTube Channel
Performed on AUGUST 21, 2021
Cast by AMY KOSSOW
Charles L. Mee // BIG LOVE
Presented by THE STREAMING THEATER
Performed on JULY 17, 2021
Cast by ROBERT PARSONS