SEASON 12 AT MOSAIC THEATER
This first slate of programming announced now represents the power of contemporary perspectives on American identity. The full slate, to be announced, will be the company's largest subscription season since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dear Friend,
We’re thrilled to share stories that will make you laugh while you think, challenge in their form, inspire with grace and pride, and center joy to combat the darkness of our times.
The company’s largest subscription offering since the pandemic, the 26-27 Season uses contemporary perspectives to explore American identity. With two world premieres: Natural History and 7th Street Echo, one U.S. premiere: My English Persian Kitchen, and two DC premieres: Somewhere Over the Border and Bad Kreyòl—we are thrilled to bring critically-acclaimed playwrights and directors back to Mosaic and welcome new artists who bring communities together.
And speaking of bringing communities together, we continue our commitment to provide deeper engagement with themes of this season’s programming through our robust Reflection Series, reaching all eight wards of DC. We can’t wait to share what we have in store!
A heartfelt thank you to all of you—our audiences, our supporters, staff, and Board. We couldn’t do this without you and we’re excited to see you at the theater!
Thank you,
Reginald L. Douglas, Artistic Director
Mosaic's 2026-2027 season is supported by Co-Founder Dan Logan & the Revada Foundation of Virginia, Mellon Foundation, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Shubert Foundation, Share Fund, Eugene M. Lang Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Ford Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Busboys & Poets (in kind), and Partners Circle Visionaries, Joan P. & David O. Maxwell, Cathy & Bob Solomon, the Steinglass Family Fund and Champions Jordan Bookey & Felix Lloyd, The Bookey Family Foundation, Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes, Ken Grossinger & Micheline Klagsbrun, Frank Guzzetta & Paul Manville, Dianne & Herbert Lerner (of blessed memory), Leslie Scallet Lieberman and Frank & Emily Vogl.
Mosaic's 2026-2027 season is also supported by Partners Circle Believers Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger & Mark Hollinger, Activists David & Jean Grier, Advocates Cynthia Wolloch & Joseph Reid, Allies Nan Aron & Bernie Arons, Myrna Fawcett, Ginger & Petunia McCarty, Ed Grossman & Rochelle Stanfield, Carroll Johnson-Welsh & Joseph P. Welsh, Daniel & Susan Mareck, Brad & Jody Thayer, Chris & Beverly With, Collaborators Dr. James Adams & Rob Marus, Lamar Braithwaite, Zachary W. Carter, Dominick Cerminaro & Jeremias Alvarez, Ann Geracimos, Frances Goldman Social Justice Fund, Robert & Arlene Kogod, Stephen Lee, Louis Lopez & Bryan Day, Ann Lordeman, Howard Morse & Laura Loeb, Jane O’Brien, Gary & Trudy Peterson, Carol Rabenhorst, Megan & Spencer Rosenfield, Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins, Robin Shaffert & Dean Brenner, Elizabeth Thornhill, Gloria Weissberg and Suzanne Wells & Michael Godec.
Partners Circle members enjoy premier recognition, exclusive events, and direct access to the artists and creatives behind Season 12's productions.
Art is Our Activism. This season, be part of it.
DC PREMIERE
By Brian Quijada
Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell
Somewhere over the Border
September 10 - October 4, 2026
Dorothy becomes Reina in this fresh take on The Wizard of Oz from Brian Quijada, the award-winning co-creator and star of Mexodus, which premiered at Mosaic ahead of back-to-back Off-Broadway runs. Inspired by the true story of his mother’s immigration in the 1970s, Somewhere over the Border takes audiences on a musical journey from El Salvador to America featuring cumbia, Mexican mariachi boleros, rock, hip hop, and more! As Reina travels north to the Mexican border, she gathers friends, faces down dangers, and holds tight to the memory of the little boy she left behind to build a better life for them both. With equal parts joyful whimsy and harrowing truth, Somewhere Over the Border is a timely new musical that honors the grit and resilience of the immigrant’s journey and reminds us of the humanity of all our neighbors.
US Premiere From Edinburgh Fringe Festival
By Hannah Khalil
From a Story by Atoosa Sepehr
Directed by Chris White
A Solas Nua Production in association with Mosaic Theater Company
Generously supported by Culture Ireland
My English Persian Kitchen
NOVEMBER 12 - DECEMBER 6, 2026
Hailed as a “thoroughly flavorful feast of a play” by The Guardian, My English Persian Kitchen chronicles one woman's resettlement in England and then in Belfast after fleeing an abusive husband and her home country of Iran. Longing for her homeland, she turns to her mother’s recipes for solace and strength as she rebuilds both her life and her spirit. This one woman play features the live cooking of traditional Persian ash-e-reshteh (noodle soup) onstage to bring audiences together through the communal nature of food and the joy of finding home.
WORLD PREMIERE
By Collin Van Son
Directed by Chelsea Radigan
Natural History
January 21 - February 7, 2027
The year is 2169. As wildfires rage across the West, environmental activists and partners-in-crime Jane and Clyde embark on a daring caper to steal a taxidermied bison from the American Museum of Natural History. Only problem? It’s already gone. This darkly comedic reckoning with American mythology explores the tensions between history and nostalgia, personal and public responsibility, and art and activism. Natural History is a eulogy from the future about loss, legacy, and what is worth saving when the past disappears and the record is up for grabs.
WORLD PREMIERE
By Paige Hernandez
Directed by Reginald L. Douglas
7th Street Echo
March 25 - April 18, 2027
Candela is determined to make music her life’s work and pick up where her father’s drumsticks left off. Her mother, however, has different plans for her future. As Candela studies by day and gigs by night in pursuit of her dream, family secrets are unearthed, loyalties are tested, and the young woman is pushed to forge her own identity against the backdrop of her family legacy. Featuring live Go-Go music and spoken word, 7th Street Echo is a celebration of DC’s music and culture and a testament to the strength of a family’s love, perfect for audiences of all ages.
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Stori Ayers
BAD KREYÒL
May 20 - June 13, 2027
Determined to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish, first-generation Haitian American Simone returns to the island eager to reunite with her entrepreneur cousin, the Haitian-born and raised Gigi, and reconnect with her roots. When misconceptions and misunderstandings lead to dangerous mistakes both cousins are forced to reckon with what they know—and don't know—about their family and themselves in this heartwarming and timely new play from Tony Award-nominated writer Dominique Morisseau. Hailed as a New York Times Critic's Pick, Bad Kreyòl is a life-affirming celebration of bold women, ancestry, and the universal language of love.
AND ONE MORE EXCITING project TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Further illustrating Mosaic’s commitment to elevating new work and providing a pathway from concept to stage, the season will provide development support of Mosaic commissioned playwright and Artistic Director of Visionaries of Creative Arts, Michelle Banks’ new bi-lingual play (ASL and spoken English) and the newest work of SPARK commissioned and nationally celebrated playwright, A. Rey Pamatmat. Mosaic will also support, in partnership with New Harmony Project, the development of 24K's new musical, The People v. Marion Barry, reuniting the writing team of Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest, playwright Psalmayene 24 and Grammy-nominated musician Kokayi.
Mosaic maintains its commitment to provide deeper engagement with themes of its programming through its Reflection Series. Robust community and audience activities built in collaboration with over 40 partners annually, the Reflection Series allows Mosaic to reach all eight wards of DC through its programming.
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