The Night of the Iguana
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Bonnie Ross
October 16 – November 1, 2026
Fridays & Saturdays at 7pm
Sundays at 2pm
Winner! 1962 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Nominee: Three 1962 Tony Awards, including Best Play
Nominee: Two 1977 Drama Desk Awards
Nominee: Three 1992 Olivier Awards
Set against the lush, suffocating heat of a Puerta Vallarta hillside. Williams’ sweeping drama explores the fragile human need for connection, the burden of the past, and the desperate search for meaning at the edge of everything. By turns darkly comic, heartbreaking, and profoundly tender. The Night of the Iguana stands as one of the great American plays. A work of blazing humanity from the master of the American stage.
Some people, they just go to pieces.
Others — they don’t.
Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
Content advisory: Themes addressed in this play include alcoholism, religion, homosexuality, and underage sex. The play is set in 1940 and reflects the language idioms of that time. Recommended for mature teens or older.
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