Following its sold-out R.U.R. and The Lucky Chance, Head Trick Theatre announces a season about who we love, and what the limits of that love are.
The season opens in August with Dr. Korczak and the Children by Erwin Sylvanus, continues in November with Design for Living by Noel Coward, and closes in March with Agnes de Castro by Catherine Trotter. Performances will be at Head Trick’s home venue, AS220, in downtown Providence.
DR. KORCZAK AND THE CHILDREN
by Erwin Sylvanus
directed by Rebecca Maxfield
August 2025
Four actors try to tell the story of Janusz Korczak, a Jewish doctor killed by the Nazis after refusing to abandon the orphaned children in his care. But how can they put themselves in the mindset of the Holocaust’s victims – or its villains? “What’s it to you what happened in Poland in 1940 and 1942? It’s a long way from here to Poland,” wrote Erwin Sylvanus in this metatheatrical drama from 1957 – but in 2025 the problem of how to confront this atrocious truth through art is only more timely.
DESIGN FOR LIVING
by Noel Coward
directed by Blanche Case
November 2025
“It should be easy, you know. I love you. You love me. You love Otto. I love Otto. Otto loves you. Otto loves me. There now! Start to unravel from there.” Noel Coward’s sparkling 1932 romantic comedy follows the entanglements between three bickering bohemian artists – an interior decorator, a playwright, and a painter – trying to follow their hearts (and impulses), not the rules. Is a (love) triangle the most beautiful shape of all?
AGNES DE CASTRO
by Catherine Trotter
directed by Rebecca Maxfield
March 2026
Agnes de Castro. That’s the name on everyone’s lips: the Princess who loves her, the Prince who longs for her, the noble villains who lust for her. And Elvira, whose only thought is vengeance on the woman who has everything that should be hers.
Back by popular demand! Audiences at Head Trick’s reading of Catherine Trotter’s 1695 revenge tragedy had one question – “Why isn’t everyone doing this play?” Now, Agnes de Castro returns for a full production!
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Keep an eye on our auditions page for when audition info and character breakdowns go live!
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ABOUT HEAD TRICK THEATRE
Head Trick Theatre is a performing group based in Providence, RI that puts on innovative productions of classic plays with a focus on the importance of liveness. Recent productions include The Lucky Chance, Aphra Behn’s feminist sex farce satirizing marriage, money, and misogyny, R.U.R., Karel Čapek’s prescient thriller of robot revolution, and Incident at Vichy, Arthur Miller’s searing drama of complicity and empathy during the Holocaust. For more information, or to sign up for our email list, visit https://www.headtricktheatre.org or email [email protected].