Subscriber Letters

One of the privileges of season subscription at The Rep is receiving special letters prior to each Mainstage performance from Artistic Director Steven Woolf. In each of these letters, exclusive to subscribers, you'll find "insider" information about the upcoming performance, news of favorite actors and directors, tips for what to see in New York or London and much more.

For the convenience of our subscribers, we make these letters available online. You can not only read the latest available letter, we also maintain an archive of past letters for your reference.

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February 2012 Steve previews David Mamet’s powerful and compelling play, Race - next on the Mainstage!

Subscriber Letter Archive

Date What's Inside
February 2012 Steve previews David Mamet’s powerful and compelling play, Race - next on the Mainstage!
January 2012 Steve reflects on the first half of the 2011-2012 season and previews the upcoming Mainstage and Studio Theatre productions.
December 2011 Steve reflects on the 2011-2012 season so far and what's up next at The Rep!
October 2011 Steve reflects on Red and introduces us to the second Mainstage play of the 45th season, God of Carnage, and the first Studio Theatre production, Circle Mirror Transformation.
September 2011 Steve welcomes you to the 45th season at The Rep and introduces the first Mainstage play, Red
March 2011 Steve wraps up the 2010-2011 season and introduces the last Mainstage play, Beehive The 60’s Musical, and the final Studio Theatre play, In The Next Room or the vibrator play.
February 2011 Steve introduces the next Mainstage play, Macbeth.
January 2011 Steve takes a brief look back at Over The Tavern and introduces the next Mainstage play, The Fall of Heaven, and the next Studio show, The Year of Magical Thinking.
December 2010 Steve takes a brief look back at High, Next Fall and introduces the next Mainstage play, Over The Tavern.
October 2010 Steve takes a brief look back at You Can’t Take It With You and introduces the next Mainstage play, High, and the Studio Theatre opener, Next Fall.
September 2010 Steven welcomes you to the 44th season at The Rep and You Can't Take It With You, our first Mainstage Production of the 2010-2011 Season.
March 2010 Steve welcomes you to The Fantasticks, our final Mainstage Production of the 2009-10 Season and to Crime and Punishment, closing out our Studio Theatre's season.
February 2010 Steve previews The Diary of Anne Frank, our next production on the Mainstage, and remembers former Rep public relations manager Brad L. Graham
January 2010 Steve previews The 39 Steps, our first production of the new year on the Mainstage, and looks ahead to [title of show] in the Studio.
December 2009 Steve welcomes you to A Christmas Story, our holiday production on the Mainstage and to our Imaginary Theatre Company production of Bah! Humbug!, plus tips you to some other great holiday activities at and around The Rep.
October 2009 Steve takes a brief look back at Amadeus and introduces the next Mainstage play, Sleuth, and the Studio Theatre opener, Secret Order.
September 2009 Steve welcomes you to the 2009–2010 season and introduces the Mainstage opening production of Amadeus.
March 2009 Steve looks back on the season and introduces the Mainstage production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Studio Theatre production of Souvenir.
February 2009 Steve introduces the Mainstage production of William Gibson's The Miracle Worker, along with a brief New York report.
January 2009 Steve previews our Mainstage production of Saint Joan and the Studio Theatre production of Blackbird, along with reports from London and New York and an invitation to join us at the Fox Theatre as The Rep presents Spring Awakening.
November 2008 Steve introduces This Wonderful Life, an unique, one-man theatrical version of Frank Capra's beloved It's a Wonderful Life, perfect for the whole family at the holidays.
October 2008 Steve invites you to join us in Highbury for Jane Austen's Emma, a new musical by Paul Gordon, and introduces the world-premiere production of Carter W. Lewis' play Evie's Waltz in the Studio and Douglas Carter Beane's The Little Dog Laughed in the Off-Ramp series.
September 2008 Steve welcomes you to the season, including a little background on the Mainstage production of Frost/Nixon and a caution not to give away the ending of the Off-Ramp series production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Plus a brief report from New York and a few events around The Rep and around town you'll want to take time for.
March 2008 Steve looks back at the season so far and previews our Mainstage production of Ella and Rabbit Hole in the Studio Theatre.
February 2008 Steve talks about the Mainstage production of Twelve Angry Men.
January 2008 Steve talks about the Mainstage production of Tuesdays With Morrie, plus the upcoming Studio Theatre production of The Vertical Hour and a New York report.
November 2007 Steve talks about two very different takes on Shakespeare: Cole Porter's classic musical Kiss Me, Kate on the Mainstage and the raucous The Bomb-itty of Errors in the Off-Ramp series.
October 2007 Steve welcomes you to the thrilling, chilling world of Count Dracula, plus offers some details about the Off-Ramp production of Bad Dates and the Studio series opener, The Clean House.
September 2007 Steve welcomes you to our 41st season, with a preview of The History Boys on the Mainstage and Altar Boyz in the Off-Ramp series, plus some exciting news from New York.
March 2007 Steve gives a preview of our final Mainstage production of the 2006–2007 season, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure and the Studio Theatre's final production, Woman Before a Glass—plus a brief New York report.
February 2007 Steve gives a preview of our Mainstage production of The Heidi Chronicles and the Studio Theatre's final production, Woman Before a Glass—plus a few words about Ace, which has soared from St. Louis to San Diego's Old Globe Theatre.
January 2007 Steve discusses the Mainstage production of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House and introduces our second Studio Theatre offering of the season, Caryl Churchill's A Number.
November 2006 Steven Woolf offers his thoughts on our Mainstage production of The Musical of Musicals—The Musical! and Off-Ramp's closing show, Urinetown, the Musical, plus some exciting news about the future of ACE and a report from New York.
October 2006 Steve looks at the busy month of October, when The Rep launches productions of Of Mice and Men on the Mainstage, the world premiere of Ordinary Nation in the Studio, and a fresh look at the Bard's classic romance with Shakespeare's R&J in the Off-Ramp series.
September 2006 Welcome to the 40th anniversary season! Steve offers insights about the Mainstage production of the new musical Ace and the Off-Ramp production of The Pillowman, plus news about a new theatre education program, a report from New York and more.
March 2006 Steve's thoughts about the Mainstage production of Witness for the Prosecution and the Studio Theatre closing show, Humble Boy.
February 2006 Steve talks about the Mainstage production of Pirandello's Henry IV, in a new version by Tom Stoppard, which he is directing as the American premiere at The Rep.
January 2006 Steve talks about the Mainstage production of I Am My Own Wife, Yellowman in the Studio Theatre and more.
November 2005 Steve discusses the holiday Mainstage production of the zany literature lesson All the Great Books (abridged) and the closing Off-Ramp show, This Is Our Youth, along with a New York report and more.
October 2005 Steve's thoughts on A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum roamin' across the Mainstage, Complete Hollywood (abridged) in the Studio, and the creepy Bug in the Off-Ramp series.
September 2005 Steve welcomes the 2005–2006 season, beginning with a new production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and introduces Off-Ramp, a new series of plays by The Rep at the Grandel Theatre, beginning with Take Me Out.