A.R.T.’s 2025/26 Season is a testament to the power of theater as a live event—from the thrilling physicality and choreography of Passengers and Black Swan to the intimate performance of 300 Paintings, to the deeply inspiring and heartfelt experience of the new musical Wonder. Exploring themes of ambition, empathy, transformation and discovery, these shows all grapple with what it means to be human.
Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus
Subscriptions
Presale Happening Now
This is an A.R.T. season you won’t want to miss! Four- and three-show subscriptions are now available during the presale.
Subscription presale dates:
- Thursday, June 5 at 2PM ET: $2,500+ Members*
- Friday, June 6 at 12PM ET: $1,000+ Members*
- Tuesday, June 10 at 12PM ET: $250+ Members
- Thursday, June 12 at 12PM ET: Renewing 2024/25 Subscribers
- Friday, June 20 at 12PM ET: $100+ Members
- Thursday, June 26 at 12PM ET: Public sale
*Members of $1,000+ have access to Donor Concierge Service, which guarantees faster processing time and no waiting on hold. Email DonorEmails@amrep.org to get your order started.
Subscription Pricing
Subscriptions are priced per seat as follows:
- 4-Play Opening Night Experience: $580
- 4-Play Total Experience (Zone A): $336
- 4-Play Total Experience (Zone B): $244
- 3-Play Choose-Your-Own Experience (Zone A): $272
- 3-Play Choose-Your-Own Experience (Zone B): $200
- 3- or 4-Play First Look Experience: $149 – $192
Zone A seats have the best view of the stage and are located in the center of the theater or in prime seats on house right and left. Zone B seats always have an unobstructed view, but are slightly further back or further to the sides. See the Loeb Seat Map
These prices include a $20 per order Subscription Fee, which covers the cost of ticketing technology and subscription administration.
Subscription Benefits
Subscribers receive a number of benefits, including:
- Significant savings over single tickets
- Early access to the best seats
- Flexible, fee-free exchanges
- Discounts on additional tickets
Subscription FAQ
Wondering how to subscribe online? Or what the difference is between Zone A and B? Check out our FAQ for the answer to these questions and more! Support is available during business hours via web chat (desktop computers only) and by phone at 617.547.8300.
2025/26 Season
Passengers
A Production by The 7 Fingers
Directed, Written, and Choreographed by Shana Carroll
Co-produced by TOHU (Montréal, Canada) and ArtsEmerson (Boston, États-Unis)
SEPT 2 – 26, 2025 at the Loeb Drama Center
“Dazzling acrobatic and aerial feats. A SPELLBINDING PERFORMANCE.” – The Boston Globe
All aboard the thrilling theatrical journey.
Montréal’s acclaimed contemporary physical-theater troupe The 7 Fingers is pulling into Harvard Square with a must-see theatrical journey. The passengers on this train don’t sit in silence staring at their phones—they express their hopes and dreams through an astonishing blend of cirque, music, and dance, and superhuman skills. Poetic goodbyes. Anticipatory reunions. Fateful encounters. By exploring travel as a metaphor for the ever-changing landscape of life, each heart-stirring story from this community of strangers is filled with moments of amazement and wonder.
300 Paintings
Created and Performed by Sam Kissajukian
Produced by Sally Horchow and Matt Ross in association with Octopus Theatricals
OCT 1 – 19, 2025 at Farkas Hall
“Fascinating and moving! A MUST-SEE.” – TheaterMania
“A TRIUMPH! A visceral, funny, and deeply moving testament to resilience and the transformative power of art.” – Times Square Chronicle
Sometimes a breakdown coincides with the biggest breakthrough.
In 2021, Aussie comedian Sam Kissajukian quit stand-up, rented an abandoned cake factory, and became a painter. Over the course of what turned out to be a six-month manic episode, he created three hundred large-scale paintings, unknowingly documenting his mental state through the process. In his Drama Desk Award-nominated solo performance, Kissajukian brings audiences on a hilarious and wildly original rollercoaster ride exploring the ties between art, mental health, and creativity.
Wonder
A.R.T. World Premiere
Music and Lyrics by A Great Big World (Ian Axel & Chad King)
Book by Sarah Ruhl
Music Supervision by Nadia DiGiallonardo
Choreography by Katie Spelman
Directed by Taibi Magar
Based on the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio and the Lionsgate and Mandeville film Wonder
DEC 9, 2025 – JAN 25, 2026 at the Loeb Drama Center
“We can change the way we see.”
Based on the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio and the Lionsgate and Mandeville film Wonder, this uplifting new musical follows the Pullman family as they navigate change, identity, and what it means to belong. Auggie Pullman has been homeschooled his entire life, often retreating to outer space in his imagination. But when his family decides it’s time for him to start going to school, Auggie must take off the space helmet he’s used to hide his facial difference. As Auggie navigates a world filled with kindness and cruelty, his parents and sister go on their own journeys of transformation and discovery. Featuring a driving, pop-inspired score, Wonder celebrates empathy, resilience, and the power of choosing kindness.
Taibi Magar (Night Side Songs, Macbeth In Stride, We Live in Cairo, and others at A.R.T.) directs this world-premiere adaptation with a score by Ian Axel and Chad King, the GRAMMY Award-winning duo behind A Great Big World (“Say Something,” “This Is the New Year”) and a book by MacArthur Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl (Eurydice; The Clean House; Smile, a memoir).
Black Swan
Book by Jen Silverman
Music and Lyrics by Dave Malloy
Music Supervision and Direction by Or Matias
Directed and Choreographed by Sonya Tayeh
Based on the Searchlight Pictures Film Black Swan, Story by Andres Heinz
MAY 26 – JUN 28, 2026 at the Loeb Drama Center
“Could she be the dancer in the mirror?”
Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Gatsby at A.R.T., Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway) returns to the A.R.T. to bring a bold new musical adaptation of the 2010 Academy Award-nominated psychological thriller Black Swan to life on stage. As driven ballerina Nina fights for the lead role in Swan Lake, pressure increases and boundaries blur, and she begins to unravel. This haunting exploration of ambition, rivalry, and the cost of perfection features a book by Guggenheim Fellow Jen Silverman (The Roommate, Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties) and a score by Obie Award winner Dave Malloy (Moby-Dick, The Great Comet, and others at A.R.T.).
Black Swan is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.
Production support of Black Swan is provided by Katie and Paul Buttenwieser.
A.R.T. in the World
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical
Music and Lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez
Book by Lisa Loomer with Nell Benjamin
Based on the play by Josefina López
And HBO’s Real Women Have Curves Screenplay by Josefina López & George LaVoo
Music Supervision by Nadia DiGiallonardo
Director and Choreography Sergio Trujillo
Now Playing on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre
Ana dreams of flying away. But when her family’s East Los Angeles garment business receives a make-or-break order for 200 dresses, Ana finds herself juggling her own ambitions, her mother Carmen’s expectations, and a community of women all trying to make it work against the odds. Based on the play by Josefina López that inspired the iconic hit HBO film, with music by Grammy Award-winning composer Joy Huerta and directed by Tony Award winner Sergio Trujillo, the Tony Award-nominated Real Women Have Curves: The Musical “makes us feel we can all soar!” (WBUR). More information is at RealWomenHaveCurvesBroadway.com.
Dear Everything
Beginning in fall 2025, A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus will direct the US concert tour of Dear Everything, commissioned and developed by A.R.T. and premiered in concert form as WILD: A Musical Becoming at the Loeb Drama Center in December 2021.
Dear Everything is a riveting story driven by galvanizing and emotional pop and folk music, speaking to the dialectic of our times—adults focused on surviving the now, and youth with a fierce eye on the future. With empathy, complexity, and outrage it addresses the most pressing issue of our day—the climate crisis. Dear Everything is written by Tony and Obie Award-winning playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler), with music by Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter Justin Tranter, Caroline Pennell, and Eren Cannata, lyrics by V, Caroline Pennell, and Justin Tranter, with contributions by Tony and Obie Award winner Idina Menzel. The tour will be produced by V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women, gender expansive people, and the Earth. Tour dates, stops, and cast will be announced at a later date.
All Is But Fantasy
Written, Composed and Directed by Whitney White
Begins January 28, 2026 at the Royal Shakespeare Company
Some people make history. Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Emilia and Richard III. Each has a finger on the self-destruct button, sometimes by accident, sometimes by design. But why should loving too hard, aspiring too high or living too fast cut the story short? Award-winning artist Whitney White explodes into The Other Place with a groundbreaking theatrical event, featuring four of Shakespeare’s most famous characters. Their stories are revisited across two high-energy gig-theatre performances, catalyzed by a red-hot soundtrack of musical genres from rock and soul to pop and gospel. With the three Witches as backing singers, one question comes up time and again: Can you have ambition and love and still be alive in Act V? More information is at RSC.org.uk/All-Is-But-Fantasy.
Night Side Songs
Words and music by the Lazours
Directed by Taibi Magar
Begins FEB 14, 2026 at Lincoln Center Theater
Night Side Songs is about the small human connections that make up the vast tapestry of our lives. Inspired by Susan Sontag’s insight that “illness is the night side of life,” this transformative new musical brings us together to explore how song heals us and empowers our spirits. With a stirring folk score by the acclaimed duo the Lazours (We Live in Cairo) and visionary direction by Taibi Magar (We Live in Cairo, Macbeth In Stride), Night Side Songs amplifies the voices of those who navigate the complexities of health—patients, caregivers, and medical professionals alike. What emerges is a moving portrait of how we show up for one another. How love can be the most powerful medicine. Night Side Songs reminds us of the strength we find in community, and the healing that happens when we truly listen. More information at LCT.org/Shows/2025-26-Season.
In addition:
- Waitress, developed and premiered at A.R.T. in August 2015, runs in Mexico City in the show’s first Spanish-language production. The Broadway production featuring Sara Bareilles is currently available to stream on various platforms.
- Life of Pi, which received its North American premiere at A.R.T. in December 2022, continues its US tour.
- Note from the Field, which A.R.T. produced in August 2016, is currently available on HBO.
- All the Way, which A.R.T. produced in September 2013 and subsequently won the Tony Award for Best New Play, is currently available on HBO.