
BELLINGHAM THEATREWORKS
2025 SEASON
In Search of a Common Language
This Summer, Bellingham Theatreworks will produce three award winning and thought-provoking plays written by authors who explore how language can both set us apart and bring us together.
The Foreigner by Larry Shue,
Directed by Mark Kuntz
In a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, a tragically shy proofreader for a science fiction magazine tries to hide from life, only to put himself in the middle of a family squabble over money and power. This hilarious comedy earned multiple Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production.
The Language Archive by Julia Cho,
Directed by Cara Phipps
George is consumed with preserving and documenting the dying languages of the world. At home, however, despite all the languages he speaks, words fail him in his marriage with his wife. This heartfelt bittersweet comedy won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for new plays.
Translations by Brian Freil,
Directed by Kayla Adams
A British soldier falls in love with an Irish peasant girl, with a backdrop of the British Army’s campaign to change the names of native Gaelic locations. This lyric play explores language as the soul of a nation, during a time of complicated social upheaval.