The GhostLight Theatre begins its 2025 Theatre Season with Clyde’s – a play written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, directed by Aaron Reese Boseman (American Son). Clyde’s will mark the start of The GhostLight Theatre’s 6th season, and it will be presented in the GhostLight’s Black Box Theatre space from Thursday, February 13th , through Sunday, February 23rd. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, curtain is at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 3 p.m. at 101 Hinkley Street in Benton Harbor. General Admission tickets are $32, $25 for seniors, and $20 for students aged 18 and under. In addition, a special post-show discussion panel will be held after the final production at 5pm on Sunday, February 23rd with special guest Brian Beals, and moderated by James Gunter from Present Pillars. The panel discussion is FREE and open to the public. Tickets for Clyde’s can be reserved via online purchase at www.GhostLightBH.com.
Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a truck stop cafe. Even as the shop’s mischievous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staffers are given purpose and permission to dream—finding that “sometimes a hero is more than a sandwich” (New York Times). This stirring, masterful play from the team of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and director Aaron Reese Boseman (American Son) makes its SW Michigan premiere after its Tony-nominated run on Broadway in 2022. Run time: approximately 105 minutes, with no intermission
The cast includes Monique Marshaun (Pulse Theatre, Steppenwolf) as Clyde, James Gunter (The Minutes - GhostLight) as Montrellous, Isis Elizabeth (Paramount, Porchlight) as Letitia, Daniel Rivera (A Noise Within- Pasadena) as Rafael, and Darren Sims (South Bend Civic) as Jason. Set Design is by Andrew Sawyer, Lighting Design by Quinn Chisenhall, and Sound Design by Warren Levon. Set building and painting was done by Dan Cooper, John Taylor and Cindy Jakeway, with Costumes, Properties and Stage Management by Laura Gomez and Anastasia Field.
“We are delighted to bring Aaron (Boseman) back to The GhostLight to direct this play“ says Artistic Director Paul Mow, “We have been discussing this production now for a couple of years and Clyde’s is a terrific and engaging way to begin our 6th season. As our mission intends, we strive to be a playhouse with a “diverse, creative and socially conscious culture with engaging and passionate performers”. You will definitely see all of that on display in this dynamic piece by Lynn Nottage when you join us this February.”
The production is recommended for mature audiences (13+) and may contain language that some audience members may find objectionable. Children below the age of 13 will not be permitted in the theatre.
Season Sponsors include Chicago Records Management and On Base Productions, as well as Bread+Bar and Forte Coffee.
In addition to Clyde’s, the GhostLight Theatre mainstage season consists of six additional 2025 productions:
• The Last 5 Years – a musical by Jason Robert Brown – April 10-13
• Rent – a musical by Jonathan Larson – June 12-29
• The Wolves – a play by Sarah DeLappe – July 17-20 (YA production)
• Chess – the musical – August 14-24
• The Rocky Horror Show – the musical – October 30- November 2
• The Thanksgiving Play – November 13-23
Tickets range from $20-$32 and can be purchased at https://www.ghostlightbh.com/
2-person VIP tables are also available in limited quantity for a $40 additional add on.
Show Sponsorship information is available at: https://www.ghostlightbh.com/
“We are living in Greek times…The systems that control our lives—institutional racism, predatory capitalism, the prison-industrial complex—seem as powerful and implacable as gods. What can humans do about fate, [other] playwrights suggest, but submit to it and hope to preserve the story?…But Nottage’s delightful play, CLYDE’S…dares to flip the paradigm. Though it’s still about dark things, including prison, drugs, homelessness and poverty, it somehow turns them into bright comedy.” —The New York Times.
“…[a] flavor-bomb of a comedy about survival, second chances, and digesting whatever life serves up…a subversion of familiar genres, including drawing room comedy and workplace drama, and the value judgments conventionally inherent to them. By nature of her composition, Nottage also questions which sorts of rooms and people have previously been considered worthy of sustained attention.” —Variety.
