Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times Edward Albee.“Edward Albee’s Laying an Egg,†a new play by the Tony Award-winning writer of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,†will have its world premiere this summer at Signature Theater - one of several productions that the company announced on Wednesday for its 2013-14 season.
“Laying an Egg†was supposed to run at Signature last year but was delayed, Mr. Albee said previously, because he had been “overcomplicating†the plotting and writing; it was replaced by the critically praised revival of Mr. Albee’s “Lady from Dubuque,†directed by David Esbjornon. The new play, also to be staged by Mr. Esbjornson, is about a middle-aged woman driven to become pregnant by several factors, including a domineering mother and the conditions of her late father’s will.
Regina Taylor’s new play “â€"- and potatoes,†about an African-American book publisher facing the digital age, will also premiere at Signature this summer. “How I Learned What I Learned,†a one-man show by another Pulitzer winner, August Wilson, will run in the fall; it will star Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who recently directed Signature’s popular revival of Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.†The director will be Todd Kreidler.
A new show by the director and choreographer Martha Clarke, “Cheri,†based on the novel by Colette, will also be performed in the fall, featuring ballet dancers and text by the playwright Tina Howe. New plays by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (â€! œNeighborsâ€) and Will Eno (“Title and Deedâ€) will follow during the winter/spring of 2014; details on the two plays and performance dates will be announced later.
The previously announced new play “Kung Fu,†by Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang (“M. Butterflyâ€), is also scheduled to run in early 2014. The play, directed by Leigh Silverman, mixes dance and music to render the story of Bruce Lee’s arrival in America in the 1960s.
