2 More Plays Added for a Troupe’s New Home

The Theater for a New Audience has announced the full schedule for the inaugural season at its new home, the Center for Shakespeare and Classical Drama, in Brooklyn. As previously reported, Julie Taymor will make her return to the New York stage for the first time since “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” to direct Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with music by Elliot Goldenthal. Previews are set to begin on Oct. 19 with opening night scheduled for Nov. 2.

A production of “King Lear” is to follow, directed by Arin Arbus, with the British actor Michael Pennington (“Love Is My Sin”) in the title role. Previews for “Lear” are scheduled to begin on March 14. And Michael Shannon (“Mistakes Were Made,” “Grace”) will star in “The Killer,” by Eugène Ionesco, for the season’s final play, with previews set to start on May 17.