Repertoire

Our performances are based on landmark talks given by Eli Siegel on plays from world theatre, as well as his critical discussions of some of the great novels of all time. There are also acclaimed musical & dramatic productions arising from Aesthetic Realism’s explanation of music, ethics, economics, love, history.

Classics

  • Evil Seen Beautifully; or, Voltaire’s Candide
  • Sheridan’s The School for Scandal; or, A Sneer Brightens Everything
  • Symmetry and Fury in Sheridan’s The Critic
  • Ibsen’s A Doll’s House; or, How is One Thought Of?
  • Strindberg’s The Father; or, What Interferes With Love?
  • What is Individuality? or, Sudermann’s Magda
  • Ethics is a Living Thing! Southey’s Wat Tyler
  • Molière’s School for Wives; or, Agnes and the Bourgeoisie

Modern

Aesthetic Realism Theatre Co production of Eli Siegel's lecture on George Kelly's "The Flattering Word"
  • George Kelly’s The Flattering Word 
  • Humanity’s Opposites—Beginning with Ireland (Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock and Irish Songs)
  • Susan Glaspell’s Suppressed Desires; or, Freud Is Piffle
  • Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon
  • Entertainment Is with the Profit System (on Arthur Kober’s Having Wonderful Time)

Musical Performances

  • Rock ‘n’ Roll, the Opposites, & Our Greatest Hopes—A Celebration!
  • “Ethics Is a Force!”—Songs about Labor
  • The Great Fight of Ego vs. Truth—Songs about Love, Justice, & Everybody’s Feelings
  • An Aesthetic Realism Cabaret—about Love & Everyone’s Hopes!
  • Humanity’s Opposites—Beginning with Ireland (Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock and Irish Songs)
  • The Civil War, Unions, & Our Lives!

Literary & Historical

  • The Civil War, Unions, & Our Lives!
  • Who Was Mark Twain?: A Dramatic Consideration of Huckleberry Finn
  • Dickens’ Hard Times; or, What Does a Person Deserve?
  • Gwe: Young Man of New Guinea, a novel against racism
  • Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre; or, This Girl Had Good Will
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