How To Leave
"a comedy about anxiety"
Written by Marcus Gorman & Kiki Penoyer
Directed by Brendan Mack
September 11th, 2026
Four people, four moments, four tough decisions. A young actor coming down from a breakup contemplates moving in with his dashing director. A photographer stuck working at a department store considers a marriage proposal from her high school sweetheart. A washed-up singer reflects on the disaster of his first marriage just minutes away from his second. A failed writer’s struggle with depression threatens to ruin the one good thing in her life—her wife.
Starring Bjorn Anders, Sara Glauser, James Lee, Maddy Nibble
A one-night-only staged reading co-presented by Annex Theatre
sliding-scale tickets starting at $5
ANNEX TURNS 40
and announces our
40th Season
September 19, 2026
Every generation of Annex Theatre looks different from the one before, but each generation is just as relentless about reimagining what plays can be, how to break and rebuild traditional production models, and what an arts community can give its members. Annex is the people who show up. As we approach our 40th birthday, we’re honoring all of the people who ARE this organization- including you!
We’d like to invite you to our birthday party, September 19th, 2026, at 7pm. Join us in the theatre, where we’ll announce our 40th season: Let the Record Show. introduce our artists, and celebrate the incredible volume of new work Annex develops and produces.
RAT CAGE
Written by Coco Justino
Directed by Em Majewski
October 8 – 24, 2026
Welcome to the technological nightmarescape where The Next Big Violent Thing is only an assaulting barrage of buzzes, notifications, and TV static away. Can Vendetta Payne (her stage name, obviously) navigate her new relationship, family pressures, and totally-not-a-stripper job? Or will the oligarchs of this world— business moguls called The Rats from the hit TV show Rat Cage— best her?
Season 39
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Next Exit
February 6 – February 21, 2026
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Wife of Headless Man Investigates Her Own Disappearance
March 27 – April 11, 2026
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Disappearance at the Rocky Mountain Leatherdyke Snowpicnic
June 5 – June 20, 2026
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FIGURE DRAWING FOR DUMMIES
August 14 – August 29, 2026
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Rat Cage
October 9 – October 24, 2026
We’re reimagining how we find our next incredible artists.
General Auditions are now ongoing and online, no more sprinting across town. Submit your audition materials anytime, from anywhere.
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