Special Performances

Relaxed Performance: Wednesday, April 23 at 2 pm

Black Affinity Night: Friday, April 25

The Let Out: Sunday, April 27 at 2pm

Open Mic: Monday, April 28 at 7pm

Cafe Chat: After the performances on April 24 & May 1

Open Caption: Saturday, May 3 at 8pm, Sunday May 4 at 2pm

Audio Description: Sunday, May 4 at 2pm

Archduke

by Rajiv Joseph 
directed by Blanka Zizka

May 5 – June 1, 2025

Tickets

STREAMING May 8 – June 1

Three boys – Gavrilo Princip, Trifko Grabež, and Nedeljko Čabrinović – are recruited by a mysterious organization with promises of glory, purpose, and a sandwich. Their depraved Captain sends the boys on a mission he claims will restore order and justice to their struggling nation and avenge the unfairness of their terminal illness. Their assignment? Assassinate the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophie. Beloved playwright Rajiv Joseph (Describe the Night) returns to the Wilma with a play that asks, what happens when a person feels like they have nothing left to lose?  What methods are acceptable in the fight against oppression? Led by the Wilma’s visionary Founding Artistic Director Blanka Zizka (Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Kill Move Paradise), and featuring the HotHouse Acting Company, Archduke offers audiences a humanized glimpse into the catalyst of WWI. Watch the trailer here.

 

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Listen: THE REST IS HISTORY PODCAST

 

This play contains haze, fog, flashing lights, loud sounds, misogynist language, suicidal ideation, the staging of physical violence, limb dislocation and explicit descriptions of homicide.

RUN TIME: 2 hours, 5 mins total (Act I: 1 hr, Intermission: 15 mins, Act II: 50 mins)

 

 

 

IN the press

Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Kellie is the Dramaturg for our current on stage production of ARCHDUKE. Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Kellie Mecleary is the dramaturg for our current production of ARCHDUKE. Photo by Johanna Austin.
Kellie Mecleary is the dramaturg for our current production of ARCHDUKE .Photo by Johanna Austin
Photo by Johanna Austin
Supporters

Honorary Producers

Joan and William Goldstein
Gayle and David Smith

 

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