Capital Stage’s new season, new artistic director

Capital Stage announced its 11th season this week, and a new artistic director, Michael Stevenson, who has worked as actor and director locally (at Capital Stage and elsewhere). The slogan for the new season is “Brave New World.” Current producing artistic director Jonathan Williams, who will pass the baton to Stevenson over the next few months, said the focus is “characters struggling … in the face of radical change.”

The following is this season’s lineup:

Mr. Burns, a Post Electric Play, by Anne Washburn (September 2 through October 4): After the grid fails in the not-so-distant future, survivors retell an episode of The Simpsons as a new-age epic. The story morphs as it is retold further into the future.

A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen (October 21 through November 22): Former Cap Stage artistic director Stephanie Gularte adapts this 1879 landmark. In 2013, Gularte did a well-regarded update of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler.

The Behavior of Broadus, by the Burglars of Hamm (December and January dates still to be announced): Cap Stage mounts a musical about an early 20th-century psychology professor who made big money designing earworm ad campaigns.

Love and Information, by Caryl Churchill (January 27 through February 28): In this 2012 play, the venerated British playwright uses a kaleidoscope of short scenes to depict our multifaceted, data-drenched age.

Blackberry Winter, by Steve Yockey (March 16 through April 17): This new generational drama follows a daughter as her mother slides into dementia.

Disgraced, by Ayad Akhtar (May 4 through June 5): A posh dinner conversation leads into an intense discussion of politics, Islamophobia and more in the 2013 Pulitzer-winning script.

The Totalitarians, by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (June 22 through July 24): A dark political farce about insanity on the campaign trail, by a popular San Francisco playwright.