The modern issue of climate change finds an unlikely solution in the mythological Greek God of wine, Dionysus. Dionysus decides to come to earth disguised as Butch gardener Diane in order to gain human followers and restore the planet back to its natural and safe state. She begins with four real housewives from New Jersey.

Nathan Englander's critically acclaimed book What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank will make its stage debut next spring at San Diego's Old Globe, under the direction of Barry Edelstein. The tale is of a friendship re-kindling between two Jewish women after one returns from 'the holy land' and how they revisit their childhood game based on the life story of Anne Frank.