The cast of The New Theatre Project's "The Spring Awakening Project," which was the first show in the company's inaugural season, titled "Identity."

The New Theatre Project — a fledgling, Ann Arbor-based troupe that just concluded performances of its inaugural production, "The Spring Awakening Project" — recently announced its first-ever season lineup, titling the season "Identity," and intending to stage plays that ask the essential question, “Who am I?”

• As a special, one-night engagement — Sunday, September 19 at 6 p.m. at Frog Island Park in Ypsilanti — TNTP will present Bertolt Brecht’s "Mother Courage and Her Children," translated by Tony Kushner and directed by Austin Michael Tracy. In the classic play, a mother profits from the same war that claims the lives of her children.
• José Rivera's Cloud Tectonics, directed by Ben Stange, will play October 22-November 8 at Pot & Box, 220 Felch Street. Dealing in magical realism and love, "Cloud" presents a world where a pregnancy can last two years, 40 can appear to be 20, and a love of a lifetime can only last a single minute.

• The world premiere of "The Dance of the Seven Veils" — inspired by Charles L. Mee's "Salome," compiled by The New Ensemble, and directed by Keith Paul Medelis — plays February 11-28, 2011 at Pot & Box, 220 Felch Street. The show aims to highlight true stories from women working in the world's oldest profession, performed as a one-woman show that incorporates song, dance, and multimedia art.

• The world premiere of "The Everyman Project," inspired the 15th century English morality play, will feature a collaborative adaptation by Franco Vitella and will be directed by Ben Stange. The show plays April 1-18, 2011 at Pot & Box, at 220 Felch Street. The New Ensemble will dust off this classic Medieval morality play about the power of good deeds, weaving stories and talents from their own lives into the text to create the story of a 21st century Everyman. • July 8-25, 2011, TNTP will present three world premiere plays in repertory. (Specific locations, dates and times TBA.) In Jason Sebacher's "Posing" — directed by Keith Paul Medelis and set in a contemporary gay nightclub — we meet a very beautiful Oscar Wilde, who tells us that his novel, "The Picture of Dorian Grey," is more fact than fiction, and explores the limitations of the particular brand of hedonism he popularized. "Burn the Red Banner: or, Let the Rebels Have Their Fun," by Franco Vitella, and directed by Frannie Shepherd-Bates, offers more than 50 quick and hilariously tragic sketches on the absurdity of Russian comedy — from drunken heroes to Soviet spies. In Sarah Wilder's "Girls Like Us," directed by Lynch Travis, two teenage girls commit a violent act to prove a political point in reaction to pop culture and Pop-Tarts. • An ongoing event throughout TNTP's season is "The Mix New Reading Series," presented at Mix at 130 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti. Local playwrights will read original work, and patrons are invited to listen and provide feedback.

Patrons may become a member of The New Theatre Project for as low at $10 and receive free admission to all readings of original work for the entire season. Non-members, meanwhile, roll a single die to determine the price for admission.

For more information about the company and its upcoming season, visit the New Theatre Project website.

Jenn McKee is the entertainment digital journalist for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at jennmckee@annarbor.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.