Park Square Theatre, which has become one of the busiest companies in the Twin Cities since opening a second stage in 2014, has announced a 2016-17 season with 13 productions slated.

The season opens Sept. 9-Oct. 2 with "The Liar," adapted by David Ives from a 17th century comedy by French playwright Pierre Corneille. Ives is best known these days for the Broadway hit "Venus in Fur." Doug Scholz-Carlson will direct.

Joel Sass will direct Will Eno's "The Realistic Joneses," running Sept. 23-Oct. 16 on the company's second stage, the Boss thrust. The subject is suburban couples, something Sass did great things with in a 2014 production of "Detroit" at the Jungle Theater.

"The House on Mango Street," an adaptation of Sandra Cisneros's coming-of-age story that opened the Boss thrust in November 2014, returns on Park Square's proscenium stage Oct. 21-22.

Warren Bowles will direct "A Raisin in the Sun" Oct. 28-Nov. 20 on the Boss thrust. Lorraine Hansberry's play about a black family searching for its American dream has become a well-deserved classic.

"The Soul of Gershwin: The Journey of an American Klezmer," last done in 2011, returns to the proscenium stage Dec. 2-24.

Sandbox Theatre, one of Park Square's partner companies, produces a world premiere with "Big Money" on the Boss thrust Jan. 12-28, 2017. The work is inspired by Michael Larson, who won $110,000 on a game show and lost it all within two years.

"Flower Drum Song" will be a coproduction with Mu Performing Arts, Jan. 20-Feb. 19, 2017, on the proscenium. Mu produced this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in 2009. It will be directed by Randy Reyes, who starred in that production and is now Mu's artistic director.

Jef Hall-Flavin will direct his 90-minute adaptation of "Macbeth" on the Boss thrust March 17-April 9. "The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence" by Madeleine George makes its area premiere April 3-30 on the proscenium.

Gary Gisselman will direct Linda Kelsey in David Hare's "Amy's View" May 12-June 4, 2017. Judi Dench originated the role in London and performed it on Broadway.

Theatre Pro Rata, another Park Square partner, presents "Up: The Man in the Flying Chair," Bridget Carpenter's play about a man who attached helium balloons to his lawn chair and flew to 16,000 feet. It runs May 25-June 11, 2017.

Writer Joseph Goodrich, who adapted work from mystery writer Rex Stout previously for Park Square, is slated to produce "Might as Well Be Dead: A Nero Wolfe Mystery" for the proscenium June 16-July 30, 2017. The season concludes June 29-July 23 with Girl Friday Production's staging of "Idiot's Delight," Robert Sherwood's 1936 Pulitzer Prize winner. Craig Johnson directs.

For information, call 651-291-7005 or go to parksquaretheatre.org

Graydon Royce • 612-673-7299