'Native Gardens'
The 2015-16 theater season was a banner one for Latina playwright Karen Zacarias. She had five world premieres, including "Native Gardens," a metaphor-laden comedy opening Friday at the Guthrie Theater. The play digs into race, class, age and gender issues, as embodied by clashing neighbors in Washington, D.C. The home of a young Latino couple, the Del Valles, has a fallow yard that's ripe for the tilling, in stark contrast with the formal English garden of an older established white couple, the Butleys. Director Blake Robison, who staged the premiere at the Cincinnati Playhouse, is helming this regional debut that stars Twin Cities stalwarts Sally Wingert and Steve Hendrickson as the Butleys and New York actors Jacqueline Correa and Dan Domingues as the Del Valles. (7:30 p.m. Tue.-Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. Ends Aug. 20. Guthrie Theater, $34-$67. 818 S. 2nd St., Mpls. 612-377-2224 or guthrietheater.org.)
Rohan Preston
