By Lynn NottageDirected by Paris Crayton IIIStreaming October 23rd starting at 10:00AM until 9:59AM October 24thIt is 1950 and the Crump family have just arrived to live in Brooklyn from Pensacola, Florida. The father, Godfrey, is still nearly paralyzed with grief after his wifes death and puts his faith in radio evangelist Father Divine. His daughterssassy Ermina and studious Ernestine, escape their gloomy basement flat by going to the movies. Their mothers sister Lily arrives, and the girls are taken with her daring, unconventional ways. After disappearing for a few days, their father returns with a new wifea German immigrant who hopes to win the familys love. But idealism can only take you so far in America and Pulitzer prize winning writer Lynn Nottage weaves a tapestry of resilience, dreams, and eventual heartbreak.
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2025 Season
Gretna Theatre (6/5 - 8/23) | ||
Dear Evan Hansen
Appell Center for the Performing Arts (3/26 - 3/26) | ||
DeSales University Dance Ensemble Concert 2025
Act 1 DeSales University (3/21 - 3/23) | ||
Agatha Christies’ Murder on the Orient Express
DreamWrights Center for Community Arts (10/31 - 11/9) | ||
Aloha from Vegas!
Fulton Theatre (5/17 - 5/18) | ||
The Wiz
Whitney Hall (7/29 - 8/3) | ||
A Raisin in the Sun
People’s Light (2/19 - 3/30) | ||
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Prima Theatre (2/7 - 2/23) | ||
God of Carnage
The Belmont Theatre (3/14 - 3/23) | ||
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