Some wounds refuse to heal. Mary Kathryn Nagle’s daring new work, which debuts as the fourth production in Arena Stage’s Power Plays initiative, travels the intersections of personal and political truths, historic and present struggles. Sarah Ridge Polson, a young Cherokee lawyer fighting to restore her Nation’s jurisdiction, must confront the ever-present ghosts of her grandfathers. With shadows stretching from 1830s Cherokee Nation (now present-day Georgia) and Andrew Jackson’s White House to the Cherokee Nation in present-day Oklahoma, Sovereignty asks how high the flames of anger can rise before they ultimately consume the truth.
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Mandy Gonzalez in Concert
Hylton Performing Arts Center (11/9 - 11/9) | ||
Prayer for the French Republic
Theater J (10/30 - 11/24) | ||
Uncle Vanya
Harman Hall - Shakespeare Theatre Company (3/30 - 4/20) | ||
Atlas Presents A Bohemian Christmas with the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra
Atlas Performing Arts Center (12/9 - 12/9) | ||
The Peking Acrobats
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/9 - 3/9) | ||
The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration
Concert Hall at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (11/8 - 11/8) | ||
Kodo - One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/1 - 3/1) | ||
Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh
Perisphere Theater (6/6 - 6/21) | ||
Celtic Woman White Christmas Symphony Tour
Concert Hall at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (12/13 - 12/14) | ||
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