“As hiding gets harder, pitch-perfect comedy ensues: slamming doors, strange disguises, preposterous excuses. Eventually, the four must decide whether face-saving domestic lies are worth it, or whether ostracism beats living in fear. In our own era of surveillance and paranoia, their mid-century problems don’t feel so far away.” – The New Yorker
“This is truly what a play should be. Thought-provoking, but with loads of laughs, this terrific show strikes the perfect balance between harsh social criticism and comedy.” –
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
PERFECT ARRANGEMENT
by Topher Payne
It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover.
Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.
Performances:
Fridays at 7:30 pm: February 20, 27, March 6
Saturdays at 7:30 pm: February 21, 28, March 7
Sundays at 2:00 pm: March 1 & 8 (Feb. 22 is SOLD OUT)
Sunday Salon and ASL Performance: Sunday, March 7
Coming Up Next
In this interactive solo show, a mother’s suicide attempt prompts her seven-year-old to search for ways to understand and help lift her depression by documenting the joys in life.
Every Brilliant Thing opens with a mother’s suicide attempt and her seven-year-old’s subsequent search to understand it and help lift her depression by documenting the joys all around them. Starting with the basics, like ice cream and the color yellow, the list is maintained throughout their lifetime and highlights the narrator’s ever-changing view of what is beautiful about the world as they reach adulthood.
Directed by Scott Ecker, this interactive solo show incorporates audience participation.
PERFORMANCES:
Fridays at 7:30pm: May 1, 8, 15
Saturdays at 7:30pm: May 2, 9, 16
Sundays at 2:00pm: May 3, 10, 17
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