Event

The Children's Hour

Showcasing the destructive power of lies, the play depicts the experiences of the headmistresses of a girls boarding school. The two women, friends since college, are accused of conducting an illicit lesbian relationship by a bratty, compulsively lying student to disastrous effect.

Banned from being staged in London and Boston when it first debuted in 1934, the plays gay themes remain a significant milestone in American letters and an important piece of the contemporary American theatre repertoire. Directed by Neiry Rojo.

Framing her plots as battles between noble truth-tellers and venal
dissemblers, was Hellman trying to investigate or absolve her own
tendency to fabricate and falsify? In that light, The Childrens Hour works up a fascinatingly complex internal dialogue between what lies can do, and undo. - Seattle Times

The Childrens Hour has sturdy dramatic strengths, and one sus-
pects that Arthur Miller must have learnt from it when writing The
Crucible. - The Telegraph

Pay What You Will Preview January 18 at 7:30 pm
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Buzz at the Barn on January 20 at 7:00 pm

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR DOUBLE-CAST ROLES

January 18th, 20th, 26th, and 28th and February 1st, 3rd, 9th, and 11th

Heather Davis..Mary
Alexandra Fry.Rosalie
Loren Breidenbach.Peggy
Maya Ezekiel..Evelyn

January 19th, 21st, 25th, 27th and February 2nd, 4th, 8th, and 10th.

Chloe WalesMary
Claire Fogarty.Rosalie
Jordana Meltzer.Peggy
Ruby Elizabeth JobeEvelyn