Dance Nation

written by Clare Barron
directed by Whitney Thomas Eads

September 12 - 28, 2019
‍Riffe Center Studio
77 South High St.

Featuring: Acacia Duncan, Drew Eberly, Brian Gray, Wilma Hatton, Susie McGarry, Dalia Natour, Elena Perantoni, Alanna Rex, and Mary Sink.

ABOUT THIS PLAY

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"If you were ever a 13-year-old girl, Clare Barron’s daring, raw Dance Nation will probably hit you hard. If you weren’t, the play might feel like strange, even somewhat disturbing terrain."

- Sara Holdren, Vulture.com

2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist // Winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and the Relentless Award

PLEASE NOTE: This play is NOT for children.

Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen, competitive dancers plots to unleash their POWER and take over the world.

In this unapologetically candid portrayal of the mysteries of adolescence, a young team of performers copes with much more than choreography. Each plié and jeté puts them one step further from childhood and one step closer to discovering their own identities, amidst a raucous pageant of ferocious ambition.

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"Conjures the passionate ambivalence of early adolescence with such being-there sharpness and poignancy that you’re not sure whether to cringe, cry or roar with happiness."

- Ben Brantley, New York Times

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Recommended if You Like: You Got Older, So You Think You Can Dance, Alissa Nutting, Lizzo, Glow