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Fresh off our critically acclaimed and sold-out 2023-24 season we're excited to announce the first production of our new season, Dear Elizabeth, by Sarah Ruhl, directed by company member J. Kevin Smith.
“Ms. Ruhl has excerpted [Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop's] long correspondence...with a fine ear for emotional detail and the glistening phrase.” —The New York Times
Dear Elizabeth is a warm and deeply moving story of the relationship between two of our greatest American poets. Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, both Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners, exchanged more than four hundred letters.
Ruhl’s play knits together key moments from these letters and brings theatrical life to the story of a 30-year friendship that lived almost entirely in their writing. Even as they were worlds apart, their connection was palpable, and their correspondence would become one of the greatest in American literary history. Dear Elizabeth gives voice to this deeply moving and intimate friendship.
The cast includes company members Sandra Rodriguez and Ralph Buonocore, and visiting artist Abby Klein. We look forward to seeing you at the theater!
Showtimes are Thursday, November 7 and 14 at 7:30 pm., and Friday and Saturday, November 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 8 p.m.
Join us at the NHTC Stage in the back of EBM Vintage, 839 Chapel Street, New Haven
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New Haven Theater Company: Melissa Andersen, Ralph Buonocore, Sara Courtemanche, Drew Gray, Erich Greene, George Kulp, Susan Kulp, Margaret Mann, Deena Nicol-Blifford, Sandra Rodriguez, Steve Scarpa, Jenny Schuck, J. Kevin Smith, Aleta Staton, John Strano, Marty Tucker, John Watson, Jodi Williams, and Trevor Williams
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New Haven, CT 06520-1647