Lukas Hnath: Dana H.

THEATER
TUESDAY – SUNDAY, MARCH 10 – 15, 2020 (continuing through APRIL 11)
7:00 PM TUESDAY – THURSDAY
8:00 PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY
3:00 PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Vineyard Theater
108 East 15th Street, Gramercy, Manhattan

$79-$120
https://www.vineyardtheatre.org/dana-h/

Dana Higginbotham was a chaplain in a psych ward.  She got kidnapped by a patient.  Her son, Lukas Hnath, happens to be one of the best playwrights in America.  Hnath fashioned this play from taped interviews of Dana about the kidnapping conducted by Steve Cosson of the The Civilians, a local company specializing in documentary theater.  Diedre O'Connell — an invaluable actor on the New York and LA stages, one of the best now working — lip-syncs the interview tapes.  By all accounts, this is a gripping, fascinating, unique night of theater.

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