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Email from Northwestern University | Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts Two weekends only! Two Evanston venues, two shows about women, community, and power. SAVE YOUR SEATS TODAY! OPENS THIS WEEKEND! What happens when new ideas enter a cloistered community? An 1838 Shaker community faces the supernatural in this true story! May 23-June 1   Shaker hymns and original new music Spiritual or supernatural? More from our director! By Arlene Hutton Music by Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Directed by Francesca Patrón Based on true events in the history of the Shakers, the play explores the generational shifts that occur when a younger cohort comes in and begins to disrupt or change how things have been done. “’Tis a gift to be simple,” sing the Shakers of Pleasant Hill. But as the young women in the community claim new spiritual gifts, Sister Hannah and the other elders must judge whether these gifts are real or rebellious. Set during America’s surge of Utopian communities, the play wrestles with belief and doubt in a swiftly changing world. Friday, 5/23 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 5/24 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 5/25 at 2 p.m. Thursday, 5/29 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, 5/30 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 5/31 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 6/1 at 2 p.m. TICKETS Did you know? The Shaker movement was one of the most significant and distinctive religious movements in American history. The Shakers were extremely progressive for their time, advocating for abolition and racial diversity. Learn more about the Shakers from our dramaturgs.   Wirtz Center and Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre team up for Honeypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women May 17 - June 1 Book by E. Patrick Johnson Adapted for the stage by D. Soyini Madison Co-directed by Tim Rhoze and D. Soyini Madison Combining oral history with magical realism and poetry, Honeypot bears witness to the real-life stories of queer Black women throughout the American South. In this new adaptation for the stage of Johnson’s award-winning creative non-fiction book, women from all walks of life recount their experiences on topics ranging from coming out and falling in love to mother/daughter relationships, religion, sexuality, brutality, and political activism—richly and dynamically revealing the complexity of identity. Saturday, 5/17 at 7 p.m. (Preview) Sunday, 5/18 at 3 p.m. Saturday, 5/24 at 7 p.m. Sunday, 5/25 at 3 p.m. Saturday, 5/31 at 7 p.m. Sunday, 6/1 at 3 p.m.  TICKETS Produced in partnership with the City of Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre. All performances will be held at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in the Noyes Cutural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston.   Questions? E-mail our audience services team at wirtz at northwestern.edu or call 847-491-7282. The Wirtz Center Box Office is located in the Barber Theater lobby, 30 Arts Circle Drive. The box office is open 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Tuesday–Friday and Saturday Noon–4 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Tickets to current productions can be purchased wirtz.northwestern.edu. Northwestern University | Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts | 10 Arts Circle Drive | Evanston, IL 60208 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice
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