August 3-5 & August 10-12
Fridays/Saturdays at 8p; Sundays at 4p
Taking place just before 9/11, an inquisitive middle-aged British housewife, safely ensconced in her respectable kitchen, grapples with Afghanistan’s turbulent, complex history and her own rather unremarkable life. She clutches an outdated guidebook to the country which sparks her curiosity and rattles her complacency.
“Mr. Kushner’s glorious specialty is in giving theatrical life to internal points of view, in which our thoughts meld with a character’s wayward speculations or fantasies… He makes the personal and the universal, the trivial and the cosmic come simultaneously to life in a single character’s bewilderment.” Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Chester Theatre Company is committed to presenting intelligent, contemporary, language-rich, thought-provoking plays produced by world-class theatre professionals. We create a lasting effect on our...
Daniel Elihu Kramer Daniel Elihu Kramer became Producing Artistic Director of Chester Theatre Company in fall of 2015, after four years as Associate Artistic...
Coming Back Like a Song! by Lee Kalcheim directed by Gregg Edelman music direction by Daniel Mollett featuring David Garrison, Philip Hoffman and David...