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Batten down the hatches! A high-intensity force of nature is blowing into town: Hurricane Diane, the roof-raising new comedy by Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George. In the suburbs of the Garden State, the Greek God Dionysus returns from the heavens in the guise of a butch gardener named Diane, who’s hell bent on reversing climate change and restoring earthly order by seducing a band of mortal followers. Why not begin with four real housewives from New Jersey? The New York Times calls it an “astonishing, perfect storm of timely tragicomedy.” And New York Magazine raves, “Hilarious and full of keen observation and profound human affection… there’s so much to celebrate!”
Approximate run time: Hurricane Diane plays in approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
PLEASE NOTE:This production includes strobe lighting effects and a simulated thunderstorm.
Read more on the content advisories for this production.
Hurricane Diane is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Playwright Madeleine George & director Jenny Koons share why "Hurricane Diane" is a perfect storm" (The New York Times) of climate change, desperate housewives, and comedy.
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Hear from the cast of HURRICANE DIANE on the relevance of this the roof-raising new comedy. Playwright Madeleine George & director Jenny Koons share why Hurricane Diane is a perfect storm" (The New York Times) of climate change, desperate housewives, and comedy.
Discover insights about the creative process from director Jenny Koons in conversation with assistant director Mack Brown.
See what the Critics have to say about HURRICANE DIANE! Now playing thru September 26!
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Actors Esme Allen, Jennifer Bubriski, and Rami Margron will reveal moments from the artistic process in a lively conversation with participating members of the cast. Hosted by Rosalind Bevan, The Huntington's Casting and Producing Associate.
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In Madeleine George’s play “Hurricane Diane,” the Greek god Dionysus, in the guise of a butch lesbian “charm factory” named Diane, plots an earthly comeback to try to save the planet from the ravages of climate change. Her first mission? Infiltrate the lives of four strong-willed women residing in the cozy confines of a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac and convert them as acolytes in a Bacchic initiation.
After 17 months in the dark, live professional, indoor theater is back in Boston with the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of "Hurricane Diane" at the Calderwood Pavilion.
Live theater is finally back — “Hurricane Diane” is the first indoor theater performance in Boston since the start of the pandemic, 538 days after The Huntington closed.
Madeleine George's plays include The Sore Loser, Hurricane Diane (Obie Award), The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist; Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Susan Smith Blackburn finalist), Precious Little, and The Zero Hour (Jane Chambers Award, Lambda Literary Award finalist).
Jenny Koons is a theater director and organizer. Theatre Projects: 2021 Vision Resident (Ars Nova), Now Becomes Then (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Men on Boats (Baltimore Center Stage), Speechless (New Blue Man Group North American Tour), A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Public Theater Mobile Unit), Burn All Night (American Repertory Theater), Gimme Shelter (Why Not Theatre, 2015 Pan Am Games commission), A Sucker Emcee (National Black Theatre, LAByrinth Theater Company).
Esme Allen is a Boston-based actor, educator, and designer. The Huntington: Hurricane Diane. Boston-area acting credits: Much Ado About Nothing, The Cherry Orchard, Middletown, and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Muckrakers, Elephant Man, and Amadeus (New Repertory Theatre), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Greater Boston Stage Co.); Gloucester Blue and North Shore Fish (Gloucester Stage Company); Dog Paddle (Bridge Repertory Theater); and Coriolanus (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company).
Marianna Bassham The Huntington: Hurricane Diane, Sweat, Yerma, Romeo and Juliet, I Was Most Alive with You, Becoming Cuba, Our Town, and The Luck of the Irish.
Jennifer Bubriski is a Cambridge-based actress. The Huntington: Hurricane Diane. Recent: Miss Stephanie/Mrs. Dubose in To Kill a Mockingbird (Umbrella Center for the Arts); Mrs. Brice in Funny Girl, Lady Croom in Arcadia, and Belinda/Flavia in Noises Off (Concord Players); and Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Vokes Players).
Rami Margron The Huntington: Hurricane Diane.Off Broadway: Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shake and Bake), Angry Young Man (Urban Stages). Regional: Hurricane Diane (The Old Globe), Angels in America (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Pride and Prejudice (Long Wharf Theatre), Pericles and Macbeth (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The Tempest (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), The Lily’s Revenge (Magic Theatre), Around the World in 80 Days and Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Marin Theatre Company), Lady Windermere’s Fan, Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (California Shakespeare Theater).
Kris Sidberry The Huntington: Hurricane Diane. NYC: All American Girls (Off Broadway, National African American Theater Festival). Regional: High Priestess of Dark Alley (Le Petite Theater); The Cake, Intimate Apparel, and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Lyric Stage Company); School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play and Significant Other (SpeakEasy Stage Company), The Good Negro and Grimm (Company One Theater).
Stephanie Osin Cohen (she/her) Scenic Designer for Hurricane Diane. Off Broadway: Ni Mi Madre (Rattlestick Theatre).
Hahnji Jang (they/them) was the costume designer for Hurricane Diane at The Huntington.
JEN SCHRIEVER (Lighting Design). She/her. Broadway: Lackawanna Blues, Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Eclipsed, Ghetto Klown
Ben Scheff (he/they) Original Music and Sound Design for Hurricane Diane at The Huntington. Off Broadway: Kennedy: Bobby’s Last Crusade; Only Human; Red Roses, Green Gold.
Alaine Alldaffer (she/her) (Casting) The Huntington: numerous credits since 2000. New York: casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), The Flick (Playwrights Horizons and Barrow Street Theatre).
Emily F. McMullen, she/her (Production Stage Manager) has stage managed over 30 shows over the past eight seasons at the Huntington, including Hurricane Diane, Sweat; Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead; Indecent; Romeo and Juliet; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Man in the Ring; The Niceties; Top Girls; Bad Dates; Tartuffe; and Merrily We Roll Along.
Jamie Carty Huntington: Indecent, Sherlock’s Last Case, Fall, Skeleton Crew, Bad Dates, Tartuffe, Merrily We Roll Along, A Doll’s House, I Was Most Alive with You.
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