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Generations

First Preview: Sep 8, 2014
Opening Date: Sep 8, 2014
Closing Date: Nov 23, 2014
Running Time: 01:50
Generations

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Playing @
Walkerspace / Soho Repertory Theatre
46 Walker St, New York, NY 10019
“I coached her to cook – I did… I was the cooker – she was the cookless – I was the cooker who coached the cookless… I… coached her to (cook)… She was a bad learner.”

You’re invited into a kitchen in a South African township where a fragrant meal is being prepared.
As they cook, three generations of a close-knit family banter, share stories and food. Both urgent and exuberant, debbie tucker green’s formally daring play tackles what’s transmitted and lost through generations of a family—and a nation.

by debbie tucker green
directed by Leah C. Gardiner

The show features a 12-person choir led by Bongi Duma (Broadway’s The Lion King). 


PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE;
WEDNESDAYS thru SATURDAYS @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAYS @ 4 & 7 PM
Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyMusicalPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF Member tickets:

Not currently available for this show

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Never

Full-price tickets:

$35.00 - $35.00

Lottery & Rush

Limited rush tickets ($30 or $20 for students with valid ID) are available for most performances on a first-come, first-served basis and are distributed 15-minutes prior to each performance.
99-cent Sunday tickets for generations will be offered on October 5 and 19 at 4pm. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis 30-minutes prior to each performance.

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Reviews

  •  "It's almost as if Obie-award-winning director Leah C. Gardiner inhaled each text; her understanding of green's project feeds Gardiner creatively so that she is able to feed us...the feeling it imparts lasts for a long time after you've left the theater" 

    ---- The New Yorker

  • "reverberates in your mind and heart long afterward, like the taste of a great meal that you savor for days...a vital ingredient is the music performed with marvelous exuberance by a 13-member choir"

    ---- New York Times
  •  "It's almost as if Obie-award-winning director Leah C. Gardiner inhaled each text; her understanding of green's project feeds Gardiner creatively so that she is able to feed us...the feeling it imparts lasts for a long time after you've left the theater" 

    ---- The New Yorker

  • "reverberates in your mind and heart long afterward, like the taste of a great meal that you savor for days...a vital ingredient is the music performed with marvelous exuberance by a 13-member choir"

    ---- New York Times

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Ground floor. Counter 42".
  • Parking

    SVI Permit.
  • Curb Ramps

    Walker St & Broadway.
  • Passenger Loading Zone

    Front. Curb 6".
  • Restroom

    Womens and Mens: Basement. Via elevator.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevator Attended. Accesses both floors.
  • Entrance

    Ground floor. Steep ramp (3.5',1:4). Leads to door (40", heavy) which opens out onto ramp.
  • Visual Assistance

    None
  • Water Fountain

    None
  • Assisted Listening System

    None

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