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The Waves

First Preview: Jul 12, 2018
Opening Date: Jul 19, 2018
Closing Date: Jul 29, 2018
Running Time: 01:40
The Waves

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Playing @
Powerhouse Theater/Vassar College
124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0225
Six childhood friends and their shifting relationships come vibrantly to life in this captivating chamber musical inspired by Virginia Woolf’s celebrated novel. Over the course of one day - or is it a lifetime? -The Waves illuminates the interior yearnings, ambitions, and defeats of these extraordinary individuals with stirring choral music and Woolf’s signature text.

Writer/director Lisa Peterson (An Iliad) and composer Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days) revisit and reimagine Bucknam and Peterson’s lush and layered musical, which premiered off-Broadway over thirty years ago. 
Regional
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 7 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 2 PM


Written By
  • Virginia Woolf

Music
  • David Bucknam - with additional music and lyrics by Adam Gwon

Lyrics
  • David Bucknam - with additional music and lyrics by Adam Gwon

Book
  • Lisa Peterson - adapted from the novel by Virginia Woolf

Director
  • Lisa Peterson

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Full-price tickets:

$45.00 - $45.00

Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    Assistive Listening Devices (FM System) are available for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the Powerhouse Theater, the Susan Stein Shiva Theater, and the Martel Theater. Clean earphones will be provided with all the Assistive Listening Devices, but personal headphones/earbuds are compatible with the ALDs and are suggested for individual comfort level.
  • Parking

    Parking spaces for persons with disabilities are available in front of the Powerhouse Theater, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film parking lot, Sanders Classroom parking lot, and in visitor parking lots located throughout campus
  • Restroom

    Wheelchair accessible restrooms are available in the Powerhouse Theater, the Susan Stein Shiva Theater, and the Martel Theater
  • Telephone

    None on premises
  • Visual Assistance

    Sign language interpreters or oral interpretation are available upon request with at least two weeks notice, and will be provided based on the availability of a qualified interpreter.
  • Wheelchair Info

    The Hallie Flanagan Davis Powerhouse Theater, the Susan Stein Shiva Theater, and the Martel Theater are wheelchair accessible. Thirty minutes before show time, ushers are available to assist patrons to their seats or wheelchair accessible locations. It is recommended that patrons who do not use a wheelchair but who may need assistance to their seats bring a friend or companion along to assist them.

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