The performance includes two plays that are separated by a communal meal. Where a traditional evening-length work might be separated by an intermission, we will instead enjoy a meal together. We ask that you stay in the theater for all three events: the first play, the meal, and the second play.
LEWISTON is a play fundamentally about the past. An aging descendant of Meriwether Lewis has been selling off her family’s land piece by piece for years, becoming increasingly convinced that her family’s past is less of a legacy and more of a curse. But when an unexpected visitor blasts into her life, she’s forced to consider if there’s anything good left in the world at all.
CLARKSTON is a play fundamentally about the future. A young descendant of William Clark has made the journey out west from his home in Connecticut, desperate to find meaning in his own history. But when he finds a landscape dotted with small, struggling towns and big box stores, faith in his future—and indeed the future of the entire country—starts to feel misplaced
