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The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar)

Opening Date: Feb 26, 2025
Closing Date: Mar 27, 2025
The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar)

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Playing @
Playwrights Horizons
416 West 42nd Street, New York City, NY 10036
You think, we carry our ancestors with us?
No. I do think there are hints they leave for us though. In our walk. Or maybe I don’t know. In the soil. I don’t know.

1832: a mother and daughter stand vigil behind the African Baptist Church in Philadelphia at the grave of a recently deceased loved one. Today, on the same grounds: another strangely familiar mother and daughter work as counselors at what is now a sleepaway camp. Timelines collide, horrors are buried and revealed, but love never lacks.

The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar) is a darkly comic play about our nation’s long practice of harming Black bodies in the name of scientific progress, our responsibility to time and the role joy plays in living with a history we cannot change.

Presented by Soho Rep.
Off BroadwayPlay - Drama

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY-FRIDAY & SUNDAY @ 7 PM
SATURDAY @ 3 PM & 8 PM


Cast
  • Crystal Lucas-Perry
  • Clarissa Vickerie
  • Holiday
  • Miles G. Jackson

Written By
  • Nia Akilah Robinson

Director
  • Evren Odcikin

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Full-price tickets:

$35.00 - $45.00

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Peter Jay Sharp Theater is fully wheelchair-accessible, offering accessible seats at each performance. Wheelchair seating available in Row F
  • Entrance

    All entrances to the building and both theaters are accessible. The main entrance is located at 416 West 42nd Street. To enter, press the button located to the left of the left-side door to automatically open the far-right door.
  • Box Office

    Located in corridor on Floor 1 (ground level).
  • Restroom

    Accessible restrooms are located on Level LL and Level 3M and can be reached via the elevator.
  • Water Fountain

    Floor 3M. Concessions on lobby level
  • Assisted Listening System

    Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) are available at no charge for every performance in both the Judith O. Rubin Theater and the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. These radio frequency (RF) systems amplify and clarify sound by reducing ambient noise, and headsets may be used at any seat. Headphones are provided, though you may bring your own personal headphones if preferred. Headsets with induction neckloops are also available for patrons who use hearing aids or cochlear implants with a “T” switch.
  • Folding Armrests

    No mobility seats with folding armrests.
  • Visual Assistance

    Large print and Braille programs are available for most performances after opening night (typically 1–3 weeks into a production’s run). These programs may be obtained from the Accessibility Services Desk in the lobby of the attending performance.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    The elevator provides access to the Judith O. Rubin Theater ("The Judy") on Level 1M and the Peter Jay Sharp Theater is located on Level 4.

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