Summer, 1976

Performances Begin November 13, 2024

BY DAVID AUBURN
LOCATION MILTON THEATRE
DIRECTED BY VIVIENNE BENESCH

It’s midsummer in the mid-seventies—the second wave of feminism is cresting somewhere while two very different women are thrown into one another’s orbit in college-town Ohio.  Iconoclast artist Diana looks down on faculty wife Alice, but their young daughters’ friendship forces them together. Featuring two tour-de-force performances by DC favorites Holly Twyford and Kate Eastwood Norris, David Auburn’s (Proof) recent Broadway hit traces each woman’s growing disquiet with the compromises they’ve made, and the transformative power of a friendship at the right time. 

Summer, 1976 is generously underwritten by Sheryl and Rick Donaldson & Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber.

Calendar

The Artists

PLAYWRIGHT

David Auburn

DIRECTOR

Vivienne Benesch

Cast

Understudy

Production Team

SET DESIGNER

Lee Savage

COSTUME DESIGNER

Helen Q. Huang

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Jesse Belsky

PROJECTIONS DESIGNER

Stefania Bulbarella

SOUND DESIGNER

Kate Marvin

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

John Keith Hall