Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Obie-Award winning adaptation of “The Octoroon” by Dion Boucicault; a thought-provoking and imaginative exploration of race in America today.
Judge Peyton is dead, and his plantation Terrebone is in financial ruins. Peyton’s handsome nephew George arrives as heir apparent, and quickly falls in love with Zoe, a beautiful ‘octoroon’. But the dastardly M’Closky has other plans – for both Terrebone and Zoe.
This wildly imaginative work, Winner of the 2014 OBIE Award for Best New American Play, simultaneously gives us Dion Boucicault’s great 19th Century melodrama and its contemporary reverberations. An Octoroon invites us to laugh loudly at how naïve the old stereotypes now seem until nothing seems funny at all. It may be this decade’s most eloquent theatrical statement on race in America today.
Tickets:
Advance - $36
At the Door - $40
25 and Under (at the door, with ID) - $20
Purchase advance tickets through ShowClix at 1.888.718.4253 or online at kinetic.showclix.com
Tickets available at the door one hour before curtain (6:30 for evening performances, 1:00 for matinees)
Artsburgh Flex Pass: Accepted at all performances except Saturday evenings.
Phone: 888-718-4253
Email: KineticTheatreInfo@gmail.com
2019/02/15 - 2019/02/24
Additional time info:
Please note: Curtain time for evening performances is 7:30 p.m.
Monday, 2/18 performance is "Pay What You Want"
New Hazlett Theater
6 Allegheny Square East, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
On-street parking is available at no cost after 6pm, Monday-Saturday and all day Sunday. Paid parking is available in the Allegheny Health Network garage for evening events and weekend matinees.
To find the garage:
Drive past the theater and follow Allegheny Square East as if you were going back out onto East Commons
The Allegheny Health Network garage will be on your left
Pull in and a uniformed parking attendant will collect your fee
Parking in the garage is $7 (cash only)
NOTE: The lot will close one hour after the show
For various events, security is on site to direct you to available parking options. Parking for sporting events impact space available near the Theater. Please check your local listings to see if the Theater’s event conflicts with our local sports teams.