Oh, To Be Pure Again
- 03/01/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/02/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/03/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/04/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/05/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/08/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/09/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/10/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/11/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/12/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/15/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/16/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/17/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/18/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/19/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/22/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/23/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/24/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/25/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- 03/26/2023 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Cost: $20-$38
CL RECOMMENDS
CL Critic Kevin C. Madigan Recommends: Actor’s Express is presenting in March the premiere of Kira Rockwell’s Oh, To Be Pure Again, a new play about “female desire, submission, rebellion, and growing up in a religious culture that’s obsessed with your sexual purity,” a press release explains. “During a hot summer at a fundamentalist church camp in Texas, an idealistic young counselor works to shepherd the campers in the girls’ cabin through a delicate phase of self-discovery, only to be confronted with challenges to her own faith,” the synopsis tells us. “The young women find themselves crashing into the uneasy tension between obedience and rebellion.” The ensemble cast features Ebony Jerry, Brian Kurlander, Aliya Kraar and Erin North, all AE veterans, along with Shannon Murphy, Brandy Bell, Andres Figueroa and Alejandra Ruiz making their Actor’s Express debut. Rockwell categorizes her work as “hyperrealistic, wholeheartedly character-driven, and inherently folksy. My characters passionately combat stereotypes by embracing the poetry of desire and body. The worlds I build hang in the delicate balance between the intangible otherworldly and the dirt of the Earth.” — KCM
From the venue:
During a hot summer at a fundamentalist church camp in Texas, an idealistic young counselor works to shepherd the campers in the senior girls’ cabin through a delicate phase of self-discovery, only to be confronted with challenges to her own faith. The young women find themselves crashing into the uneasy tension between obedience and rebellion in a culture that is obsessed with their sexual purity.