Developed at the Z Space Studio

As part of a co-comission between the Z Space Studio, the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, and the National Performance Network, nationally known playwright and artist Anne Galjour spent three years immersing herself in Dartmouth College’s physically close, but economically divided rural New England backyard. Through more than 100 interviews, Galjour has documented a marked class divide in New Hampshire and Vermont that mirrors a national class divide.

This play depicts a group of familiar characters, people struggling with rent, mortgages, and keeping up appearances amidst bewildering changes in their community. Galjour reveals deep emotional centers and human complexities of their situations. She captures the essence of divisions in a rural setting. Remarkably, she engages us in a compassionate understanding of class through the art of theater.

TOURING INFORMATION:

Galjour will perform her play at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass., Nov. 10 and 11; the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vt., Nov. 14 and 15; and the Latchis Theater in Brattleboro, Vt., November 17. Additional shows are being scheduled for San Francisco and other U.S. cities.