River & Rail Theatre Co.— operating in the Old City Performing Arts Center, 111 State Street— has announced its 2023-24 season of four plays. The company is also introducing Memberships to its theatre-goer experience. Memberships are available in several tiers that come with perks in addition to season tickets to all four productions. Check the River & Rail Theatre Co. website here for further information on this new opportunity.
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A Case For The Existence Of God
By Samuel D. Hunter
Sept 21 – Oct 8, 2023
“In a small office in Southern Idaho, two single fathers develop an unlikely but powerful friendship. Samuel D. Hunter’s intimate, empathetic play is a thoughtful meditation on human resilience.”
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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Adapted by Joe Landry based on the story The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern
DEC 7 – 23, 2023
“This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.”
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Fat Ham
By James Ijames
FEB 8 – 25, 2024
“In this delectably comic, Pulitzer Prize-winning reinvention of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, an uproarious family barbecue instigates a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy.”
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The Burn Vote
Music and Lyrics by Don & Lori Chaffer
Book by Chris Cragin-Day
APRIL 25 – MAY 12, 2024
“It’s 1920 and Harry Burn, the youngest ever member of the State Legislator, has been been voting no on the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Everything turns when Harry receives a letter from his mother, Febb. He changes his vote and thus the course of American history.”
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**Play descriptions above were provided by River & Rail Theatre Co.
