FAIRHAVEN
SUMMER REPERTORY THEATRE
THREE DIFFERENT PLAYS
Entangled Convictions
JUNE 27-JULY 23, 2023
Three different award-winning and thought-provoking plays.
These three plays are all inspired by the social issues of race and discrimination that have entangled our country for generations.
Each of these productions will be performed in the round in the intimate Firehouse Arts and Events Center. Audience members will be sitting with the actors while they explore a comic satire, a classic tale, and an imagined fantasy, all wrapped around finding our way for humility and humanity.
Our company combines many members of the community: students and educators, parents and children, as well as guest artists from far beyond Bellingham Bay, all working together to bring these three plays to life.
All performances take place in the historic Firehouse Arts and Events Center at:
1314 Harris Avenue in Fairhaven, WA
1
KEELY AND DU
by Jane Martin
Directed by Kayla Adams
A volatile drama about abortion, Keely and Du is a mind-probing issue play with a gripping human face.
What is the extent of individual freedom? What are a victim’s rights?
Their passionate stories exist on the extreme edge of everyday reality.
1994 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
“Compelling [...] Bound to stir vigorous discussion."
–The New York Times
POST-SHOW COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Sunday, July 16
led by representatives from the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of Whatcom County; Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center; and Rep. Alicia Rule, LICSW, Rule & Associates.
2
GIDION’S KNOT
by Johnna Adams
Directed by Kathryn Van Meter
Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic struggles of the mother’s son.
Gidion may have been bullied severely—or he may have been an abuser.
“Eloquent study of people caught between the competing demands of reason, morality and family…harrowing…a narrative that is as elegant as it is chilling."
–Washington Post
POST-SHOW COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
Sunday, July 9
led by representatives from NAMI Whatcom and M.A.D. H.O.P.E.
3
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME
by Heidi Schreck
Directed by Mark Kuntz
Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace her profound relationship to the constitution.
Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama, 2019.
Obie Award winner: Best New American Play, 2019.
Best American Play, 2019.
New York Drama Critics Circle, 2019.
Time’s 10 Best Theater Performances of 2019.