Fri, Jul 28
|Albuquerque
Hurricane Diane
Time & Location
Jul 28, 2023, 7:30 PM – Aug 13, 2023, 2:00 PM
Albuquerque, 2900 Carlisle Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA
About the event
Hurricane Diane
By Madeleine George
Directed by Bridget S. Dunne
Dates: July 28-August 13, 2023
Times: Thu-Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2pm
Tickets: $24
The Greek god Dionysus has returned to the modern world disguised as butch gardener Diane, here to gather mortal followers and restore the earth to its natural state. Her first stop is a cul-de-sac in Red Bank, New Jersey, where she'll need all her supernatural abilities to seduce four friends who all want something different from her.
Pay-What-You-Will: Sunday, July 30, 2023
Talkback: Sunday, August 6, 2023
Bridget S. Dunne, director, has previously directed She Kills Monsters and Lysistrata at the Vortex. Also an actor, they have appeared as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lizzie in Pride and Prejudice, Judy in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and in many other roles for Mother Road, the Vortex, the Adobe Theatre and New Mexico Shakespeare Festival. About Hurricane Diane, they said, "This play is such an unusual mix of reality and fantasy. One minute it had me laughing, the next – I was stunned by the honesty of it."
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August 3 and 10 Thursday performances are "Friendship Nights" featuring Bring a Friend, Share a Ticket pricing.