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  SUMMER, 1976
Philadelphia Premiere By David Auburn Directed by Kate Galvin
September 10 – October 11, 2026
One summer an unlikely friendship springs up between two young mothers that changes forever the course of their lives. Alice and Diana couldn't be more different, one a free-spirited academic spouse and the other a driven and self-critical artist. As the events of that fateful season test their friendship, we join them on their poignant and humorous journey in this captivating drama from the author of Proof.
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The Cast
Grace Gonglewski as Alice •
McKenna Kerrigan as Diana
The Creative Team
Kate Galvin, Director •
Chris Haig, Scenic Designer •
Natalia de la Torre, Costume Designer •
J. Dominic Chacon, Lighting Designer •
Elizabeth Atkinson, Sound Designer •
Maya Nguyen-Haberneski, Stage Manager •
Talia Speak, Assistant Director
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Header Photo: Lawrence Stallings in the world premiere of Me and the Devil (2021); Anthony Lawton and Dave Johnson in Travesties (2022); Melissa Rakiro and Joanna Liao in Twelfth Night (2023); and Paul L. Nolan, Sally Mercer, and Charles McMahon in Copenhagen (2018). Photos by Mark Garvin.
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