Eleanor Burgess’s play Galilee, 34 premiered at South Coast Repertory in 2024. Her previous plays, including, The Niceties, Wife of a Salesman, Start Down, Chill and Sparks Fly Upward, have been produced at theaters across the United States, including Manhattan Theatre Club, Geffen Playhouse, McCarter Theatre Center, Huntington Theatre Company, Writers Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival. She has developed work at Playwrights Horizons, the New Group and The Ensemble Studio Theatre, and been a member of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages, Page 73's writers' group Interstate 73, The Civilians’ R&D Group and New York Theatre Workshop’s 2050 Fellowship. Originally from Massachusetts, she studied history at Yale College and Dramatic Writing at NYU/Tisch.
The Ingenue
by Eleanor Burgess
Friday, May 1, at 1 p.m.
Julianne Argyros Stage
$24
HONORARY PRODUCERS
Sophie & Larry Cripe and John & Laura Drachman
Peter & Joy Sloan
Julia Voce
In 18th-century London, arranged marriages have high stakes. Neither Letitia nor Doricourt wants to wed, and each will stop at nothing to force the other to cancel the wedding. Meanwhile, playwright Hannah Cowley struggles to pen a romantic comedy—about a couple named Letitia and Doricourt—while her own marriage is on shaky ground.
Recommendation: Ages 16+
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