JAN. 20 - FEB. 5, 2023
MADELEINE GEORGE
HURRICANE
DIANE
The Real Housewives meets HGTV with a side of “lesbian-pulp-greek-tragedy” in this brand new commentary on climate change.
Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity — the Greek god Dionysus — and she's returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac?
In this Obie-winning comedy with a twist, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.
“An astonishing new play…whirls ancient myth, lesbian pulp, ecological thriller, and The Real Housewives…into a perfect storm of timely tragicomedy.”
— Ben Brantley
“It’s the kind of comedy that holds a tragedy inside it…Hilarious, shattering, and full of...profound human affection, the play both lifts us up and wrings us out.”
— Sara Holdren
“…exceedingly funny and acerbic…the subject matter is very real – what human beings are doing to destroy the planet.”
U/S RENEE
IVY BROWN
BETH WANN
HANA CLARICE+
PAM ANNUNZIATA
MELANIE KURSTIN
RENEE SHAPIRO-EPPS
KAYLA LEACOCK*
CAROL FLEISCHER
MELINDA NANOVSKY
U/S DIANE
CANTER O’MAY+
DIANE
SABRIAYA SHIPLEY
U/S BETH, CAROL, PAM
KRISTEN STICKLEY
+ denotes Iron Crow Theatre Resident Artist
* denotes Member, Actors’ Equity Association. The professional union for actors and stage managers in the United States.
CREATIVE TEAM
PLAYWRIGHT
MADELEINE GEORGE
SHE / HER
DIRECTOR
NATKA BIANCHINI+
SHE / HER
SET DESIGN
ROWAN SUDER
THEY / THEM
COSTUME DESIGN
HEATHER JOHNSTON
SHE / HER
LIGHTING DESIGN
JANINE VREATT+
SHE / HER
SOUND DESIGN
JANE SCHWARTZ
SHE / HER
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
BRUCE KAPPLIN+
HE / HIM
STAGE MANAGER
JULIE ANDERSON
SHE / HER
ASST. STAGE MANAGER
JOE KINGERY+
HE / HIM
INTIMACY DIRECTOR
MALLORY SHEAR
THEY / THEM
SAFER SPACES TRAINING
SHAWNA POTTER+
SHE / HER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
SEAN ELIAS*+
HE / HIM
+ denotes Iron Crow Theatre Resident Artist
* denotes Member, Actors’ Equity Association. The professional union for actors and stage managers in the United States.
