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Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht star in the world premiere of David Auburn's moving and insightful piece.

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Masks are required Tuesday evenings and Sunday matinees through May 21.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Jun. 18, 2023.

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About Summer, 1976

Over one fateful summer, an unlikely friendship develops between Diana, a fiercely iconoclastic artist and single mom, and Alice, a free-spirited yet naive young housewife. As the Bicentennial is celebrated across the country, these two young women in Ohio navigate motherhood, ambition, and intimacy, and help each other discover their own independence.

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