The Upstairs Department at Signature Theatre
Dates: (4/26/2022 - 6/12/2022 )
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Signature Theatre
4200 Campbell Avenue
Arlington,VA 22206
Tickets: Prices vary.
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Playwright Chelsea Marcantel (Airness, Everything is Wonderful) channels the unexpected in an ethereal journey of familial love, the limits of cynicism and how to explain the unexplainable.After a serious illness, a young man wakes up with the power to communicate with the dead (or so he believes). Desperate for guidance and to connect with their late father, he and his skeptic sister set out to test his paranormal talent at the Lily Dale Spiritualist community where their discoveries summon more than the afterlife.Signatures latest Heidi Thomas Writers Initiative play is an enlightening tale of an unlikely psychic directed by Holly Twyford.
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Signature Theatre is at 4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA.
Signature Theatre’s mission is to broaden and brighten the region’s cultural landscape with bold productions of challenging new and established works and engaging education and outreach programs. Signature Theatre’s vision is to be the premier producer of new and innovative musical theater in the country and to serve, enrich, inspire and impact our community.
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