American Premiere

Helen Hayes Award Nomination

MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play

Written by Phoebe Rusch
Directed by Paul Douglas Michnewicz

Featuring
Marybeth Fritzky and Nora Woolley

• Scenic Design by Dan Conway
• Lighting Design by Dan Covey
• Costume Design by Kathleen Geldard
• Sound Design by Mark K. Anduss
• Properties Design by Taryn Colberg
• Stage Managed by Lindsay Miller

Reviews

“It's a risky enterprise, developing a raw script from a virtually unknown 17-year-old, and it's that kind of gorgeous risk that reaps such glorious rewards for Theater Alliance. And when a theater produces something this honest -- this good -- you have to close your eyes and thank all the saints who hang out on the rooftops, one by one.” - Metro Weekly

“There's a line, somewhere in the descending arc of Rusch's lovely play, somewhere between the flaring and the dimming of a life, about wishing it were possible to hold beauty. If only: ¾ of a Mass for St. Vivian is a thing worth holding close.” - City Paper

“Rusch's teenage characters, Emily and Vivian, are alive to each other in the exuberant way that really smart young people can be when they're beginning to fully hear the poets and sense the world.”
- Washington Post