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Pru Payne

Roberts Studio Theatre - 527 Tremont Street

Sublime, heartbreaking, funny, and fiercely intelligent” – Broadway World
East Coast Premiere! Prudence “Pru” Payne is a contemporary Dorothy Parker: a sharp-tongued intellectual and critic who recently signed on to share her extraordinary life in an eagerly-awaited autobiography. But when Pru’s memory starts to fade, her son sets her up in a state-of-the-art care facility, where love takes hold just as the world she once knew begins to slip away. With wit, verve, and above all, heart, Pulitzer Prize nominee Steven Drukman explores questions of memory, identity, and connection.

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Sublime, heartbreaking, funny, and fiercely intelligent” – Broadway World
East Coast Premiere! Prudence “Pru” Payne is a contemporary Dorothy Parker: a sharp-tongued intellectual and critic who recently signed on to share her extraordinary life in an eagerly-awaited autobiography. But when Pru’s memory starts to fade, her son sets her up in a state-of-the-art care facility, where love takes hold just as the world she once knew begins to slip away. With wit, verve, and above all, heart, Pulitzer Prize nominee Steven Drukman explores questions of memory, identity, and connection.

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Duration

1 hour 40 minutes with no intermission

SIGNIFICANT DATES

  • Post Show Conversations: Sun. 10/27 at 3pm, Th. 11/14 at 2pm
  • Relaxed Performance: Sun. 11/10 at 3 pm
  • Open Captioning: Sat. 11/2 at 7:30 pm, Sun. 11/3 at 3 pm
  • Audio Description: Fri. 11/8 at 7:30 pm, Sat. 11/16 at 2 pm

CONTENT ADVISORY

Some strong language.
Mentions of suicide.
Recommended for Ages 12+

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Calderwood Pavilion/BCA, 527 Tremont St

The Calderwood Pavilion contains the Wimberly Theatre, the Roberts Studio Theatre, the Carol G. Deane Hall, and the Nicholas Martin Hall. You should navigate to the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA if you are seeing a show in any of those aforementioned spaces.

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