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Mile Square Theatre To Present "Driving Miss Daisy"

originally published: 01/10/2018

Mile Square Theatre To Present "Driving Miss Daisy"(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre kicks off its 2018 season with Alfred Uhry’s powerful masterpiece Driving Miss Daisy. Set in the South between the late 40’s and early 70’s, the play explores an unlikely friendship between an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffer, Hoke Colburn.  Driving Miss Daisy begins performances on January 31 and runs till February 25.

“When looking for a play to open the 2018 season, I was searching for a work that dealt with the tension between race and class and decided to re-read Alfred Uhry’s well known play Driving Miss Daisy.” says MST Artistic Director Chris O’Connor. “I was moved by its heart and its strength as a work of drama. And it’s still very relevant in a time in the world when tolerance and acceptance are under assault by a rising tide of bigotry.”  

The cast includes Barbara Broughton (Broadway's Sunday in the Park with George), Count Stovall (Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire), and Matthew Lawler (MST’s Betrayal and ABC’s The Family).

The creative team, led by director Mark Cirnigliaro (The Net Will Appear) includes MST resident scenic designer Matthew J. Fick (The Net Will Appear), MST resident costume designer Peter Fogel (Betrayal, 39 Steps), and lighting designer Justin Partier (The Net Will Appear).

Driving Miss Daisy is presented by Mile Square Theatre from January 31 through February 25 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm.  Performances take place at 1400 Clinton Street in Hoboke, New Jersey. 



 
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 Tickets are $30-40 and $18 students and seniors. $15 previews on 1/31 and 2/1. Tickets available at www.milesquaretheatre.org, or by calling 201-683-7014.   Discount Parking available at The Harlow at 1330 Willow Avenue and at Little Man Parking at 1300 Jefferson Street.

Mile Square Theatre is supported by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. Degise, County Executive, and the Board of Chosen Freeholders. 



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