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WP Voice/Opera Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and Kamala Sankaram's Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers

Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 7:00pm



Hunziker Black Box Theatre
300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470

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Leonard Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti and

Kamala Sankaram's Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers

Christopher Herbert, producer and stage director

Chairty Wicks, music director

This double-bill production explores how families adapt during times of social change. Trouble in Tahiti focuses on a 1950's family in suburbia as they try to find connections amid constraining social norms. Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers challenges the idea of a of male-dominated society and considers what it would be like if girls led the world.

Performances in Hunziker Black Box Theatre

Thursday, April 20 at 7pm

Friday, April 21 at 5pm

Saturday, April 22 at 7pm

Sunday, April 23 at 3pm

General Admission: $20 • $10 Students and WP Community




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