The Age of Innocence

SYNOPSIS: New York City society at its most cultivated, wealthy and rigid—an elite class of people who dreaded scandal more than disease. In her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Edith Wharton introduces us to the courtly young gentleman lawyer Newland Archer; his traditional and demure fiancée May; and the free-spirited Countess Olenska, who has come home from Europe, tainted by scandal. From the moment Newland meets the Countess, he is torn between virtue and desire, and all three are forced to make the agonizing choice, ever old and ever new, between love and honor.

Directed by Doug Hughes

Cast: Joseph Adams, Sierra Boggess, Helen Cespedes, Boyd Gaines, Darrie Lawrence, Diedre Madigan, Haviland Morris, Josh Salt, Andrew Veenstra, Tony Ward

Show Times: Tuesday- Thursday @7:30pm, Friday @8pm, Saturday @2pm and 8pm, Sunday @2pm. No performance Tuesday, September 25. Added evening performances Sunday, September 23 and Sunday, September 30 @7:30pm

Tickets from $25

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