October 25, 2024 - November 10, 2024
by Annie Baker
directed by Rebecca Lingafelter
CoHo Theater - 2257 NW Raleigh St, Portland, OR 97210
In a fasting clinic in Northern California, five women swap stories, philosophize, and humorously provoke each other while undergoing a course of treatment that promises to cure a variety of ailments from cancer to thyroid issues; infections to chronic pain. As their individual experiences thread together and pull apart, the cumulative effect is a kind of meditation on the complexities of pain and longing, the experience of living a corporeal existence, and how true connection may help to transcend it.
Run Time: Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes
Please Note: This production contains adult themes, language, and content of a sexual nature.
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This production contains discussions of illness, pain, and medical treatment; discussion of sex and sexual violence; and brief discussion of emotional abuse.
Special Events
LGBTQIA2S+ Affinity Night – November 2 with a talkback following the performance
BIPOC Affinity Night – November 7 with a talkback following the performance
ASL Interpreted Performance – November 8 with a talkback following the performance, featuring our ASL interpreters.
Additional Talkbacks: October 26 & November 6
Read the dramaturgical note from Pancho Savery, “Talk Is (Not So) Cheap: Annie Baker’s Infinite Life”
All photos credited to Nina Johnson.
