The Arkansas Repertory Theater has announced that single tickets are on sale for Designing Women, Tuesday through Sunday, January 18 through February 6. -0405. Tickets range from $25 to $65.
The world’s premiere comedy show from the creators of the popular TV series, Designing Women brings Julia, Susan, Mary Jo and Charlene into our time. It’s 2020, and the women of the Sugarbaker design company have been funnier than ever, responding to their own differences and the craziness of the world around them. With the same clever Southern brand of unmistakable humor, this new play proves that nothing unites us like laughter.
From the New York Times – September 2021:
Set in Atlanta, it centers around a quartet of women who run an interior design firm, [the original Designing Women TV series] Feminist politics combined with the beats of click-clack comedy, a celebration of the New South with wit, plucking, and shoulder pads… The show ended in 1993. Primetime and popular culture continued. But friends and fans often ask [series creator and playwright] Bloodworth-Thomason What Julia, the candid founder of the design firm, played by Dixie Carter, might say about gay marriage, the #MeToo movement, or the election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency. More recently, Bloodworth Thomason has begun to think about the answers. These answers were combined into a two-act comic, Designing Women. “
Shows run from January 18 to February 6, Tuesday through Thursday at 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. The full schedule of performances can be found at www.TheRep.org.
In all offerings, all recipients will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 test result obtained within 72 hours (3 days) of the event, or recipients may volunteer proof of vaccination with the final vaccine dated at least 14 days prior to an event. Negative test results or proof of vaccination must be dated with your full name matching your identity. A physical copy or photocopy of the actual card/test result will be accepted. All patrons will be required to wear masks while on the premises, except while eating or drinking.
Designing Women book by L. Bloodworth Thomason and directed by Harry Thomason. Designing Women is a co-production with TheaterSquared. Production is sponsored by Chip and Cindy Murphy, as well as Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, and PLLC. Also sponsored by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, DataMax, Inc, Rose Law Firm, Stella Boyle Smith Charitable Trust, BKD CPAs and Advisors, Friday, Eldredge, & Clark, LLP.
Design Women tickets can be purchased individually or as a seasonal subscription, and are now on sale.
Subscriptions for the actor’s Spring 22 season are now on sale:
curtain. Turn on the lights. Here comes the spring of 22 deputies season.
Designing Women – Jan 18 – Feb 6
school girls; Or play The African Mean Girls – March 1-20
In the woods – April 19 – May 8
More information about Spring and Season 22 subscriptions can be found online at www.TheRep.org. Subscriptions can be purchased online or by calling the Box Office at (501) 378-0405.