Dana H.
This fascinating 75-minute play is a sly referendum on how we process a survivor’s story. Deirdre O’Connell is one of the underrecognized great talents in the American theater. A gripping world premiere. Blurs the lines between documentary and drama.Critic’s Choice!
World Premiere
Dana (Deirdre O’Connell) was a psych ward chaplain. Jim was a patient, an ex-convict who told her he was searching for redemption. Dana H. recounts the harrowing true story of the five months Dana was held captive—trapped in a series of Florida motels, disoriented, terrified, and with her life in Jim's hands. Told in Dana's own words and reconstructed for the stage by her son, award-winning playwright Lucas Hnath (A Doll’s House, Part 2, The Christians), this innovative work of theatre shatters the boundaries of the form and of our understanding of good and evil.
Produced in association with Goodman Theatre
Lucas Hnath is a rockstar playwright. One of the brightest new voices of his generation.
Listen: A Conversation with Lucas Hnath and Les Waters
By Lucas Hnath
Adapted from Interviews with
Dana Higginbotham Conducted by Steve Cosson
Directed by Les Waters
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Credits
- By
- Lucas Hnath
- Adapted from Interviews with
- Dana Higginbotham Conducted by Steve Cosson
- Directed by
- Les Waters
- Set Design
- Andrew Boyce
- Lighting and Supertitle Design
- Paul Toben
- Costume Design
- Janice Pytel
- Sound Design
- Mikhail Fiksel
- With
- Deirdre O’Connell
Production Photos—"Dana H."
