Cain Park 2025 Professional Theater Season
The Tony-award winning play, “Caroline, or Change,” is set during the Civil Rights Movement, and follows Caroline Thibodeaux, a young maid who struggles to make ends meet while taking care of her family during one of the most turbulent times in American history. Provocative and thought provoking, “Caroline, or Change” challenges its audience to closely examine the many complexities of personal relationships, social justice, class, and race. The score blends spirituals, blues, Motown, classical music, Jewish folk music and Klezmer music.
August 6th-24th
Struggling to escape her dysfunctional family, 16 year old Keyonna imagines herself living within a fantasy; a fantasy in which she has conversations with Natalie Portman. A melancholic story tailored around the idea of escapism, the play “All the Natalie Portmans” by C.A. Johnson is all about the hardships that come with love, family, and chasing dreams. Audiences will be immersed within Keyonna’s story as she carries hope in the face of adversity, all in the name of achieving Hollywood stardom. Will Keyonna be able to make her dreams come true? Or will her life in poverty prove to be too difficult of a situation for her to overcome? Find out in “All the Natalie Portmans!”
September 24th-October 5th
