Hurricane Diane

Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she’s returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac? In this Obie-winning comedy with a twist, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.

About playwright Madeleine George: Madeleine George’s plays include Hurricane Diane (Obie Award), The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England, and Precious Little. Her honors include a Lilly Award, the Princess Grace Award, and a Whiting Award for Drama. Madeleine has written features for Sony and Netflix, was a writer on FX’s critically acclaimed Dying for Sex, and was a writer/producer on four seasons of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. Since 2006, Madeleine has worked with the Bard Prison Initiative at Bard College, offering college opportunity in seven New York State prisons, where she currently serves as Director of Admissions.

Content Advisory: Contains sexual content and loud sounds.

Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission.