Dr. Ride’s American Beach House
A new play by Liza Birkenmeier NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC’S PICK
FEATURING SUSAN BLOMMAERT, MARGA GOMEZ, ERIN MARKEY, KRISTEN SIEH Designed by kimie nishikama, melissa ng, oona curley, ben williams production stage manager alex hajjar
It’s 1983, the evening before Dr. Sally Ride’s historic space flight. Hundreds of miles from the launch, a group of women with passionate opinions and no opportunities sit on a sweltering St. Louis rooftop watching life pass them by. Their uncharted desires bump up against American norms of sex and power in this intimate snapshot of queer anti-heroines.
Dr. Ride’s American Beach House was commissioned and produced by Ars Nova in 2019.
