The Sunset Limited
A Modern Drama
by Cormac McCarthy
directed by Preston Lane
February 13 – March 6, 2011
Life matters.
An African-American ex-con saves the life of a white professor on a subway platform in New York City, even though the professor didn’t wish for such deliverance. The incident leads the two men back to a Harlem apartment where hope and despair clash in a battle that shakes both men to the core of their existence. Is one an angel? Is the other completely lost? Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist McCarthy’s fierce and passionate writing explodes in this drama of two lives changed forever by an act of grace.
“Lane makes our ride on The Sunset Limited a roller coaster of emotions, a back-and-forth transit between belief and non-belief...It’s a gripping, intense, sometimes comical, stare-down of the Grim Reaper.”
–Lynn Jessup, Classical Voice of North Carolina
Read the full review
Frank Stasio interviews Dr. Stacey Peebles (editor of the Cormac McCarthy Journal) and actors Harold Surratt and Kevin Kelly on WUNC Public Radio's The State of Things. Listen to the interview
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Performance Calendar at a Glance
February 13 – March 6, 2011
Theater PLUS Programming
Enhance your theater-going experience at no additional cost with our Theater PLUS programming.
Previews (PRE) - February 13, 15, 16 and 17
Be a part of the process. Your response guides the artists as they prepare for Opening Night.
All seats are just $18.
Technically Talking Tuesday (TT) - February 15
Join our designers and production team for a behind-the-scenes discussion following the performance.
The Technically Talking series is sponsored by
Opening Night Friday - February 18
Come celebrate the official unveiling, and join the cast and company at the post-show party with food and drink in our lobby.
InSight Sunday (IS) - February 20
Join us after the Sunday 2:00 p.m. matinee for a discussion with Dr. Stacey Peebles, Assistant Director of the Lloyd International Honors College at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, who will provide an in depth look at Cormac McCarthy and the world of the play.
PostScript Thursday (PS) - February 24
Stick around for a free-wheeling discussion with the cast following the show.
The PostScript series is sponsored by Locke and Andrew Clifford of Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale, LLP.
Wine Tasting Friday (WT) - February 25
Give your palate a treat with a wine tasting starting at 7:00 p.m. in our main lobby.
Sign Language Interpreted Performance - March 1
Services are provided in partnership with Communication Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing of Greensboro.
Call the Box Office at 336.272.0160 or 866.579.TIXX and ask for seating in the interpreted section
