A.R.T. Cancels 1/27 Performance of 'FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS'

American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) has announced that the January 27 at 7:30PM performance of "Father Comes Home From The Wars" has been canceled due to the storm.

The message on their website reads:

"We regret to inform you that the January 27 performance at 7:30PM of Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) has been canceled due to the storm. The Commonwealth has declared a State of Emergency, there is a parking ban in effect, and the MBTA has canceled service.

"Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) will be playing until March 1, and we would be happy to exchange tickets for another performance. To exchange for another performance of Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), please complete this exchange request form or contact Patron Services at ticketservices@amrep.org.

"Please note: Patron Services will be closed Monday and Tuesday, and will reopen on Wednesday, January 28.

"If you are unable to attend another performance, your ticket purchases will be refunded in the manner in which you paid."

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Managing Director William Russo, presents Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), written by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Jo Bonney, in a co-production with The Public Theater in New York. Performances begin this month at the Loeb Drama Center.

Pulitzer Prize winner and The Public Theater's Master Writer Chair Suzan-Lori Parks' (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Topdog/Underdog, The Book of Grace, The America Play) Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) is a devastatingly beautiful new play set over the course of the Civil War. Jo Bonney (Small Engine Repair, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark) directs this moving and haunting drama comprised of three plays presented in a single performance.

In Part 1, "A Measure of Man," Hero, a slave who is accustomed to his master's lies, must now decide whether to join him on the Confederate battlefield in exchange for a promise of freedom.

Part 2, "The Battle in the Wilderness" follows Hero and the Colonel as they lead a captured Union solider toward the Confederate lines as the cannons approach.

Finally, in Part 3, "The Union of My Confederate Parts," the loved ones Hero left behind question whether to escape or wait for his return - only to discover that for Hero, freedom may have come at a great spiritual cost. A masterful new work from one of our most lyrical and powerful writers, Father Comes Home From the Wars is a deeply personal epic about love and hope in a world of impossible choices.