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Zelda in the Backyard (WORLD PREMIERE) show poster

Zelda in the Backyard (WORLD PREMIERE) at Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Dates: 6/13/2024 - 6/30/2024

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Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Alabama Shakespeare Festival

1 Festival Dr, Montgomery, AL 36117
Montgomery,AL 36117

Phone: 3342715353

Tickets: $26-$70

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When Libby inherits a wrecked 1961 Rolls Royce, she sets off on a journey to reassemble the car and pieces of the past her father left behind. In honor of her Alabama roots, she names the car after Zelda Fitzgerald. A little broken herself, Libby finds herself with a new understanding of marriage and family. From the playwright of Gee’s Bend and White LightningZelda in the Backyard is a story of love and loss, and all the roads in between.

World Premiere: This play was developed through ASF’s 2022 Southern Writers Festival of New Plays.



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Alabama Shakespeare Festival is at 1 Festival Dr, Montgomery, AL 36117, Montgomery, AL.

From its founding in a high school auditorium in Anniston in 1972 to its designation as the State Theatre of Alabama in 1977 to the stunning $21.5 million performing arts complex in Montgomery (built in 1985), ASF has been a leader in the performing arts throughout the state, region, and country. As a beloved Alabama arts institution, ASF broadens the cultural identity of the South by producing classics, Shakespeare, contemporary plays, musicals, theatre for young audiences, and exciting new works. Since its inception, ASF has provided education programs to more than one million students; annually, SchoolFest, a student-matinee program, presents high-quality theatrical experiences to nearly 35,000 students.

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