Photo Flash: First Look at DRIVING MISS DAISY at the Players Theatre

Driving Miss Daisy, the 1988 Pulitzer Prize winning play by Alfred Uhry will be staged this summer at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village. The production is part of Be Bold! Productions American Classic series which produced "The Glass Menagerie" in 2015 and stars Catherine Henry as Daisy, Ken Straus as her son, Boolie and Jonathan Rion Bethea as Hoke.

Driving Miss Daisy is a 1987 play by Alfred Uhry about the relationship of an elderly white Southern Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, and her African-American chauffeur, Hoke Colburn, from 1948 to 1973. The play was the first in Uhry's Atlanta Trilogy, which deals with white Jewish residents of that city in the early 20th century.

"It is amazing how relevant this classic piece remains" stated Artistic Director, Brenda Bell. " It is a tender story about two ordinary people in the final quarter of their lives. An intimate story that has a huge impact on our hearts, speaking directly to the inevitable humanity in us all."

Driving Miss Daisy opens June 9 and runs through June 19 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7p and Saturday and Sunday at 2p at the Players Theatre located at 115 MacDougal Street (between Bleecker and West 3rd). Tickets can be purchased at:https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/957122 or by calling 212-352-3101 or 1-866-811-4111 or at the box office which opens daily at 11a. Student rush tickets are available for $20.

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