Swing State at Surround Project

Swing State by Rebecca Gilman
A Surround Project Play Date — One Night Only
San Antonio Premiere

Directed by Eva Laporte
Featuring Belinda Harolds, Brian Hodges, Jennifer Colacino, and Makenzie Jené

Join Surround Project for our next Play Date: a one-night-only staged reading that feels social. Enjoy beverages, snacks, surrounding activities, and conversation while experiencing a notable contemporary play that has never been seen in San Antonio.

Swing State “is perhaps the first of the great American post-COVID plays” (Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune).

It’s hard to know who your friends are in a world that’s more divided than ever.

Recently widowed, Peg tends to the native plants in her 40-acre rural Wisconsin prairie backyard, her solitary days interrupted only by visits from a family friend with a checkered past. When a mysterious theft alerts the authorities, a string of events unfolds that forever changes their lives. Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright Rebecca Gilman pens a contemporary portrait of America’s heartland in a time when it feels like everyone’s way of life is in danger of disappearing.

Swing State premiered at Goodman Theatre (Chicago) in 2022 and later played Off-Broadway, earning multiple Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations

For adults 18+.

Please note: all ticket sales are final, and we’re unable to seat late arrivals.

About the Playwright

Rebecca Gilman is one of America’s most acclaimed contemporary playwrights. Her work includes Luna Gale, Boy Gets Girl, Spinning Into Butter, The Glory of Living, and The Sweetest Swing in Baseball. Her plays have been produced by Goodman Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theater, Steppenwolf, Manhattan Theatre Club, and more.

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.