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  Audience Advisory: Please read our updated attendance guidelines.

Mar 31 – May 7, 2023 WOLF THEATRE MAP

THE COLOR PURPLE

  • Approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes with one 15-minute intermission
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A Pulitzer Prize. A National Book Award. 11 Academy Award Nominations. Four Golden Globe Nominations. Three Tony Awards. Few stories have had the cultural significance and lasting power of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple.

Beloved by audiences worldwide, The Color Purple traces one woman’s fraught journey towards freedom and self-love. It begins with 14-year-old Celie Harris, pregnant with her second child and the victim of unspeakable cruelty at the hands of her male family members. As she comes of age, her babies are taken from her, she is married off to an abusive husband, and her sister runs away, leaving Celie gut-wrenchingly alone, spirit broken.

Step by tiny step — and with the help of two courageous Black women — our hero rises up, gains her independence, and rebuilds her life from scratch.

The musical adaptation of The Color Purple features awe-inspiring soul, gospel, jazz, and blues vocals underpinned by raw dialogue and a masterful plot. It is a triumphant, uplifting piece of art that reaffirms some fundamental truths: that Black is beautiful, that women are powerful, and that love is love.

“A glory to behold!”
– The New York Times Critic’s Pick

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The Color Purple 

Based Upon the Novel Written by Alice Walker and The Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture 

Book by Marsha Norman 

Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis & Stephen Bray 

Directed by Timothy Douglas 

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Type: Musical, Drama

Intermission: Yes

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