A new play bySarah Ruhl
Directed byRebecca Taichman

Newhouse Theater

Running Time: 2 hours, including one intermission

"HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE is a subversive enchantment."

Newsday, March 20, 2017

At a dinner party in the wilds of New Jersey, George (Marisa Tomei) and her husband talk with a fellow married couple about a younger acquaintance—a polyamorous woman (Lena Hall) who also hunts her own meat. Fascinated, they invite this mysterious woman and her two live-in boyfriends to a New Year’s Eve party which alters the course of their lives.

HOW TO TRANSCEND A HAPPY MARRIAGE explores the boundaries of monogamy and the limits of friendship. This new work asks what happens when parents let their wild sides come out of hibernation.

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