Poster for Maple and Vine with production dates and times

Maple and Vine

Written by Jordan Harrison

Directed by Neil Blackadder

Katha and Ryu, a young married couple in present-day New York, realize their lives rarely make them happy. Would they have been more content in the 1950s? A chance meeting gives them the opportunity to find out—to join a community dedicated to recreating a society with different, simpler values. Jordan Harrison uses this ingenious premise to explore revealing contrasts between the 21st-century world of plastic surgery, smartphones, and sushi, and the 1950s—when only the husbands went to work and the wives sewed their own dresses. Harrison’s clever play offers delightful entertainment but also compels us to reflect on the choices we all must make about how to live and whom to love.

May 7 – 10, 2014

7:30 pm

Harbach Theatre

a woman sits crosslegged on a couch talking to a man, projected images of apartment items on the backdrop

a man stands and talks in a spotlight, a woman stands slightly behind him and to the right

a man approaches a woman who is sitting at a desk, projected images of office items on the backdrop

a man and a woman sitting on a couch talking, the man is gesturing and the woman has her hand on his shoulder

two women sit on a couch talking, one woman sitting crossed legged, the other women looking and sitting very proper

a man and a woman sit on a couch talking

two men about to kiss, standing and talking downstage right, while two women sit and talk upstage left

two couples dancing, projected image of a house on backdrop

two men sitting on a park bench talking, projected image of a warehouse on backdrop

man and woman in their pajamas, sitting on a couch talking

two scenes, a man and woman stand talking in front of a couch stage right, a man and a woman sit on a couch stage left, projected images of two different houses on backdrop

man standing with his right arm around a woman

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