Rabbit Hole

Trustus Theatre presents the Pulitzer Prize winner Rabbit Hole, by acclaimed playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, this emotionally driven performance opens on Friday March 28 at 8 p.m.

“RABBIT HOLE presents a tragedy and its consequences with utter candor, and without sentimentality. The dialogue is most impressive for capturing the awkwardness and pain of thinking people faced with an unthinkable situation—and eventually, their capacity for survival, and even hope.” —USA Today.

David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole depicts a family in crisis, one caused not by betrayal or neglect, but by a heartbreakingly random accident. Lindsay-Abaire’s play is eloquent in its depiction of five people dealing with the aftermath of a very personal tragedy. Each character is enveloped in a private grieving process that, little by little, challenges the family bonds that tie them together.

Written with poignant humor and finely-observed detail, Rabbit Hole is one of Trustus Theatre’s most acclaimed plays of the season. It explores questions and challenges that are readily known to anyone who has ever suffered loss, or has tried to move beyond it. There are no easy answers, no profound, but in its honesty, candor and complete lack of sentimentality, Rabbit Hole gives us a glimpse into a family that is very much like our own. One coping with loss as any family might: with anger and hope, despair and humor, and ultimately, profound, aching humanity.

Playwright Lindsay-Abaire is respected for such quirky, freewheeling Off-Broadway comedies as Fuddy Meers and Kimberly Akimbo, but his more serious Rabbit Hole received five Tony nominations, including Best Play before going on to win the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2006.

Early in his career, Lindsay-Abaire was a winner in the Trustus Theatre’s Playwrights’ Festival with his play A Show of Hands. Rabbit Hole will be Trustus Theatre’s 3rd production of a Lindsay-Abaire play.

Directed by Jim Thigpen, the cast of Rabbit Hole consist of local theatre favorites Vicky Saye Henderson as Becca, EG Heard as Izzy, Glenn Rawls as Howie. The cast also includes Trustus Apprentice Company member Alec Grooms as Jason, as well as the return to the stage of Trustus co-founder, Kay Thigpen as Nat.

Rabbit Hole runs from March 28 through April 19. Performances are Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. There will be 3 Sunday matinees including March 30 IPWIC (I Pay What I Can) performance.

Prices are $17.50 on Thursdays, $20 on Fridays and Saturdays and $15 on Sunday. Trustus offers their student rush tickets at half price available 15 minutes prior to the desired show with a valid student id. Reservations are available by phone at 803.254.9732.

Armed Chair Production will offer up another hilarious evening of Loaded Late Night sketch comedy coinciding with this mainstage. The late night will take place on Friday April 4 at 11:15, doors open at 10:45 and tickets are $5.

Rabbit Hole is the 5th show in Trustus Theatre’s 23rd season. For more information regarding this show or the upcoming season, including season packages please contact Joe in the box office Tuesdays through Saturdays between 1-6 p.m. at 803.254.9732.