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Eureka Day
Wed. Mar. 19, 2025
2p.m.
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The Best of Broadway
Eureka Day
Wildly relevant and bitingly funny, Eureka Day comes to the Kennedy Center in an exclusive engagement direct from the Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway! Jonathan Spector’s play, directed by Tony Award® winner Anna D. Shapiro, is set in a private California elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else—that is, until an outbreak of the mumps forces everyone in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy. As cases rise, the board realizes with horror that they’ve got to do what they swore they never would: make a choice that won’t please absolutely everybody. Eureka Day has been hailed by the Guardian as an “impeccably polished satire” and an “engrossing and textured show.” Time Out London says, “It’s hysterical, and also relatable.” And New York Stage Review raves, “Eureka Day is not to be ignored,” declaring it “something fresh, refreshing, and new.” You won’t want to miss what the New York Times calls an “alarming and entertaining new play.”
March 19, 2025
Eisenhower Theater, recommended for grades 9-12
Estimated duration is two hours with a 20-minute intermission.
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