The Carlotta Festival

Event time: 
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 - 8:00pm to Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 10:00pm
Location: 
Holcombe T. Green Jr. Hall (GRN ), Frederick Iseman Theater See map
1156 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Event description: 

You Can Tell a Tree by its Fruit
By comfort ifeoma katchy
Directed by Juliana Morales Carreño

Louis Carter Senior, a skilled shoemaker, wants to fulfill his dream of starting a family business. The problem is, racism against African Americans is rampant in Reconstruction-era Texas. After meeting an Irish immigrant family that almost magically mirrors his own, Senior has an idea.

Sort
By Ida Cuttler
Directed by Alexis Kulani Woodard

A guy walks into a mortuary and meets a clerk he’ll spend the rest of his days with. Sort is a play about trying to live while preparing to die.

Silence/The Village
By ML Roberts
Directed by Kemar Jewel

It’s January 6, 2021, and an insurrection is mounting at the nation’s Capital. Meanwhile, a young Black man surprises his surrogate parents—a liberal, middle-aged white couple—as they host a retreat on their estate. Will their remote New England island be his shelter or his prison?

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David Geffen School of Drama at Yale recognizes that audiences may have a variety of needs when engaging with the themes our work examines. If you wish to know more about the content of this play, please contact our box office at 203.432.1234 or dgsd.shows@yale.edu. We are happy to provide additional information for your visit.

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