Ford's Theatre Society Announces 2022-2023 Season
The Trip to Bountiful; A Christmas Carol; Spring Musical: SHOUT SISTER SHOUT!; BIPOC Commissions Festival for The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions
Washington, D.C.—Ford’s Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault today announced the Ford’s Theatre 2022-2023 season will include Horton Foote’s "The Trip to Bountiful," directed by Michael Wilson and featuring Nancy Robinette, Tom Story and Kimberly Gilbert; the return of the music-filled full stage production of "A Christmas Carol" with Craig Wallace reprising the role of Ebenezer Scrooge; and Cheryl L. West’s new musical "SHOUT SISTER SHOUT!" about rock ‘n’ roll trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. In January and February 2023, the company will present a free public festival offering a first look at the new plays in development by Pearl Cleage, Dominic Taylor and Rickerby Hinds—members of the first cohort of BIPOC playwrights in The Ford’s Theatre Legacy Commissions initiative.