A 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist

DANCE NATION 
by Clare Barron
directed by Shana Gozansky

Loeb Ex @ American Repertory Theater

“I have seen the future, and it is Dance Nation.” — The Washington Post

Cuteness is death in Dance Nation, where an army of ferocious pre-teen girls (and Luke) are ready to claw their way to Nationals and heal the world through dance.

A play about 13-year-olds portrayed by a cast of all ages, Clare Barron’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist is a brimming cauldron of adolescent rage and joy, a forcible reminder of the girls we were, back when anything was still possible.

DANCE NATION received its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in May 2018 and subsequently its UK premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London. It is the recipient of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and The Relentless Award established in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman, and in 2019 was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize nominating committee called DANCE NATION: “A refreshingly unorthodox play that conveys the joy and abandon of dancing, while addressing the changes to body and mind of its preteen characters as they peer over the precipice toward adulthood.”

Company One Theatre is producing DANCE NATION to amplify:

• the strength, fury, and joy of adolescence
• every girl’s right to own their body and be exactly who they are, fangs and all
• the heights we can reach when we’re on the same team
• the work of local organizations and young people determined to break systemic oppression 
• our battle-cry: if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention!