Forward Theater Company
The Garbologists
by Lindsay Joelle
Thursday, September 7 - Sunday, September 24
The Playhouse
$45 - $58
$15 student tickets available
$40 - $54 senior tickets available
Directed by Jen Uphoff Gray
Wisconsin Premiere
This off-beat buddy comedy pairs essential workers from two different worlds in the shared cab of a New York City garbage truck. Danny’s a white, blue-collar mansplainer hiding a heart of gold. Marlowe’s a Black, Ivy League-educated newbie learning the ropes from her old-school partner. When they’re thrown together to pick up what the world has discarded, they discover there’s more that binds them than taking out the trash.
"A surprisingly humane and honest play that’s filled with as much laughter as it is drama...and reminds us that we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. We learn that if given a tattered, grimy old volume of text and illustrations, and you take the time to examine it carefully, its value can exceed your imagination."
- Chicago Theatre Review
ASL-interpreted performance:
Sat, Sep 23 at 2pm
Audio Described performance:
Sun, Sep 24 at 2pm
Watch online
Forward Theater will offer tickets to an on demand streaming version of this show. The show will be available to watch September 18-24.
Come early and investigate your relationship with garbage!
Garbology: What We Throw Away
Grab a drink from the bar before the show and check out this collaborative exhibit just outside The Playhouse!
Garbology: What We Throw Away breathes new life into discarded objects and explores our collective and individual waste.
Forward Theater Company, Madison Arts Commission, and Arts + Literature Laboratory are proud to present an exhibition of recent work inspired by and composed from the things we discard.
The bar opens one hour prior to the performance.
Sponsored by
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Nancy Ciezki & Diane Kostecke
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