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A High Lonesome Sound - The SheNYC Summer Theater Festival

  • July 18 - 19, 2026

  • The Lynn F. Angelson Theater (CSC)

    136 East 13th Street
    New York, New York 10003
Ticket Price $43.14 Buy Tickets
Description

A High Lonesome Sound

A new play with music by Maddie Nguyen

A pair of folklorist sisters in the 1940’s find themselves at odds when Ruth, the younger, reveals her intent to leave the nomadic song-collecting life to get married. The elder, Loretta, finds this difficult to accept, especially since Ruth is marrying into the Campbell family, whose songs the sisters have spent years recording and whose matriarch, Alma, does not approve of Loretta’s somewhat aggressive approach to folk song preservation. When an argument arises over the use and recording of the family’s traditional wedding song, Loretta finds herself torn between her passion for her work and her love for her sister.

Date & Time

Jul 18 - 19, 2026

Venue Details

The Lynn F. Angelson Theater (CSC)

136 East 13th Street
New York, New York 10003 The Lynn F. Angelson Theater (CSC)
She NYC Arts, Inc.

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