But, Beautiful

WRITTEN BY

Harrison David Rivers

BASED ON THE BOOK BY

Geoff Dyer

DIRECTED BY

Lou Bellamy

But Beautiful

May 20 through June 13, 2027

A horn player looks back on an archetypal jazz life: flashes of genius, dark episodes, and friendships with greats like Lester Young and Thelonious Monk. Adapting Geoff Dyer’s landmark novel, playwright Harrison David Rivers (This Bitter Earth, Weathering) explores the 20th century’s defining genre through the minds of those who made it.

This evocative memory play mirrors the rhythm of the music itself, creating an impressionistic tapestry of the jazz world, its mysteries, and its personalities.