Weathering

Harrison David Rivers’
WEATHERING
Directed by Colette Robert

What happens when a circle of women surrounds a couple experiencing excruciating loss? Can the wound ever close? Rivers’ first commission for our stage reflects the pain of generations of Black women in a story of deliverance from grief.

Please be advised this play explores themes of pregnancy loss and contains strong language.

Sponsored by HealthPartners and Regions Hospital

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Harrison David Rivers is an award-winning playwright, librettist and television writer based in St. Paul, Minnesota. His plays include The Bandaged Place (Playwrights’ Center, Roundabout), We Are Continuous (Williamstown Theatre Festival, Geva Theatre Center), This Bitter Earth (Playwrights’ Center, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Penumbra, About Face, Theater Alliance, Richmond Triangle Players, The Road, InterAct, TheatreWorks Hartford), Where Storms are Born (Williamstown), When Last We Flew (NYFringe, Diversionary, TheatreLAB, Real Live Arts, Out Front), and the musicals Five Points with Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar (Theater Latté Da), We Shall Someday with Ted Shen (Signature Theatre,  Theater Latté Da) and I Put A Spell on You with Nubya Garcia. Harrison has received commissions from Roundabout, Yale Rep, Transport Group, Penumbra, TheatreWorks Hartford and the Public Theater, among others. His television credits include One Of Us Is Lying (Peacock) The Nevers (HBO), Wytches (Amazon) and The Plot (Hulu). Harrison sits on the Board of Directors of The Movement Theatre Company and the Playwrights’ Center. He is a graduate of Kenyon College and the Columbia School of the Arts.

FEATURE STORIES
“Loss is wrapped up in love in new play Weathering at Penumbra” via StarTribune

REVIEWS
“Weathering is a buoyant blast of joy at Penumbra” via StarTribune
“Penumbra’s Weathering is a warm, humane exploration of loss” via Pioneer Press
“Weathering at Penumbra” via Cherry & Spoon
“Weathering Penumbra” via Talkin’ Broadway