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​Wildly relevant and bitingly funny, EUREKA DAY premiered in California in 2017; was produced off-Broadway in 2019; then in London in 2022; and recently enjoyed a limited run on Broadway (final performance was February 16, 2025). The subsequently planned run at the Kennedy Center was recently cancelled due to “financial circumstances.”
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Eureka Day has been hailed by The Guardian as an “impeccably polished satire” and an “engrossing and textured show.” Time Out London says, “It’s hysterical, and also relatable.” And New York Stage Review raves, “Eureka Day is not to be ignored,” declaring it “something fresh, refreshing, and new.” You won’t want to miss what the New York Times calls an “alarming and entertaining new play.”
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EUREKA DAY Cast: Nick Popio, Jeri Lynn Schulke, Adam Traylor, Rasool Jahan, Vanessa Nowik Photo by Alex Maness
The Eureka Day of the title is a private elementary school with a Board of Directors that values inclusion above all else — until an outbreak of mumps forces everyone in the community to reconsider the school’s liberal vaccine policy. Personalities and belief systems clash as the Board is ultimately forced to take a stand that won’t please absolutely everybody.
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Director: Hope Hynes Love
Cast: Rasool Jahan, Vanessa Nowik, Nick Popio, Jeri Lynn Schulke, Adam Traylor
Production Team: Jeff Alguire, JJ Bauer, Veronica Dress, Hannah Haverkamp,
Alex Maness
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@ East Chapel Hill High School (Media Room), 500 Weaver Dairy Road., Chapel Hill, NC.
General Admission. Seating is limited. Advance ticket sales only.
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Friday & Saturday, May 16 & 17
@ Whitted Building (2nd Floor), 300 W. Tryon Street., Hillsborough, NC.
General Admission. Advance ticket sales only.
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@ City Hall Auditorium, 300 Williamsboro St., Oxford, NC.
Presented by Granville Arts
​​General Admission. Advance ticket sales only.
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Runtime approximately 2 Hours, including intermission.
This project was supported by the Durham Arts Council’s Annual Arts Fund and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.
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