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‘Touch(ed)’ Continues Department of Drama’s 2023-24 Season

Friday, March 29, 2024, By Joanna Penalva
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College of Visual and Performing ArtsDepartment of DramaSyracuse Stage

The Syracuse University Department of Drama continues the 2023-24 season with “Touch(ed)”, a darkly comic drama about sisterhood, mental health and the realistic limits of love from Tony Award-nominated playwright Bess Wohl (“Grand Horizons”).

Directed by Christine Albright-Tufts, performances of “Touch(ed)” will be held April 5-14 in the Loft Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex, located at 820 East Genesee St. Tickets are available through the Syracuse Stage Box Office or by calling 315.443.3275.

A woman rests her head on a man's shoulder. The word Touched and Department of Drama accompany the image.

Performances of “Touch(ed)” run April 5-14 in the Loft Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex.

Set in a remote cabin in the woods, “Touch(ed)” follows Kay, a middle school science teacher from New York City, as she cares for her sister, who has just been released from a psychiatric facility after years of treatment. Desperate to reconnect and help heal what modern medicine has failed to, Kay and her novelist boyfriend, Billy, begin to coax her sister back to normalcy with home-cooked meals, board games and good, old-fashioned rest and relaxation. But when Billy starts taking her sister’s recovery into his own hands, Kay is forced to confront a terrifying prospect: Finally taking care of herself.

“I’m so excited that our students have the opportunity to bring to life a play that deftly explores themes of mental health and suicide with thoughtfulness and care,” Albright-Tufts says. “The play manages to find joy in the darkness while honoring the struggles of those who face these illnesses.”

Savagely funny, unapologetically modern and surprisingly tender, Wohl’s “Touch(ed)” is a skillfully observed drama about navigating life, love and loss in an age of endless anxieties.

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