FRANKLIN PIERCE: DRAGON SLAYER – World Premiere!
The Untold Story of America’s Debatably Least Effective President
By Preston Max Allen (Books & Lyrics) and Will Buck (Music)
Directed by Michael Yawney
May 30-31, 2019 – Previews
Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. – Opening Night
through Sunday, June 23, 2019
Tickets: $35-$70*
Carnival Studio Theater
Finalist 2018 City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting Contest
When eighth-grader Jennifer is assigned Franklin Pierce for her class’s President’s Day project, she’s bummed to have gotten one of the history’s most forgettable presidents. However, a visit from Franklin himself one night challenges everything Jennifer thought she knew about his presidency, dragons, and even herself.
Considered as the kick-off of the summer theater season, City Theatre’s SUMMER SHORTS will celebrate 24 years of presenting the best short plays in the country this season. City Theatre is the national leader in producing innovative, original “short” plays that enlighten, inspire and entertain.
Tickets to SUMMER SHORTS 2019 are $35-$70*. Tickets are available now and may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center Box Office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at arshtcenter.org.
Penned by the country’s leading playwrights, composers and lyricists, and performed by a company of South Florida theater all-stars, SUMMER SHORTS offers theatergoers a fun-filled 90-minute program of new comedies, dramas, and mini-musicals.