The Roomate

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PURE Theatre announced the South Carolina premiere of Jen Silverman’s comedy two-hander, The Roommate. The show will run April 4th through April 27th at the Cannon Street Arts Center. 

Sharon (Joy Vandervort Cobb*), in her mid-fifties, is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her Iowa home. Robyn (Sharon Graci*), also in her mid-fifties, needs a place to hide and a chance to start over. But as Sharon begins to uncover Robyn’s secrets, they encourage her own deep-seated desire to transform her life completely. A dark comedy about what it takes to re-route your life – and what happens when the wheels come off. 

Nakeisha Daniel directs the show, which features PURE powerhouses and real-life friends Sharon Graci* and Joy Vandervort-Cobb*. 

"The Roommate is funny, charming, and daring,” says director Nakeisha Daniel. “It sneaks up on you like an unexpected treat. It's a play that's sure to surprise the audience in more ways than one."

Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Their plays include Spain, Highway Patrol, Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties, The Moors, and Witch, and have been produced off-Broadway, across the US, and internationally. Silverman is a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a member of New Dramatists, and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. Honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim. 

Tickets for The Roommate range from $47 to $53. Two Pay What You Will Performances will be on April 4th and 10th. There are also $10 student tickets available for every show. Tickets are available now at puretheatre.org (Pay What You Will tickets will be available for online purchase starting March 20th). 

Additional information about The Roommate can be found on PURE’s website or by calling the box office at 843.723.4444 (Tuesday through Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm). 

The Roommate replaces Caroline, or Change in PURE’s Season 21 schedule.