May 2–16, 2009
Johnson Theater, TPAC

Directed by René D. Copeland

Starring: Henry Haggard as Charles Darwin

Featuring:Chip Arnold, Kahle Reardon, and Sam Whited



Appropriate Audience: High school and above.

One hundred and twenty years after his death, Charles Darwin is hanging out in a beach house overlooking the Pacific with a girl young enough to be his daughter. His peace is rudely disturbed when his old friend Thomas Huxley washes up on the beach closely followed by the Bishop of Oxford. And Darwin suddenly finds himself entangled in an enthralling and thought-provoking comedy about God, science, and plastic surgery. You may think you know how such a discussion would go between the father of evolution and one of evolution’s most outspoken critics in his day, but you will be surprised.

"Fiercely intelligent…an exceptionally spry play with big ideas and a big hear."
–The Guardian (London)