Hurricane Diane
by Madeleine George
"I’d call out: Women! My women! Come to me! And they always came. I never had a problem with them coming."
"Recognize me? No? God of Agriculture, wine, and song? It’s cool, it’s been a while."
Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she's returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac?
In this Obie-winning comedy with a twist, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.
Hurricane Diane by Madeleine George was produced in partnership with Ctrl-ART-Del Theatre Company and Pride in the Highlands. The show was presented as a staged reading as a part of Pride in the Highlands’s 2025 Pride Week celebrations.
The Team
Cast
Carol Fleischer – Janice Kiteley
Pam Annunziata – Hannah Klose
Renee Shapiro-Epps – April Kovacs
Beth Wann – Lindsay Jowett
Diane – Victoria Bingham
Narrator – Kate Booth
Creative Team
Director - Christine Carr
Playwright - Madeleine George
Artistic Director - Tim Nicholson
Producers - Ctrl-ART-Del and Pride in the Highlands
Stage Manager - Ella Leis
Production Assistant - Spencer Zumpano
Front of House - Olivia Humphries
Special thanks to the Minden Lions Hall, Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Drama Club,
Up River Trading Co., Minden Hills Cultural Centre, Pride in the Highlands
“Hurricane Diane” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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HURRICANE DIANE had its New York City Premiere at New York Theatre Workshop in 2019, in a co-Production between WP Theater, Lisa McNulty, Producing Artistic Director, Michael Sag, Managing Director and New York Theatre Workshop, Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director
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HURRICANE DIANE was commissioned and originally produced by Two River Theater
John Dias, Artistic Director I Michael Hurst, Managing Director
