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  • Furlough's Paradise

    Black
    Partners
    Appreciation
    Night

    May 2, 2025 @ 8PM

  • Black
    Partners
    Appreciation
    Night

    May 2, 2025 @ 8PM

    Welcome

    In the spirit of Broadway's Black Out Nights, we welcome Black-identifying audiences to experience this powerful Black family drama alongside passionate community partners in a celebratory environment. 100% of single ticket proceeds will benefit our partner organizations. And we're having a party!


    Schedule of Events

    8:00 PM

    Performance of Furlough's Paradise

    10:00 PM

    After Party with DJ, Desserts & Drinks


    Benefitting Our Partners

    100% of single ticket proceeds from Black Partners Appreciation Night on May 2, 2025 will benefit our community partners: Black Rebirth Collective, California Black Women's Health Project, Coco Coalition, Mass Liberation, and Moon Child Collaborative. When selecting your seats, you may choose to benefit a single organization, or select "Share With All" to have ticket proceeds shared equally among all organizations.

    Click on a partner organization below to learn more about their missions.

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    EXCLUSIVE HOSPITALITY SPONSOR

    EXCLUSIVE HOSPITALITY SPONSOR

    Uncle
    Nearest

    Uncle Nearest

    Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey honors the world’s first-known African American master distiller, Nearest Green. The brand is the fastest growing American whiskey in US history, and the portfolio is the Most Awarded American Whiskey or Bourbon of 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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    EXCLUSIVE HOSPITALITY SPONSOR

    Uncle
    Nearest

    Uncle Nearest

    Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey honors the world’s first-known African American master distiller, Nearest Green. The brand is the fastest growing American whiskey in US history, and the portfolio is the Most Awarded American Whiskey or Bourbon of 2019, 2020 and 2021.

    Learn More

    About This Production

    Furlough's Paradise

    APR 16 – MAY 18, 2025

    WORLD PREMIERE
    GIL CATES THEATER

    Written by a.k. payne
    Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden

    Cousins Sade and Mina used to be inseparable. Now leading very different lives, they return to their childhood town for the funeral of their mother and aunt. While Sade is on a three-day furlough from prison and Mina experiences a brief reprieve from her career and life on the West Coast, the two try to make sense of grief, home, love, and kinship. As the clock ticks down, the cousins grapple with their conflicting memories of the past and their shared hopes for the future. Poetic and theatrical, Furlough’s Paradise explores family dreams of a utopia yet to be realized.

    This production is made possible, in part, by support from Cast Iron Entertainment. Geffen Playhouse’s Theater as a Lens for Justice initiative provides access to this production and supplementary programs for populations impacted by incarceration and is supported, in part, by Jayne Baron Sherman. Audience Engagement initiatives for Furlough's Paradise are supported by The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation.

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