Music and lyrics by Gabriel Kahane
Story by Seth Bockley
Directed by Seth Roseman

February House, an inventive new musical by acclaimed composer and songwriter Gabriel Kahane, hailed as “one of the finest songwriters of the day” by The New Yorker, transforms a dilapidated Brooklyn boardinghouse into a bohemian commune. During the early days of World War II, flamboyant fiction editor George Davis brings together poet W. H. Auden, novelist Carson McCullers, composer Benjamin Britten, and burlesque darling Gypsy Rose Lee in a communal utopian experiment. Based on the biography by Sherill Tippins, February House looks at how the residents of 7 Middagh Street create a tumultuous and remarkable makeshift family searching for love, inspiration, and refuge from the looming war in Europe. 

Suggested Ages 13+
Approximate Run Time 2 hours and 30 minutes, one intermission

The Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts appreciates funding from The Alumnae of Northwestern University’s Academic Enrichment Grant.