The Last Wide Open

This production has a run time of approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. The Last Wide Open contains some strong language and we recommend it for ages 13+.

Audrey Cefaly is an alumna of the Playwrights’ Arena cohort at Arena Stage, a recipient of the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference, and a Dramatist Guild Foundation Traveling Master. She is published by Concord Theatricals, Smith & Kraus, and Applause Books. Cefaly’s plays have been produced by Cincinnati Playhouse, Florida Studio, Florida Rep, City Theatre, Penobscot Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Merrimack Rep, Signature Theatre, Barter Theatre, Vermont Stage, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, 16th Street Theater, Capital Stage, About Face, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Circle Theatre, Theatre Three, Aurora Theatre, Quotidian Theatre Company and University of Alabama at Birmingham. ​Her play ALABASTER received an 11-city Rolling World Premiere, the largest in National New Play Network history.

ONSTAGE

OFFSTAGE

Director: Charlie Flynn McIver

Production Stage Manager: Carrie Day*

Assistant Stage Manager: Lucy McIver

Scenic Design: Michael Amico

Lighting Design: Miguel Santiago

Costume Design: Erin Amico

Properties Artist: Connor Harmsworth

Script Support: Nora Flynn-McIver

*denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

All tickets for The Last Wide Open follow our tiered pricing system and will be available for pick-up at Will Call on the day of the show.

• Regular Adult Tickets: $24-$48 (depending on chosen seat)
• Student Tickets: $10 (18 and under/ college and graduate students with student ID)
• Pay What You Can Night: Friday, June 20 at 7:30pm. Pay What You Can tickets go on sale one week prior to the performance on Friday, June 13 at 12 noon.
• Half Price Ticket Night: First Preview, Thursday, June 19 at 7:30pm. Half Price tickets go on sale one month prior to the performance.
• Opening Night Champagne Toast: following the performance on Saturday, June 21, 2025
• Post Show Conversation: Following the performance on Friday, July 4 at 2pm
• This show IS part of the 2024-45 Season Pass! You may use your subscriber code to book tickets at the link below or call the box office at 828-239-0263. If you had already booked tickets for the original dates of this show, please call or email the box office for assistance booking with your season pass.
• Discounts are available for educators and education support staff,  librarians, health care and mental health professionals, first responders, members of the food and beverage union, and veterans and active duty military members. Please call the box office for details and to book these tickets!

Performances of The Last Wide Open will be held on the days and times listed below. The lobby and concessions area will open one hour prior to showtime. Concessions may be taken into the theatre during the performance.

June 19 – July 13, 2025

Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:30

Sundays at 2pm

Friday 6/20 and 6/27 at 7:30pm

Friday 7/4 and 7/11 at 2pm

Performances of this production of The Last Wide Open will not be livestreamed. Please join us at the theatre for the show!

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