DATE/TIME
Friday, November 15, 2024
7 p.m.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
7 p.m.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
2:30 p.m.
Friday, November 22, 2024
7 p.m.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
7 p.m.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
2:30 p.m.
TICKETS
$15* adults $10* students**
All seating is General Admission. No reserved seats.
* Includes processing fee
** Any student with valid ID. One ticket per ID.
AGES
The Spitfire Grill is suitable for most theatergoers over the age of 13. Featuring a beautiful story of hope and redemption, The Spitfire Grill includes some adult language, mild alcohol use and themes of prison and war. The show also includes adult themes of sexual assault, abuse, and murder.
RUN TIME
2 hours (approx.)
For more information about this event, future IU Southeast Theatre events, degree programs and scholarships offered by the IU Southeast Theatre Department, please call (812) 941-2655 or visit southeast.iu.edu/theatre.
Online ticket sales end 90 minutes prior to show time.
Lyrics and Book by FRED ALLEY
Based on the film by LEE DAVID ZLOTOFF
Musical direction by CHRISTINA L. BOOKER
A troubled young parolee yearning for a fresh start follows her dreams to Wisconsin, based on a page from an old travel book, only to find a small town with a gritty heart aching with longing and regret. Unexpectedly discovering the healing power of community while working at the Spitfire Grill, Percy reawakens the entire town’s capacity for rebirth, forgiveness and hope. Set to a melodic folk-inspired score, THE SPITFIRE GRILL is a joyous celebration of human kindness.
A soul-satisfying... work of theatrical resourcefulness. A compelling story that flows with grace and carries the rush of anticipation. The story moves, the characters have many dimensions and their transformations are plausible and moving. The musical is freeing. It is penetrated by honesty and it glows.
— The New York Times
Soaring melodies!... Well before the show reaches its conclusion, many... city slickers in the audience may be ready to enter Percy’s raffle.
— The Wall Street Journal
An abundance of warmth, spirit and goodwill!... Some of the most engaging and instantly infectious melodies I’ve heard in an original musical in some time.
— USA Today
Soulful... The amiable country-flavored tunes and lyrics are rendered with the kind of conviction and expertise that make them transcendent. What in normal times would be a joy is, in these troubled ones, sheer nourishment.
— New York Magazine
Lyrics and Book by FRED ALLEY
Based on the film by LEE DAVID ZLOTOFF
Musical direction by CHRISTINA L. BOOKER
A troubled young parolee yearning for a fresh start follows her dreams to Wisconsin, based on a page from an old travel book, only to find a small town with a gritty heart aching with longing and regret. Unexpectedly discovering the healing power of community while working at the Spitfire Grill, Percy reawakens the entire town’s capacity for rebirth, forgiveness and hope. Set to a melodic folk-inspired score, THE SPITFIRE GRILL is a joyous celebration of human kindness.
A soul-satisfying... work of theatrical resourcefulness. A compelling story that flows with grace and carries the rush of anticipation. The story moves, the characters have many dimensions and their transformations are plausible and moving. The musical is freeing. It is penetrated by honesty and it glows.
— The New York Times
Soaring melodies!... Well before the show reaches its conclusion, many... city slickers in the audience may be ready to enter Percy’s raffle.
— The Wall Street Journal
An abundance of warmth, spirit and goodwill!... Some of the most engaging and instantly infectious melodies I’ve heard in an original musical in some time.
— USA Today
Soulful... The amiable country-flavored tunes and lyrics are rendered with the kind of conviction and expertise that make them transcendent. What in normal times would be a joy is, in these troubled ones, sheer nourishment.
— New York Magazine
EVENT DETAILS
DATES and TIMES
Friday, November 15, 2024
7 p.m.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
7 p.m.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
2:30 p.m.
Friday, November 22, 2024
7 p.m.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
7 p.m.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
2:30 p.m.
TICKETS
$15* adults $10* students**
All seating is General Admission. No reserved seats.
* Includes processing fee
** Any student with valid ID. One ticket per ID.
AGES
The Spitfire Grill is suitable for most theatergoers over the age of 13. Featuring a beautiful story of hope and redemption, The Spitfire Grill includes some adult language, mild alcohol use and themes of prison and war. The show also includes adult themes of sexual assault, abuse, and murder.
RUNNING TIME
2 hours
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about this event, future IU Southeast Theatre events, degree programs and scholarships offered by the IU Southeast Theatre Department, please call (812) 941-2655 or visit southeast.iu.edu/theatre.
Online ticket sales end 90 minutes prior to show time.