San Pedro Playhouse will resume its 2024-2025 season this Thursday with the opening night of ANN, a one-woman play honoring political pioneer Ann Richards, the 45th governor of Texas. The play will run through Nov. 24.
Written by Holland Taylor, directed by Melissa Utley and starring Anna Gangai, ANN recounts the late Richards’ rise to political prominence, including her slim but groundbreaking victory in the 1991 gubernatorial race and the misogynistic pushback she faced from members of both political parties.
Audiences see Richards at the forefront of controversial battles including over prison reform, gun control and the expansion of education. Richards was also known for her staunch support of women’s workplace equality and widespread abortion access.
Just as compellingly, ANN offers a behind-the-podium look at Richards’ personal trials: alcoholism, chronic illness and a family at times neglected in the pursuit of career longevity. Most of all, however, ANN portrays its subject as she is remembered: for her intellect, wit, tenacity and larger-than-life persona.
Tickets are available for online pre-sale now with several performances already sold out.
$20-$50, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7-24, Classic Theatre at San Pedro Playhouse, 800 West Ashby Place, (210) 733-7258, sanpedroplayhouse.org.
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