Written by Cheyenne Barboza. Directed by Christina May. Inspired by the poem, “Financial Aid” by Carvens Lissaint, Running Numbers is a drama about an inner-city high school senior whose dreams and desperation of going to college and overcoming his environment lead him to fast cash and dangerous situations.
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Support for Theatre in the X 2017 provided in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. This program was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Support also provided by PECO. This program is administered regionally by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.This performance is part of the City of Philadelphia’s Performances in Public Spaces initiative managed by the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy.
This presentation of Running Numbers has been commissioned by LoLa38.
FREE / 80 minutes
