Zelda in the Backyard | Alabama Shakespeare Festival
1.334.271.5353 [email protected]

ZELDA IN THE BACKYARD*

By Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder

JUN 13–30, 2024
Octagon | Recommended Ages 13+

When Libby inherits a wrecked 1961 Rolls Royce, she sets off on a journey to reassemble the car and pieces of the past her father left behind. In honor of her Alabama roots, she names the car after Zelda Fitzgerald. A little broken herself, Libby finds herself with a new understanding of marriage and family. From the playwright of Gee’s Bend and White Lightning, Zelda in the Backyard is a story of love and loss, and all the roads in between.

*World Premiere: This play was developed through ASF’s 2022 Southern Writers Festival of New Plays.

SPECIAL EVENTS

ASF Insights | June 15 | 12:45pm | Patrons Lobby
A Celebration of Southern Playwrights: Creative Process & Southern Identities
A discussion with Southern playwrights Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder (Zelda in the Backyard), Jonathan Norton (Sojourners), and Kira Rockwell (Wicked Bitter Beast(s). In conjunction with ASF’s Southern Writers Festival of New Plays.

Buy Tickets button; links to ticketing page