Furlough's Paradise Performances

“I think you are escaping something for a second, I think we both are escaping something for a second.”

Furlough’s Paradise by a. k. payne

Hold. Heal. Hope.
Sade and Mina grew up more like sisters than cousins—bound by blood, secrets, and the complicated love of a shared childhood. Now adults on vastly different journeys, they reunite under the weight of loss: the death of the woman who was both Sade’s mother and Mina’s aunt. Sade has been granted a brief furlough from prison to attend the funeral. Mina, untethered from her fast-paced life in California, is taking a pause she didn’t know she needed.

As the two women navigate the charged terrain of grief, family history, and long-buried trauma, their reunion becomes a reckoning. Memory, guilt, and resilience intertwine in a landscape shaped as much by what’s been said as what hasn’t. Told through richly poetic language and layered storytelling, Furlough’s Paradise is a poignant, powerful exploration of kinship, forgiveness, and the fragile path toward healing.

Digital Playbill will be posted 1 day before Previews

CONTENT ADVISORY: Curious offers a public advisory about any stage effect of potential concern to patrons’ health, such as strobe lights, theatrical fog, or smoking. We will update the content advisory one month prior to opening.

This play runs approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with no intermission.

Dates:
Thu, Apr 30, 2026 7:30 PM – Thursday Preview
Fri, May 1, 2026 7:30 PM – Friday Preview
Sat, May 2, 2026 7:30 PM – Opening Night
Thu, May 7, 2026 7:30 PM
Fri, May 8, 2026 7:30 PM
Sat, May 9, 2026 7:30 PM
Sun, May 10, 2026 2:00 PM
Thu, May 14, 2026 7:30 PM
Fri, May 15, 2026 7:30 PM
Sat, May 16, 2026 7:30 PM
Sun, May 17, 2026 2:00 PM
Thu, May 21, 2026 7:30 PM
Fri, May 22, 2026 7:30 PM
Sat, May 23, 2026 7:30 PM
Sun, May 24, 2026 2:00 PM
Thu, May 28, 2026 7:30 PM
Fri, May 29, 2026 7:30 PM
Sat, May 30, 2026 7:30 PM
Sun, May 31, 2026 2:00 PM