Date(s): THURSDAY, September 17 – SUNDAY, September 20
Type of Show: Theater
Showtime(s): 9/17 – 9/19: 7:30PM, 9/20 – 3:30PM
Tickets: $33.42
THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN by Eric Coble
September 17-20, 2026 @ The ArtsCenter, 400 Robeson Street, Carrboro NC
September 26/27 & October 3/4, 2026 @ Skin & Bones Theater, 118 West Parrish Street, Durham, NC
October 17, 2026 @ The Ox Theater at City Hall, 300 Williamsboro Street, Oxford, NC
Director – Adam Traylor
Cast – David Berberian, Lenore Field
Production Team – JJ Bauer, Derrick Ivey
THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN swirls around Alexandra, an 80-year-old artist in a showdown with her family over where she’ll spend her remaining years. In Alexandra’s corner are her wit, her volcanic passion, and the fact that she’s barricaded herself in her Brooklyn brownstone with enough Molotov cocktails to take out the block. But her children have their own secret weapon: estranged son Chris, who returns after 20 years, crawls through Alexandra’s second-floor window and becomes the family’s unlikely mediator. No sooner are the words “Hi, Mom” uttered than the emotional bombs start detonating. THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN is a wickedly funny and wonderfully touching discovery of the fragility and ferocity of life.
Bracing, honest, and often deliciously funny… —The New York Times.
A vivid poetic expression for all the frustrations of old age… —Washington Post.
Sublime and penetrating… it touches on a sobering dilemma faced by families every day. —Variety
