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“Lucas [has an] enduringly original sensibility.” – The New York Times
A family’s faith is severely tested when their adult son, a Deaf, gay, recovering addict played by Russell Harvard (“Fargo,” Spring Awakening), sees his carefully calibrated world fall apart after an accident. Performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, I Was Most Alive with You by award-winning playwright Craig Lucas (Broadway’s An American in Paris, Prelude to a Kiss) is a theatrical event of the first order: a love story so wholly original – funny, heartrending, and deeply theatrical – it must not be missed.
I Was Most Alive with You is not continuously captioned. Some text will be projected, but the majority of the play is delivered in simultaneous American Sign Language and spoken English. ASL fluent members of the Deaf/deaf/hard-of-hearing communities are invited to purchase tickets to any performance.
Approximate run time: 2 hours and 10 minutes with one intermission.Please note, electronic cigarettes and strobe lighting effects are used in this production. For more information: If you are interested in additional information about the content and themes of this play, we recommend taking a look at our trigger warnings and our Literary Guide.
"I’m so excited to be working on this play at the Huntington. Peter DuBois and I have a long friendship and now I am over the moon about working with his incredible colleagues. I couldn’t be more thrilled about the process, the actors, the project. And if the process so far is any indication, then this is far and away the most meaningful artistic journey of my life.”— Craig Lucas
"Phenomenal." "Inspiring." "Powerful." "Profound."Audiences can't stop raving about I Was Most Alive With You.
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Rehearsing this ambitious new play has taken a great deal of faith - in the story and in each other. Take a look backstage at the especially collaborative rehearsal of this moving new play by Craig Lucas, I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU.
Watch Knox's prayer from Craig Lucas' I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU performed by Russell Harvard.
Information about Craig Lucas' I Was Most Alive with You at the Huntington Theatre Company in spoken English and ASL.
Monique Holt (shadow interpreter, I Was Most Alive With You) is here to show you some basic ASL signs you can use at the theatre.
Some of the company of I Was Most Alive With You teach you a few ASL signs used in the play.
From our Spotlight magazine, Charles Haugland, Artistic Programs and Dramaturgy, interviews playwright Craig Lucas about the theological roots of his play I Was Most Alive With You.
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From our Spotlight magazine, we interview I Was Most Alive with You Director of Artistic Sign Language Sabrina Dennison.
From our Spotlight magazine, Lisa Timmel, Director of New Work, interviews theatrical designer Dane Laffrey on his work on the Deaf West Theatre's production of Spring Awakening and the Huntington's production of I Was Most Alive With You.
[Are we in the midst of an] "important shift in the representation of gay characters in art? Will plays about lesbians and nonwhite gay characters follow suit? Will plays about transgender characters come to focus less on transition and more on day-to-day life afterward? Craig Lucas, who wrote the plays “Prelude to a Kiss” and “The Dying Gaul”as well as the screenplay for “Longtime Companion,” isn’t so sure. "
Russell Harvard (Knox, I Was Most Alive With You) on Spring Awakening, Craig Lucas, and YouTube music videos.
“A great drama told from an incredible place of love.” – WGBH
“A rewarding experience! Lucas illuminate[s] the deepest human dilemmas.” – BOSTON GLOBE
“Thrilling to behold! You could see this play multiple times and still marvel at the writing and the cast.” – ARTERY
“Extraordinary ensemble! I Was Most Alive with You is firing on all cylinders.” – JOYCE KULHAWIK/JOYCESCHOICES.COM
“Unforgettable! A remarkable new play.” – SOUTH SHORE CRITIC
Marianna Bassham has appeared in Yerma (2019), Romeo and Juliet (2019), I Was Most Alive With You (2016), Becoming Cuba (2014), Our Town (2012), and Luck of the Irish (2012) at the Huntington.
Nancy E. Carroll appeared in Romeo and Juliet (2019); A Doll's House, Part 2 (2018); Ripcord (2017); I Was Most Alive with You (2016); The Seagull (2014); Rapture, Blister, Burn (2013); Good People (2012); The Luck of the Irish (2012); Prelude to a Kiss (2010); Brendan (2007); She Loves Me (2008); Present Laughter (2007); The Rose Tattoo (2004); and Dead End (2000) at the Huntington.
Tad Cooley previously appeared in the Huntington's production of I Was Most Alive With You (2016). Mr. Cooley has performed as Billy in Tribes at the Philadelphia Theatre Company, City Theatre Company, and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
Steven Goldstein previously appeared in the Huntington's production of I Was Most Alive With You (2016). Mr. Goldstein has performance highlights that include Our Town on Broadway and Boys’ Life, Oh Hell, The Lights (Lincoln Center Theater); Romance, The Vosey Inheritance, The Water Engine, and Three Sisters (Atlantic Theater Company, founding member)...
Russell Harvard previously appeared in the Huntington's production of I Was Most Alive With You (2016). Mr. Harvard is well known for appearing in the award-winning film There Will Be Blood as Adult HW.
Dee Nelson previously appeared in I Was Most Alive With You (2016) Sons of the Prophet(2011), All My Sons (2010), The Maiden's Prayer (2002), and A Christmas Carol (1992, 1993) at the Huntington. She has been a company member at the Peterborough Players, with favorite roles including Hesione in Heartbreak House (New Hampshire Theatre Award), Maggie in Hobson's Choice (New Hampshire Theatre Award)
Gameela Wright previously appeared in I Was Most Alive With You (2016) at the Huntington. She has off Off Broadway credits that include Elephant Girls(Emerging Artists Theatre); The Lower Depths and Time to Burn (Resonance Ensemble); andLittle Man (Ohio Theatre).
Joey Caverly previously appeared in I Was Most Alive With You (2016) at the Huntington. He has recent credits that include performing in Tribes at SpeakEasy Stage Company, Studio Theatre, and Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Amelia Hensley previously appeared in I Was Most Alive with You (2016) at the Huntington. She performed in Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening as Thea on Broadway. Regional theatre productions include work with Deaf West Theatre, Studio Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Gallaudet University, MO2 Productions, and Arkansas Repertory Theatre.
Monique Holt directed The Glass Mengaerie (1997) and was the Shadow Interpreter for I Was Most Alive With You (2016) at the Huntington. Her other theatre credits include Men Don’t Listen to Naked Women (CapitalFringe, DC); Undesirable Elements: Inside/Out (Ping Chong & Company); Gerda [trapeze/aerial] in Snow Queen (In-Flight Theater); Are Your Ears Blind? (Fellow, Towson University); OCD Clown in Separated at Birth (dog & pony dc); Monique in The “OR”bit (Fellow, Mabou Mines); Puppeteer in My Friend, The Perfect Circle (Akureyri, Iceland); and Women of Shakespeare (MO2 Productions).
Christopher Robinson has worked as an interpreter for the Huntington’s productions of I Was Most Alive With You (2016), Fences (2009), Radio Golf (2006), Gem of the Ocean (2004), King Hedley II (2000), and Jitney (1998), among others. He has worked as a Shadow Interpreter for Wheelock Family Theatre’s A Nice Place to Live and Trumpet of the Swan...
Craig Lucas is the author of Prelude to a Kiss (produced at the Huntington in 2010), Missing Persons, Blue Window, Reckless, God’s Heart, The Dying Gaul, Stranger, Small Tragedy, The Singing Forest, Prayer for My Enemy, and Ode to Joy.
Dane Laffrey has designed for Huntinton's productions of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (2014) and God of Carnage (2012). On Broadway he designed the set for Fool for Love and set and costumes for Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening.
Mark Barton has Broadway credits that include The Real Thing, Violet, and The Realistic Joneses.
Daniel Kluger provided the sound design for the Huntington's production of Can You Forgive Her? (2016). He produces music and sound design for theatre and film. He recently did the orchestrations for Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma! at Bard SummerScape. New York credits include The Effect, Tribes, and Hit the Wall (Barrow Street Theatre), The Mystery of Love and Sex and Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center Theater), Marjorie Prime, Iowa, andYour Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra (Playwrights Horizons), Significant Other and The Common Pursuit (Roundabout Theatre Company)...
Lucy Mackinnon designed Ripcord at the Huntington. Ms. Mackinnon is a motion graphics artist, illustrator, and projection designer.
Sabrina Dennison previously worked as an ASL consultant for I Was Most Alive With You (2016) at the Huntington. Ms. Dennison is a proud Cape Cod native, where her late father was the only Bay State man to be convicted (Robin Hood style) of piracy in the 20th century.
Catie Eller was previously the ASL consultant for I Was Most Alive With You (2016) at the Huntington. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from San Francisco Art Institute in experimental film, and a BFA from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in visual arts and film...
Ted Hewlett has created fights for the Huntington’s productions of Tartuffe (2017), Topdog/Underdog (2017), A Doll's House (2017), Bedroom Farce (2016), A Confederacy of Dunces (2015), The Colored Museum (2015), Venus in Fur (2014), Now or Later (2012), Private Lives (2012), Luck of the Irish (2012), God of Carnage (2012), Before I Leave You (2011), Fences (2009), and Brendan (2007) among others.
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