Attendance
The ZACH Theatre production runs two hours and thirty minutes, including a twenty-minute intermission.
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Attendance
The ZACH Theatre production runs two hours and thirty minutes, including a twenty-minute intermission.
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ZACH Theatre recommends the production for ages thirteen and older.
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Dave Steakley directs the Austin production.
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The Austin engagement runs July 22 through August 23, 2026, at ZACH Theatre.
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The play received its world premiere at the Guthrie Theater in 2022 before its 2024 New York premiere at The Public Theater.
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Sally & Tom is Suzan-Lori Parks's play-within-a-play about the mythologized relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.
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A present-day theatre troupe stages a historical drama, and the action moves between its rehearsals and the Jefferson-Hemings play.
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The Public Theater production used modern theatrical framing to explore parallels between 1790 and the present.
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A professional review called the play both a love letter to theatre and a thoughtful tribute to the imperfect American experiment.
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The play examines power, agency, love, race, and the stories Americans inherit and retell.
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