The Language Archive

by Julia Cho

George is a linguist who races to document endangered languages, but he can’t find the words to save his own marriage. Mary finds language inadequate, and looks for a different way to express herself. Emma tries to learn a new language to connect with her soulmate. And into this triangle walk Alta and Resten, the last two living speakers of their people’s once thriving tongue.

Maybe nobody is great at communicating in any language. But once in a lifetime, if we’re lucky, we find a way to to be truly understood. The Language Archive is a funny, bittersweet meditation on love, language, and the beautiful things that get lost in translation.

runs October 10 - November 1.

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The Language Archive contains some strong - well, how do we put this? - language.

more big news for our
pay-what-you-can performances:

With the experience we’ve gained, we’re moving to an “online rush” model: for each of our PWYC performances, online reservations will open on this page 48 hours before curtain time, and you can now pay when you make your reservation.

remaining PWYC performances:

Thurs. 10/16 @ 7pm:
on sale Tues. 10/14 @ 7pm
Sun. 10/19 @ 2pm:
on sale Fri. 10/17 @ 2pm
Fri. 10/31 @ 7pm:
on sale Weds. 10/29 @ 7pm

When a PWYC performance goes on sale, you’ll find a link for that performance among the other performances below. Thanks to the Rapid City Arts Council for supporting our pay-what-you-can shows!