Dean Closes its Theater Season with a 'Bittersweet Comedy'

In its regional premiere, the bittersweet comedy POCATELLO is closing out the `23-`24 theatre season at Dean College.

What is POCATELLO?

Eddie manages an Italian chain restaurant in Pocatello – a small, unexceptional American city that is slowly being paved over with strip malls and franchises. But he can’t serve enough soup, salad & breadstick specials to make his hometown feel like home. Against the harsh backdrop of Samuel D. Hunter’s Idaho, this heartbreaking comedy is a cry for connection in an increasingly lonely American landscape.
People have raved about POCATELLO – “Skillful and moving, humanely rendered and shrewdly structured.” – TimeOut New York and “Hunter, as warmhearted a dramatist as can be experienced these days, crafts Pocatello as if it were a Robert Altman film.” – Entertainment Weekly.
POCATELLO premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2014. The perfect show to close an outstanding season of theatre at Dean.

Please note: Dean College welcomes children and families to all of our performances. However, infants and children under 2 years of age are not allowed in the theatre, and children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. All patrons must have their own ticketed seats; lap sitting is not permitted. Only ADA-certified service animals are allowed in the theatre.

POCATELLO was originally conceived and developed under the title "When You're Here …" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Jenny Gersten, Artistic Director and further developed at Geva Theatre Center, Rochester, New York