The Trouble With Peggy: Pieces of Guggenheim

Apr., 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 2004, 8 pm
Apr., 18, 25, 2004, 2 pm matinee
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center

“Brilliantly staged…Ingenious theatre.” – The Wall Street Journal

“Engrossing, highly imaginative.” – Chicago Sun-Times

Acclaimed playwright/actress Donna Blue Lachman brings to life The Trouble With Peggy: Pieces of Guggenheim, a drama about heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim. Hailed as a smash hit by critics, this 90-minute show transports audiences back in time to Bohemian France, the expulsion of leading modern artists from Europe by the Nazis, and to New York City in the 1950s. Audiences are transfixed with its intelligent writing and Lachman’s engrossing performance. Lachman, the teacher, director and co-founder of Chicago’s Blue Rider Theatre, spent three years researching and writing this play. She visited Venice, spoke to Guggenheim’s grandchildren, and consulted art experts in order to bring to the stage important ideas as well as an entertaining story.

Funding Acknowledgements

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported in part by its members, admissions, private entities, the City of Hollywood, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and the Kresge Foundation. We welcome donations from all members of the community who wish to support our work.