Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Freddie Ashley

Gross Indecency uses trial transcripts, personal correspondence, interviews and other source materials to tell the story of the downfall of the great man of letters whose artistic genius has long been tarnished by the scandal surrounding his imprisonment.

In April 1895 Oscar Wilde brought a libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of his youthful lover, who had publicly maligned him as a sodomite. In doing so, he set in motion a series of events that would culminate in his ruin and imprisonment. For within a year the bewildered Wilde himself was on trial for acts of gross indecency and, implicitly--for a vision of art that outraged Victorian propriety. Expertly interweaving courtroom testimony with excerpts from Wilde's writings and the words of his contemporaries, Gross Indecency unveils its subject in all his genius and human frailty, his age in all its complacency and repression. 

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PERFORMANCE INFO:

Performances will take place in the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts located at 922 Park Ave.

Showtimes:
TH 12/1 – 7:30pm
FRI 12/2 – 7:30pm
SAT 12/3- 2:00pm & 7:30pm
SUN 12/4 – 3:00pm

All tickets are general admission. The VCUarts Theatre Box office is now CASHLESS. Please purchase tickets online or in-person with a credit/debit card. All ticket holders, please plan to check in at the box office on arrival. The box office opens one hour before performances, and seating typically opens 30 minutes before performances. 

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde has an expected runtime of two hours and thirty minutes with one fifteen minute intermission, and is recommended for high school ages and up.

Parking: There is a paid parking deck located at Harrison and Broad. You can also use public street parking which follows Richmond City regulations.

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