Violet (2015)

Violet is based on Doris Betts’ short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim.” After being badly scarred in an accident as a child, Violet sets out from her home in North Carolina to be healed by a televangelist in Oklahoma. As she travels on a Greyhound bus, she finds an emotional healing that is far more valuable than the physical transformation that she hoped for.

Chosen as winner of the 2014 Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical, Violet showcases a variety of music from the 1960s south including bluegrass and gospel. The musical features works by Jeanine Tesori and libretto by Brian Crawley.