By the Waters of Babylon

By the Waters of Babylon by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan was written especially for OSF actors Catherine E. Coulson and Armando Durán. Arturo, a poet in his native Cuba and now a gardener in Austin, Texas, and Catherine, a widow with a painful past, are each enduring their own kind of exile. When Arturo arrives to weed Catherine’s neglected garden, a drink, a dance and shared secrets bloom into an intimate and unexpected flowering. Together, they discover it’s never too late to feel, to create, to reclaim themselves. World premiere commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Mature themes and language. Directed by Bill Rauch.