August 12 – September 6
By Samuel D. Hunter
August 12 – September 6, 2026
At the intimate Theatre Gym in the November Theatre Complex
The Bend in the Road Leads You Home
Rural Idaho. Difficult Memories. An estranged father’s house to sell. From the acclaimed author of The Whale, Little Bear Ridge Road confronts issues as wide as galaxies and as intimate as family secrets.
After the death of his long-estranged father, Ethan returns to the tiny hometown he once escaped—only to find himself face to face with the only family he has left: his sharp-tongued, fiercely independent aunt. While cleaning up years of a failing family, the two are forced to confront old pain, unfinished conversations, and the orbit that keeps pulling them back to a place they want to leave.
At its core, Little Bear Ridge Road is a deeply human story about distance and return, silence and understanding, and the complicated ways families try—and sometimes struggle—to show up for each other, even when words fall short.
*If you are already a 2026-2027 subscriber, please contact the box office to add this production to your subscription at the same subscription price. Little Bear Ridge Road is a bonus title and is not counted in the base four shows that make a subscription.