Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry

Performances:

February 26-28, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.

March 1, 2026, at 2:30 p.m.

Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Story: The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other.

Directed by Lisa Ulanow

Driving Miss Daisy will be performed in Old Courthouse Theatre’s Black Box. *Please note that the Blackbox Theatre is only accessible by stairs.*

Black Box Theatre: 47 Spring Street NW, Concord, NC 28025

Tickets: $20.00. The price listed includes NC sales tax & order fees.

Seating is General Admission. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.