Born Yesterday By Garson Kanin
Directed by Tom Erb
Apr. 22 - May 10, 2026
The vulgar, egotistic junkman Harry Brock has come to a swanky hotel in Washington to
make crooked deals with government big-wigs. He has brought with him the charming but uneducated ex-chorus girl Billie, whose lack of social graces embarrasses even Harry. Billie must be taught some of the amenities, and a few basic bits of information. The young, idealistic magazine reporter Paul Verrall, who has been investigating political skullduggery and is interested in Brock's activities, agrees for a salary, to educate Billie. He finds Billie has a natural honesty and a frank streak in her, and she begins to learn about history, politics, and what Harry really is and what he wants. At a dramatic moment she rebels against being merely a tool in Harry's crooked schemes and refuses to sign the documents which she has come to learn are part of an ambitious effort to defraud the public. This precipitates a crisis, as Billie readies to leave
Harry for a new life of her own.