Singer

Actor

After experiencing a series of losses, Virgil reconnects with a Bronx friend now working as a funeral director, and embarks on an unexpected journey —  one that challenges their sense of identity, memory, and what it means to live with purpose. Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith — and inspired by Dante’s Inferno — Spiritus is a stirring solo play about how we live and how we die. Each reading will feature a different celebrated actor taking on the role of Virgil—offering a fresh, unique, and deeply personal interpretation of this moving solo work.

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Spiritus

It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis (Jessica Lange) is supervising her teenage children, Carl (Jim Parsons) and Martha (Celia Keenan-Bolger), as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe be the child who finds their own path. Bolstered by gin and cigarettes, the family endures — or survives — the changing world around them. Blending flares of imaginative theatricality, surreal farce, and deep tenderness, this beautiful roller coaster ride reveals timeless truths of love, family, and forgiveness.

Singer, Actor

Celia Keenan-bolger

Events

Past events

Apr 13, 2026

Spiritus · Vineyard Theatre

Apr 2 - Jun 16, 2024

Mother Play · Second Stage Theater

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