Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage serves up a savory story of resilience, redemption, and the healing powers of food in Clyde’s. The formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of a truck-stop sandwich joint are on a mission to create the perfect sandwich—and to move forward from past lives that were far from perfect. Though Clyde, the shop’s formerly incarcerated owner, is a “second chance” employer who only hires people who’ve experienced incarceration, she never hesitates to remind her staff of just how precarious their lives are: how much they depend on her and the jobs she’s given them. Hope and humor are the main ingredients in this thoroughly entertaining—and thoroughly urgent—play. The Washington Post called this Pulitzer Prize-winning play a "highly entertaining comedy of kitchen nightmares".

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Clyde’s

Detroit Public Theatre

Pacific Chorale welcomes beloved Artistic Director Emeritus John Alexander back to the podium for a deeply meaningful and unforgettable season finale. Framed around the healing power of music and its vital connection to humanity and nature, this thoughtfully curated program explores the serenity, beauty, and resilience found within the art form to which Alexander has devoted his life.

John Alexander

Events

Upcoming events

May 23, 2026

A Serenade to Music · Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Past events

Apr 24 - Jun 2, 2024

Clyde’s · Detroit Public Theatre

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Schicksalslied by Brahms

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Conductor in Earth Song by Ticheli

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Conductor in Serenade to Music by Williams

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Conductor in Psalm 150 by Bruckner

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Conductor in Regina coeli by Mozart

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Conductor in Laudate Dominum by Mozart

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Conductor in Ave Maria by Bruckner

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Conductor in Seeking Higher Ground by Heggie

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

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