The Hot Wing King

February 29 – March 24, 2024

By Katori Hall
Directed by Christopher D. Betts
Joyce C. Willis Fellow

In Association With Baltimore Center Stage

Secret recipe? Check. Cooking crew? Check. Emergency situation? Uh oh.

With only days to go until Memphis’s annual “Hot Wang Festival,” things are heating up in Cordell’s kitchen. He and his crew are prepping to take home the crown when his boyfriend’s nephew shows up at the front door… Over the course of one weekend, the fate of the competition — and their relationships — is called into question. Will the crew make it to the festival? Will they make it at all? Christopher D. Betts (Trouble in Mind) is back to direct this 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy that celebrates the families we make and the risks we take.

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7:30

1
8:00

2
8:00

3
2:00

5
7:30

6
7:30

7
7:30

8
8:00

9
2:00
8:00

10
2:00

13
7:30

14
7:30

15
8:00

16
2:00
8:00

17
2:00

19
7:30

20
2:00

21
7:30

22
8:00

23
2:00
8:00

24
2:00

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Important Dates

Feb. 29 – Mar. 7: Previews (what’s this?)
Feb. 29: Live Music in the Lobby
Mar. 8: Opening Night
Mar. 10, Mar. 19, and Mar. 20: Post-Show Conversations
Mar. 15: Live Music in the Lobby
Mar. 17, 2:00pm: Open Captioned Performance (what’s this?)
Mar. 23, 2:00pm: Audio Described Performance (what’s this?)