LOS ANGELES (July 25, 2023) —Leo Tolstoy once said that all happy families are alike — but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Sometimes they’re both. Theatre West presents the world premiere of Walking in Space by Garry Michael Kluger, the true story of one family’s determination to be happy. The five-week run, directed by Arden Teresa Lewis, opens September 8, with performances continuing at Theatre West through October 8.

In 1972, there was no Betty Ford Clinic. When the prescription drug-addicted, single mother of an upper-middle class Jewish family in suburban Baltimore finally hits rock-bottom, it falls on her children to take control. Inspired by true events, this fictionalized, autobiographical tragicomedy is an affectionate portrait of four siblings who arm themselves with fierce tenacity, good humor, and their love for one another to save their mother — and themselves.

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