THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION at The Cloverdale Playhouse
The Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin is the opening show of the 2025 Cloverdale Playhouse Season.
The show opens on Thursday, February 20, and runs through Sunday, March 2. Showtimes are at 7 PM on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and at 2 PM on Sunday.
There is a Walk-Up Wednesday performance on February 26, which means a donation of any amount grants you entry to see the show, and all proceeds are donated to a charity that is related to the topic of the play. The charity selected for this show is Alabama Public Television.
This performance date does not have tickets available for purchase online.
It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called “television.” Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?
“The most exciting new play on Broadway... a rousing theatrical experience.” – MTV News
"a firecracker of a play in a fittingly snap, crackle and pop production … the drama has among its many virtues the ability to make you think at the same time that it breaks your heart." – Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
"vintage Sorkin and crackling prime-time theater . . . breezy and shrewd, smart-alecky and idealistic.” – Linda Winer, Newsday
