33 Variations presented by Silver Spring Stage at Silver Spring Stage

In Moisés Kaufman's (The Laramie Project) acclaimed drama 33 Variations, two people share an obsession that transcends the boundaries of time. Ludwig van Beethoven fights failing health, encroaching deafness and crushing poverty over the course of his last four years as he works with mystifying obsession on his monumental Diabelli Variations. Fast-forward two centuries to Katherine, a music scholar, who finds she must come to terms with both her daughter and with her own diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). All the while, she remains determined to discover the creative process behind Beethoven's most confounding creation. Drama, memory and music combine to transport you from present-day New York to 19th-century Austria in this extraordinary American play about passion, parenthood and the moments of beauty that can transform a life.