Kimberly Akimbo at Sarofim Hall

Origins

Kimberly is a Girl trapped in a 72-year-old elderly lady, and a teen that has decided to live every day as if its the last. Following having a talk with a friend, And getting the answer “Oh, she’s amazing—she’s like this little old woman trapped in a baby’s body”, David Lindsay-Abaire thought of "Kimberly Akimbo" for the first time.

Kimberly Akimbo is a performance that opened Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club New York City on February 4, 2003. Starred by Victoria Clark, and Directed by Jessica Stone, widely acknowledged for his ablity for uniting humor and cruel reality.

Story

The tale begins in 1999 in suburban New Jersey, a girl called Kimberly struggling with a condition that made her age four and a half times than she actually is. Struggling with a terrifying reality to experience mortality and teen years simulataniously.

Unlike the rare clinical condition, she is facing, Kimberly is rarely seen taken care of in her life, in fact, you will see her nobly consumed by her family’s recklessly, which places her in various emotional pressures including psychological strain, financial troubles, social isolation, and the need for belongingness. Highlighting her resilience, empathy, determination, courage, and managing to keep her humor.

Reviews

Largly known for thought provoking meaningful queries about mortality, identity, and family.

Kimberly has the power to extract the social outcast in all of us, the outsider we were all at some time and the building blocks that created what we are today.

Hosted by the breathtaking Sarofim Hall on Wednesday 17th September 2025, in Houston, Kimberly is here with a good laugh, and a bag of life lessons. On Wednesday 17th September 2025 at the stunning Sarofim Hall grab your tickets today for this Wednesday performance for just $14.