TAMU-C Playhouse Presents
Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart"

 

From University Playhouse

 

The TAMU-C University Playhouse is Proud to Present:
"Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley


Show Dates:
July 12-14 at 8:00 PM
July 15 at 3:00 PM

July 19-21 at 8:00 PM
July 22 at 3:00 PM

Ticket Prices:
Adults-$10
Senior Citizens (60+)-$8
Students (with an ID) and children-$3

 

 

 

 

Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama
Critics Circle Award. An astonishing first play, initially
presented by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, then
Off-Broadway, and then on Broadway, where it established the
author as a major voice in our theatre. Warm-hearted,
irreverent, zany and brilliantly imaginative, the play teems
with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three
young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions. "While
this play overflows with infectious high spirits, it is
also, unmistakably, the tale of a very troubled family. Such
is Miss Henley's prodigious talent that she can serve us
pain as though it were a piece of cake." —NY Times. "It
has heart, wit and a surprisingly zany passion that must
carry all before it…it would certainly be a crime for
anyone interested in the theatre not to see this play."
—NY Post. "From time to time a play comes along that
restores one's faith in our theatre…" —NY Magazine.

THE STORY: The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the
three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the
family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his
last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister,
is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital
prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew
Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the
West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after
having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles,
grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their
priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who
tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in
love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its
young characters escape the past to seize the future—but
the telling is so true and touching and consistently
hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the
curtain has descended.

TheCast List Includes:

Babe- Brittney Steddum
Lenny- Audrey Anderson
Chick- Sarah Scholl
Doc Porter- Joshua Cole Simmons
Meg- Christine Sheehan
Barnette- Michial Walker

Make your reservations for a night of entertainment and an outstanding presentation of a theater favorite!

 

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