Crimes of the Heart
January 8, 2014 - February 9, 2014
By Beth Henley
Directed by Susanna Gellert
Overview
Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the NY Drama Critics' Circle Award, Beth Henley's comedy brings you into the Mississippi household of the Magrath sisters. Babe has just shot her husband because she didn't like his looks. Meg is back in town after a failed attempt in the music business and a nervous breakdown. And poor Lenny - everyone has forgotten her 30th birthday...plus, her pet horse was just struck by lightning! Bad luck certainly runs deep among the Magrath clan. But with warm-hearted laughs and touching family moments, the sisters forgive the past, face the present, and embrace the future in this contemporary American stage classic.
Cast
Resident Company Actor
Katy Carkuff
as Chick
Danny Gavigan
as Doc
Dorea Schmidt
as Babe
Jamie Smithson
as Barnette
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The source of inspiration for an author is not determined by time or place but rather by the kindred vibes it arouses. In the case of Beth Henley, her muse is Anton Chekov and the inspiration for 'Crimes of the Heart' was nothing less than Chekov’s play 'The Three Sisters.' You can’t get much further away from Russia than Hazelhurst, Mississippi, but the human emotions of love and loss, thwarted expectations and the unbreakable bond between the sisters are universal.
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