Overflowing with humor and high spirits, "Crimes of the Heart" is a Pulitzer Prize winning play telling the story of a troubled family escaping their past to seize the future.
Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, “Crimes of the Heart” is a “dramedy” about the dysfunctional Magrath family and how they come together following tragedy. Heartfelt, zany and irreverent this play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions.
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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.
Come enjoy a fabulous cast that will bring out beautiful emotions at the Fetterly Playhouse.
Directed by Chelsea Abinante
WHEN: March 29 to April 7, 2012
March 29, 30,31 at 7:30 p.m.
April 5, 6, 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Matinee: March 31 and April 7 at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Fetterly Playhouse
3467 Sonoma Boulevard, Suite 10
Vallejo, CA 94590
TICKETS: Brown Paper Tickets
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/225638
WEBSITE: http://www.crimesoftheheartvallejo.blogspot.com/
EMAIL: Chelsea Abinante - Chelsea@abinante.us
VIDEO: Featuring director Chelsea Abinante: http://youtu.be/GwVXGoUcK84
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