Your Theatre Presents CRIMES OF THE HEART. by Beth Henley, Directed by Brienne Riccio
This show will not be your grandmother’s CRIMES OF THE HEART but it will certainly be one to remember. The play we all remember from college will feature actors performing roles in drag to echo what Roger Ebert referred to as the line that “exists somewhere between parody and melodrama.” This “love letter to the South” will satisfy your nostalgia, tug at your heartstrings, and tickle your funny bone.
For the first time in a decade, the three Magrath sisters are back together in their hometown of Hazelhurst, Mississippi. Lenny, the eldest, never left Hazelhurst; she is the caretaker of the sisters’ cantankerous Old Granddaddy. Meg, the middle sister, left home to pursue stardom as a singer in Los Angeles, but so far has found happiness only at the bottom of a bottle. And Babe, the youngest, has just been arrested for the murder of her abusive husband, Zackery Bottrelle. Under the scorching heat of the Mississippi sun, past resentments bubble to the surface in this Pulitzer Prize-winning tragicomedy, and each sister must confront the consequences of her own “crimes of the heart.”
Fri. & Sat., 3/1, 3/2, 3/8, 3/9 at 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 3/2, 3/3, 3/9, 3/10, at 2 p.m. at Your Theatre @ Steeple Playhouse, 159 William Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Ample parking is available in the city lot at 6th and William Streets. and metered street parking is free evenings and weekends. Wheelchair accessible entrance is on the 6th St. side of the building, facing city hall.
This will be the entrance for all patrons for this performance.
Tickets: General Admission, $25.00; Military, Seniors and Students, $22.00
No Assigned Seating. Open Seating at All Performances. Payment at the door Day of Performance
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