Directed by
Aidan O’HaraAssistant Directed by
Olivia MoriartyStage Managed by Maggie Ryan
Featuring the company of "Almost, Maine" in three different play readings. Come spend the afternoon with us and hear a play read aloud.
July 12, 19, 26 @ 3pm
Black Box Theatre- Regis College
No tickets needed. Donations are welcome. Please email wdwfridaysat3@gmail.com with your name, number of people, and the staged reading you will attend.
July 19 @ 3pm: CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley. 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.
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.
Cast
LENNY MAGRATH, the older sister – Allie Pineault
CHICK BOYLE, the sisters’ first cousin – Alexandra Ebbs
DOC PORTER, Meg’s old boyfriend – Billy Veer
MEG MAGRATH, the middle sister – Crystal Evans
BABE BOTRELLE, the youngest sister –Katelyn Alcott
BARNETTE LLYOD, Babe’s sister – David Dines
STAGE DIRECTIONS read by Andrew Ramsey
"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
Produced through special arrangements with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.