THE LADY FROM DUBUQUE Next In Muddy Waters Albee Season, Runs 6/12-28

Three couples engage in Edward Albee’s trademark humorously wry, visceral banter at a party where the hostess happens to be dying. At the end of the first act a patrician woman claiming to be the dying woman’s mother arrives with a companion. Complications ensue. This is “The Lady from Dubuque,” presented by Muddy Waters Theatre Company, June 12-28 at the Kranzberg Art Center in the Big Brother Big Sisters Building in Grand Center.

The comedy/mystery is the second in the “Mothers and Other Strangers” season of Albee plays for 2009 and is directed by Muddy Waters’ co-founder Cameron Ulrich. It features a cast of St. Louis actors known for their talent and versatility, including Emily Baker, Sarah Cannon, G.P. Hunsaker, Robert A. Mitchell, Todd Pieper, Josh Thomas, Patty Ulrich and Kirsten Wylder.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (except June 28 at 2 p.m. only). Tickets are available at www.muddywaterstheatre.com, www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 314-799-8399. All performances are in the black box theatre at the Kranzberg Art Center, 503 N. Grand, in Grand Center.

Muddy Waters Theatre Company is St. Louis’ only professional theatre company that invites its audiences to explore the artistic vision and plays of a single writer each season. Past seasons have featured such playwrights as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Sam Shepard.

For more information, visit www.muddywaterstheatre.com.