Buried Child, Part of the Sam Shepard Festival, Extends Through April 15

The Michael Chekhov Theatre Company has announced the extension of Buried Child, which is currently running in rotating rep along with Simpatico and A Lie of the Mind as part of The Sam Shepard Festival. Buried Child will now play through Saturday, April 15th at The Big Little Theatre (141 Ridge Street, one block south of Houston).

The remaining performances of Buried Child are: Wednesday and Thursday, March 29th and 30th at 8PM, Wednesday and Thursday, April 5th and 6th at 8PM and Tuesday, April 11th through Saturday, April 15th at 8PM, with a matinee at 2PM on Saturday, April 15th.

Winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize, Buried Child is set in a squalid farm home occupied by a family filled with suppressed violence and an unease born of deep-seated unhappiness. The family harbors a dark secret. Years earlier, the grandfather had buried an unwanted newborn baby in an undisclosed spot, creating a cloud of guilt. Buried Child is directed by Tom Herman who recently directed Worm Day at the DR2, Lobby Hero and Cloud Nine. The cast of Buried Child includes Thomas Francis Murphy, Patricia Elisar, Tom Pavey, Brian Lee Elder, Jason Griffith, Kristin Carter and James Glenn.

From now until December of 2007, The Chekhov Theatre Company plans to present all of Sam Shepard's plays.

The shows will run in rep from March 15 through April 10. Performances will be Sundays and Mondays and Wednesdays through Saturdays. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by calling SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 or by visiting www.smarttix.com. For more information, visit www.chekhovtheatre.com/shepfest.