Crimes of the Heart at TheatreWorks

Dates: (1/11/2017 - 2/5/2017 )

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1305 Middlefield Rd
Palo Alto,CA 94301

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Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play. 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.

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Beth Henley

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Theatreworks is a professional regional theatre company dedicated to connecting, empowering, and delighting our communities through diverse performances and educational experiences that serve as mirrors for ourselves and windows into others. We believe the alchemy of theatre comes from combining across differences: mixing local folks and guest creators from all over the world, and pairing students learning with experienced artists perfecting their craft -- all exploring compelling stories for the audiences of the Pikes Peak region.

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TheatreWorks is at 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA.

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