Buried Child, the Pulitzer Prize winning play, written by by Sam Shepard show poster

Buried Child, the Pulitzer Prize winning play, written by by Sam Shepard at Old Academy Players

Dates: (2/28/2020 - 3/15/2020 )

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Old Academy Players

3544 Indian Queen Lane
East Falls (Philadelphia),PA 19129

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Phone: 215–843-1109

Tickets: $20.00/$10.00 with Student ID

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PHILADELPHIA, PA East Falls historic Old Academy Players proudly continues its 97th season by presenting its 524rd production, Buried Child by American playwright, Sam Shepard. Directed by Nancy Ridgeway with set design by T. Mark Cole and produced by Rob Rosiello, the show dates are: February 28, 29, March 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15, 2020; Friday and Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 2:00PM. In the tradition of other award-winning plays like Next to Normal, Other Desert Cities, and August: Osage County, Playwright Sam Shepards Buried Child takes a searing look at the American Family in all its glorious dysfunction. Over the course of one day on an isolated Illinois farm, we are introduced to a family lost in its secrets and unable to rise above its past. When the familys prodigal grandson returns unannounced with his spirited girlfriend, the past and present suddenly collide with dark humor and brutal honesty that is characteristic of Sam Shepard, taking what we thought we knew about love and family, and turning it inside out. Buried Child won the 1979 Obie Award for Playwriting and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, launching Shepard to national fame as a playwright. The Broadway revival in 1996 received five Tony nominations, including Best Play. Samuel Shepard Rogers III, known professionally as Sam Shepard, was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century. He won ten Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most won by any writer or director. He wrote 44 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." Old Academy Players stellar cast includes: Charles Hoffmann as Father Dewis, Eric Rupp as Bradley, Kelsey Hbert as Shelly, Lee Stover as Vincent, Lorraine Barrett as Halie, Rob Rosiello as Tilden, and Tim Andersson as Dodge. Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Parking for all performances is free. Ticket price is $20 per adult; $10 per student with valid ID. Buy tickets online at www.OldAcademyPlayers.org. Old Academy welcomes groups! Take advantage of group discount pricing ($17 per person with 15 or more people in a group). Call 215-843-1109 for more information and tickets. There is free parking in the behind the theater. Old Academy Players, where Grace Kelly and Robert Prosky made their stage debuts, is a non-profit community theater located at 3544 Indian Queen Lane in East Falls (Philadelphia), the urban village on the Schuylkill River. Constructed in 1819, the Old Academy building has been the OAP home since 1932. Old Academy Players has provided continuous community theater since 1923 and is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.

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