The setting is a farmhouse in the American West, inhabited by a family who has enough to eat but not enough to satisfy the other hungers that bedevil them. The father is a drunk; the mother a frowzy slattern; the daughter precocious beyond her years; and the son a deranged idealist. As the family decides to sell the house to raise money, the mother talks of running off to Europe or Mexico; the father sobers up and tries to take control; the daughter is blown up in the family car; and the son is left brutalized and bloodied. In the end the characters become a metaphor for the underside of American life—benighted innocents pursuing a dream that remains beyond their reach. Winner of the 1977 Obie Award for Best New American Play.
Theatre Raleigh is at 6638 Old Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC.
A Starry Affair: An Old Hollywood New Year’s Eve (12/31/25-12/31/25)
Once on This Island (11/12/25-11/23/25)
Once on This Island (11/12/25-11/23/25)
TR Sings...Whitney Houston (11/2/25-11/2/25)
TR In Concert: Ali Stroker (10/18/25-10/18/25)
What We Leave Behind (9/24/25-10/5/25)
Waitress (8/6/25-8/24/25)
TR Sings...Sara Bareilles (8/3/25-8/3/25)
The Sarafinas, My Way (2/12/26-2/15/26)
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Hell's Kitchen
DPAC (2/17 - 2/22) | |
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VIVALDI'S THE FOUR SEASONS
Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College (2/7 - 2/7) | |
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WSYO CONCERT
Kenan Auditorium (3/1 - 3/1) | |
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CLASSICAL CONNECTIONS: FEATURING TIFT MERRITT
Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College (3/14 - 3/14) | |
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Fatherland
Bulldog Ensemble Theater (1/22 - 2/1) | |
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Music Man Sr
Dancing Man Productions in Partnership with Raleigh Little Theatre (2/9 - 2/14) | |
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Stupid F##king Bird by Aaron Posner
Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre (1/29 - 2/1) | |
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