MMStageCo. - Seasons - The Performances

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and The New York Drama Critics Circle Award.
Granddaddy is in the hospital. Babe has shot her husband. Meg is having anxiety attacks and Lenny, on her birthday, tries desperately to hold the troubled family together. Set in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, five years after hurricane Camille, Beth Henley's touching and infectious dark comedy is passionate, witty and intelligent.
The reunion of the McGrath sisters in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, is joyful but troubling. Beth Henley blends comedy and pathos in this Chekhovian story of the sometimes frayed edges of sisterly bonds.
Featuring Janet Nurre, Elizabeth Barrows, Zsuzsa Manna, Julie Eads Woolley, Jack Kroll and Michael Frohnhoefer.
Praise for Previous Productions: "While this play overflows with infectious high spirits, it is also, unmistakably, the tale of a very troubled family. Such is Miss Henley's prodigious talent that she can serve us pain as though it were a piece of cake." —NY Times. "It has heart, wit and a surprisingly zany passion that must carry all before it…it would certainly be a crime for anyone interested in the theatre not to see this play." —NY Post. "From time to time a play comes along that restores one's faith in our theatre…" —NY Magazine.

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY!
Friday & Saturday, June 20 & 21, 2008
8 PM
Unison Arts Center
Admission: $11-16
Call 255-1559 for reservations
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