CRIMES OF THE HEART

In a small Mississippi town, three sisters have gathered to await news of 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. Crimes of the Heart 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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Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play.

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"All the elements of fabulous theatre come together here. Wonderfully witty script, superbly performed under careful and kind direction of the content. Its colourful, beautiful set is its own story. Thoroughly entertaining. Go see it!."

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Content: Adult themes

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Tickets

Adult $30 | Concession $25

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