MAC to present “Crimes of the Heart”

The Marion Art Center is pleased to announce that it will present “Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley, a comedy in three acts on April 1, April 2, 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm with a matinee performance on Sunday, April 3 at 2:00 pm. The play was the winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. In the two decades and more since it won the Pulitzer Prize, “Crimes of the Heart” continues to delight audiences. A little bit Chekhov and a little bit Eudora Welty, it tells a twangy story of three Southern sisters loving, feuding and fussing through a very bad day. 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 (played by Kim Teves) is unmarried and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister (played by Susan Massey) who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest (played by Linda Landry), 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 (played by Suzie Kokkins), and by the awkward lawyer, Barnette Lloyd (played by Thom O’Shaughnessy) 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 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.

The theater will be set up with general seating as well as eight cabaret tables which are available for reserved parties of four. Reservations are highly recommended for this show! Tickets are $15 for the public and $12.50 for MAC members. For more information or to reserve tickets, call the Marion Art Center at 508-748-1266, or email marionartcenter@verizon.net.

The Marion Art Center, a not-for-profit organization, is located at 80 Pleasant Street (corner of Main and Pleasant Streets) in Marion, MA 02738 and has been promoting the visual and performing arts in the community since 1957.

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