CRIMES OF THE HEART presented by The Belfry Theatre
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, 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, Barnette, 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 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.
Join us for the dark comedy CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley. The show runs April 28 – May 7 at Arts for Lawrence’s Theatre at the Fort.
Featuring:
- LENORA (LENNY) MAGRATH… Brooke Hackman
- MARGARET (MEG) MAGRATH… Sarah Eberhardt
- REBECCA (BABE) BOTRELLE… Becca Bartley
- CHICK BOYLE… Ka’Lena Cuevas
- BARNETTE LLOYD… Mickey Masterson
- DOC PORTER… Tanner Brunson
- Production Team:
- PRODUCER… Ka’Lena Cuevas
- DIRECTOR… Jen Otterman
- ASSISTANT DIRECTORS… Andrea Odle & Nicole Amsler
- STAGE MANAGER… Andrea Odle
- LIGHT DESIGNER… Eric Matters
- LIGHT OPERATOR… Aaron Ploof
- SOUND DESIGNER… Eric Dixon
- SOUND OPERATOR… Sloan Haywood
- SET DESIGNER… Jen Otterman
- SET CONSTRUCTION… Jen Otterman, Jay Mitchell, & Robert Rave
- SET DECORATION… Jen Otterman
- COSTUMES… Linda Findley Grow
- PROPERTIES… Nicole Amsler & Jen Otterman
- CREW… Kim O’Mara