WHAT’S PLAYING: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
WHEN:
April 12 through May 12, 2019
Friday & Saturday evenings at 8pm
Sunday afternoons at 2pm
COST:
$20 for Adults
$17 for Seniors, Students and Military
Group discounts available (10 or more)
WHERE:
Elite Theatre Company
2731 Victoria Avenue
Oxnard, CA 93021
Box Office (805) 483-5118
STAFF:
Director Jolyn Johnson
Artistic Director/Producer L.J. Stevens
Managing Producer Stephanie Rice
CAST:
Samantha Netzen Bingham as Becky “Babe” Magrath
Dawn Cosgrove as Meg Magrath
Genevieve Levin as Lenny Magrath
Kim Prendergast as Chick Boyle
Patrick T. Rogers as Barnette Lloyd
Eric R. Umali as Doc Porter
STORY:
The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, 1970s, 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 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 these 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.
Please Note: This show does contain some strong language, adult themes, and the use of herbal cigarettes. May not be suitable for children.
Elite Theatre Company
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