CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org
MEET THE CAST: JULEE WARD as LENNY MAGRATH
Following her directorial debut with FRANKENSTEIN: THE RADIO PLAY in October, Julee donned multiple hats for A CHRISTMAS STORY as Assistant Director and Executive Producer.
After captivating audiences in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, she’s eager to return to the stage in this production.
Julee calls Nehalem home, where she lives with her husband, Josh, and their four children.
CRIMES OF THE HEART:
This darkly comedic play by Beth Henley delves into the messy lives of the Magrath women, each grappling with their own “crimes of the heart.”
Under a searing Mississippi sun, the Magrath sisters’ fragile lives shatter when Babe, the youngest, shoots her philandering husband.
Summoned home, the eldest, Lenny, wrestles with small-town stagnation and dreams of escape.
Meg, the middle sister, a washed-up singer, drowns her past in whiskey, returning with secrets clinging to her like Spanish moss.
As Babe’s legal storm brews, the kitchen of their childhood home becomes a pressure cooker of buried memories and blistering truths.
Past resentments erupt, revealing the scars of their mother’s suicide and their father’s desertion.
Their eccentric cousin Chick stirs the pot, while their flamboyant lawyer Barnette offers shaky legal support and a dash of unexpected romance.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning play paints a bittersweet portrait of Southern women struggling to rise above their “crimes of the heart” and embrace the promise of a brighter future.
Tickets on sale now at www.RiverbendPlayers.org
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