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Roane State Playmakers to perform ‘Crimes of the Heart’ beginning April 13

Posted at 3:48 pm April 14, 2018
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

From left, Roane State students Shelby Stout, Courtney Briley, and Karmen Miller will perform in "Crimes of the Heart." (Submitted photo)

From left, Roane State students Shelby Stout, Courtney Briley, and Karmen Miller will perform in “Crimes of the Heart.” (Submitted photo)

 

By Bob Fowler, Roane State staff writer

The Roane State Playmakers will be presenting a Pulitzer prize-winning play, “Crimes of the Heart,” by Beth Henley, this month at the O’Brien Theatre on Roane State’s Roane County campus.

Director Jon Chemay called the play a “Southern Gothic Drama” in the vein of Tennessee Williams or Harper Lee. He said, “There are some heavy elements to this play, but they are presented with a sense of humor distinct to the southern family.”

The play takes place in the small town of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters await news about their grandfather, living out his final hours in the local hospital. One sister, unmarried at 30, faces diminishing martial prospects, another has returned home after a failed singing career, and the third sibling is out on bail after shooting her husband in the stomach.

Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, by one sister’s old flame, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep the youngest sister out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Theater Tagged With: Beth Henley, Christopher Allen, Courtney Briley, Crimes of the Heart, Jon Chemay, Karmen Miller, Morgan Henry, O’Brien Theatre, Roane State, Roane State Playmakers, Ryan Carver, Seth Young, Shelby Stout, theatre

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