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Curse of the Starving Class, Starring Maggie Siff, Opens at Signature

Terry Kinney directs the Sam Shepard play.

May 14, 2019

Signature Theatre opened its new production of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Terry Kinney, on May 13. It is scheduled to run through June 2 in the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center.

Schuyler Beeman, Annie the lamb, and William Berloni.
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Living a stagnant, unhappy existence in rural California, the struggling Tate family is desperate for change, but every family member has a different way of trying to improve their station in life. The drama was last produced by Signature more than 20 years ago and will now honor the memory of Shepard, who died in 2017.

Maggie Siff, Gilles Geary, David Warshofsky, and Lizzy DeClement.
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The cast of Curse of the Starving Class includes Gilles Geary as Wesley, Maggie Siff as Ella, Lizzy DeClement as Emma, Flora Diaz as Sergeant Malcolm, Esau Pritchett as Ellis, Andrew Rothenberg as Taylor, and David Warshofsky as Weston.

Esau Pritchett, Flora Diaz, Gilles Geary, David Warshofsky, Lizzy DeClement, Maggie Siff, Andrew Rothenberg, Terry Kinney, William Berloni, Schuyler Beeman, and Annie the lamb at the opening night of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class at the Signature Theatre. — Esau Pritchett, Flora Diaz, Gilles Geary, David Warshofsky, Lizzy DeClement, Maggie Siff, Andrew Rothenberg, Terry Kinney, William Berloni, Schuyler Beeman, and Annie the lamb at the opening night of Sam Shepard's *Curse of the Starving Class* at the Signature Theatre.
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The creative team includes Julian Crouch (scenic design), Sarah J. Holden (costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting design), Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen (sound design and original music), William Berloni (animals), and Peter Pucci (choreographer).