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Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart is set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch 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, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast. And Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award.
There are additional performances Thursday, September 30 at 8pm and Sunday, October 3 at 7pm. There is no performance Friday, September 24.