“Crimes of the Heart” stage production (PG-13)

“The Brevard College Theatre Program is proud to present the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Crimes of the Heart,” February 11 – 14 in the Porter Center for the Performing Arts’ Morrison Playhouse at Brevard College. Guest Artist Catherine Barricklow will direct.

This Southern comedy is the perfect Valentine’s weekend entertainment: the play is a hysterical roller-coaster ride through the reality of family, relationships, loss and longing.

Set in Mississippi in 1974, “Crimes of the Heart” is a tale of three sisters at a time of family crisis: Babe, the youngest sister is in jail after shooting her husband in the stomach. Lenny, theoldest, finds herself the lonely caretaker of an aging patriarch. And Meg, a would-be singer, wrestles with a failing career and desires to rekindle things with an old beau.

The family’s troubles are grave, serious – their trauma runs deep, and yet their means of coping are somehow hilarious, absurd, and undeniably familiar.

The cast includes Brevard College students Lily Bartleson, Hannah Leonard, Sarah Haga, Garrett Rhodes, Alex Webster, and Josh Goldstein. Scenic and lighting design by Andrea Boccanfuso, costumes by Ida Bostian, sound design by Brandon Smith, all Brevard College Theatre faculty.

Show Times
Thursday, February 11, 7 p.m.
Friday, February 12, 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 14, 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are $5 each, and are available at etix.com, Southern Comfort Records in Brevard, or one hour before the show at the door.”