CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Lane Savadove
1978 Obie Award Winner for Best New American Play
March 25 - April 12
The Tates are on the brink of emotional and financial ruin...
...as each family member plans a desperate escape. Ella plots with a smarmy real estate agent, while husband Weston holes up at the local bar, and son Wesley tries desperately to hold the house together. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Emma dreams of a life of crime, and the family’s lamb takes the brunt of it all. Winner of the 1978 Obie Award for Best New American Play, Curse of the Starving Class takes the American Dream and explodes it into gruesome fragments.
Venue: Latvian Society Theater, 531 N. 7th Street (7th & Spring Garden)
"Primal desperation becomes fervid poetry"
- New York Times
Cast
Steven Rishard*
Melanie Julian*
Tyler Elliot
Kylie Westerbeck
Ross Beschler*
Scott Rodrigue
Cameron Del Grosso
Brandon Castillo
Katherine Perry
Mackenzie Trush (u/s)
*Actor performing with permission of
Actors' Equity Association
Production Team
Direction................................Lane Savadove
Scenic Design.........................Dirk Durosette
Lighting Design.......................................TBD
Costume Design...........................Ariel Wang
Sound Design.........................................TBD
Props Design..........................................TBD
Stage Management................................TBD
ASM.....................................Brandon Castillo
Technical Direction...........Flannel & Hammer
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Fri-Sun.............................................$36
Champagne Opening......................$39
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