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INDUSTRY — Sparrows Nest Theater’s production of “Crimes of the Heart,” by Beth Henley, will be performed from Oct. 18 through 21.
The award-winning play is about the three Magrath sisters, who have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital.
The play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, uproarious, revolve around an awkward young lawyer trying to keep the youngest sister, accused of shooting her husband, out of jail.
The play was the winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award.
Performance dates are 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, Friday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, Oct. 20, and 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 21. The theater is at 1114 West Mills Road (Route 148), in West Mills.
