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We’ll get started at 7:00 PM in the Sue E. Trotter Black Box Theater

This event is FREE

No experience necessary

Fun and informal: You can sit and listen or participate as much as you want

We will read “Crimes of the Heart,” led by Jan Burleson. More information about the play and table reads below.

About the Work

In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three Magrath sisters gather to await news of their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, 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. Their troubles, grave yet somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by Babe’s awkward young lawyer, who has clearly fallen in love with her.

Crimes of the Heart was first performed in February 1979 at the Actors Theatre Louisville in Kentucky. On December 9, 1980, after numerous productions throughout the US, the play premiered off-Broadway at Stage 73. Crimes of the Heart made its Broadway premiere at the John Golden Theatre on November 4, 1981. Directed by Melvin Bernhardt, the Broadway production featured Mia Dillon, Mary Beth Hurt, Lizbeth MacKay, Peter MacNicol, Raymond Baker and Sharon Ullrick.

About Table Reads

Athens Community Theatre hosts several opportunities to read plays and musicals for fun each season. Participation in a table read is a great way to “dip a toe in” to see what working with ACT is like. The play is read casually: you can let us know if you want to participate or just listen in. And you can change your mind at any time.