“The Family We Are Born Into”

The Magrath sisters are having a very, very bad day. How bad? Well, Babe just shot her husband, Meg is just out of the looney bin, and poor Lenny is celebrating her birthday alone in the kitchen by sticking a candle in a cookie. The horse got struck by lightning, Grandaddy is in the hospital, and not one of the sisters can figure out how to have a functional love life. Lemonade, y’all? Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Crimes of the Heart brings a twangy Southern style to a story that is equal parts comedy, tragedy, and family redemption. 

by Beth Henley

FIRST THURSDAY / THROWBACK THURSDAY PREVIEW ($24 tickets)

All tickets on these dates are discounted to $24 in honor of COF’s 24th season.

“While this play overflows with infectious high spirits, it is also, unmistakably, the tale of a very troubled family. Such is Miss Henley’s prodigious talent that she can serve us pain as though it were a piece of cake.” —New York Times

“It has heart, wit and a surprisingly zany passion that must carry all before it…it would certainly be a crime for anyone interested in the theatre not to see this play.” —New York Post

“From time to time a play comes along that restores one’s faith in theatre…” —New York Magazine

Show Notes

Content Advisory: This play contains themes of an adult nature, including discussions of mental illness, mild descriptions of violence, and family conflict.
Recommended Age: This production is recommended for audiences 13 years of age and older.
Approximate Run Time: Crimes of The Heart is approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes including a 15 minute intermission.

Crimes of the Heart is generously sponsored by Carol and Len Harlig and Jodie and Dan Hunt—Roy A. Hunt Foundation.