Buried Child

By Sam Shepard

Directed by Bill Doscher

This powerful and brilliant play, winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize, probes deep into the disintegration of the American Dream. Set in a squalid farm home occupied by a family filled with suppressed violence and unease, a ranting alcoholic grandfather; a sanctimonious grandmother (who goes on drinking bouts with the local minister) and their sons harbor a dark secret. Into their midst comes Vince, a grandson none of them remember, and his girlfriend, Shelly, who cannot comprehend the madness to which she is suddenly introduced. “…wildly poetic, full of stage images and utterances replete with insidious suggestiveness…” —NY Magazine. “Shepard is one of the most prolific of our playwrights, and, for that matter, certainly one of the most brilliant.” —NY Post. “Mr. Shepard is an uncommon playwright and uncommonly gifted…” —NY Times.

Performances: March 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18, 2006

All performances at 8pm except:
Sunday, March 12 at 2pm

Tickets $15.00 — Seniors $13.00

The Cast:

Mike Lydon – Dodge
Sandi McDonald – Halie
John Grenier-Ferris – Tilden
Jason Beals – Bradley
Stephanie Romano – Shelly
Joe Coffey – Vince
Mark Bourbeau- Father Dewis

Production Team:

Michelle Aguillon – Producer
Victoria Taylor – Stage Manager
John Mackenzie – Set Design
Jeremy Medicus – Light Design
Ed Council – Sound Design
Lenna Kaleva – Make-up
Kristin Hughes – Props Design
Kimmerie H.O. Jones – Costume Coordinator, Assistant Props Design
Nicole Sparks – Crew
Kate Tonner – Box Office
Christopher Dunn – Programs
Mike Dunn – Signage
Eric Houghton – Web Support

Crew:
Michelle McDonald and Jessie Olson