{"id":22749,"date":"2018-06-04T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=22749"},"modified":"2018-06-04T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T20:30:11","slug":"yellowstone-rep-presents-crimes-of-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2018\/06\/yellowstone-rep-presents-crimes-of-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone Rep presents ‘Crimes of the Heart’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Babe\"<\/a>

Amanda Lackman<\/p>

Starring in “Crimes of the Heart” are, from left, Casidee Riley Corcoran as Meg, Kelsey Reid Steffan as Lenny and DeLaney Kay Hardy as Babe.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yellowstone Repertory Theatre will end its inaugural season with “Crimes of the Heart,” by Beth Henley, which opens Friday, June 8, at\u00a0NOVA Center for the Performing Arts.<\/p>\n

Henley’s play about the Magrath sisters from Hazlehurst, Mississippi, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981 and has gone on to be produced on stages around the world and in a 1986 film starring Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek\u00a0and Diane Keaton.<\/p>\n

Yellowstone Rep\u2019s production will run for seven performances through June
\n23 at NOVA.<\/p>\n

Craig Huisenga, Yellowstone Rep\u2019s artistic director, said producing “Crimes of the Heart” fulfills several of the group’s\u00a0goals as a new professional theater in Billings.<\/p>\n

“It showcases important work by one of America\u2019s best\u00a0female playwrights, is a hugely entertaining Southern gothic comedy, and has juicy roles for some of\u00a0Billings\u2019 best actresses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The New York Times called the characters \u201cadorable eccentrics, laughing through their tears and crying themselves back to laughter again.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Henley\u2019s bittersweet comedy, each of the Magrath sisters must deal with the consequences of the\u00a0\u201ccrimes of the heart\u201d she has committed. Their complicated family history has also made them the victims\u00a0of others\u2019 \u201ccrimes of the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Rep\u2019s production, the sisters will be played by Kelsey Reid Steffan, Casidee Riley Corcoran and\u00a0DeLaney Kay Hardy, all of whom have been featured on the stages of Billings\u2019 community theaters.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the cast are Wendy Kessler, Richard Leeds and Chas Llewellyn, who played Tom Wingfield in the Rep\u2019s production of “The Glass Menagerie<\/a>.” Huisenga will direct the show. The set will be designed by Mark\u00a0Huisenga, costumes by Leah Ford and lighting by Davison Schanno.<\/p>\n

All performances will be presented in the intimate Black Box at NOVA Center for
\nthe Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Ave. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m., with one\u00a0Sunday matinee on June 17 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices are $22 for adults, $15 for students. Discounts are available for groups of eight or more, or student\u00a0groups of 10 or more. For tickets or more information, visit www.YellowstoneRep.org<\/a>. Tickets may\u00a0also be purchased by phone at 1-800-838-3006, or at the door.<\/p>\n

Yellowstone Repertory Theatre\u2019s mission is to bring professional theater to Billings and the surrounding region by creating a committed ensemble that dares the artist, while captivating and\u00a0inspiring the audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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