Buried Child

By Sam Shepard

Families as dysfunctional as this usually only feature in Greek tragedies.

Winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize, Buried Child is a brilliantly powerful play that digs deep into the disintegration of the American Dream. Under the facade of wholesome, hard working, God-fearing family values lie dark secrets, forbidden desires, and emotional turmoil.

Vince is visiting his grandparents and bringing his girlfriend with him. His expectations turn to bewildered disillusionment as he faces an eccentric and often frightening family of antagonists holed up in a claustrophobic farmhouse somewhere in the great American Midwest. In this gripping play, the very meaning of family comes into question as these characters threaten, disparage, repudiate and snipe at one another in a bizarre and explosive family reunion.

One of the truly great works of the American theatre. No one knows better than Sam Shepard that the true American West is gone forever, but there may be no writer alive more gifted at reinventing it out of pure literary air.

Director: David Mealor
Designer: Mary Moore
Lighting Designer: Mark Pennington
Composer: Quentin Grant
Cast includes: Nicholas Garsden, Patrick Graham, Jacqy Phillips, George Whaley, Hannah Norris