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DU Presents Crimes of the Heart

Dominican University’s Center Stage proudly presents Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart, one of the most beloved, quirky and heart-warming plays of the 1980s, in a lab production directed by Sarah Wiggin. The production will take place on Friday, February 27 and Saturday, February 28 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, February 29 at 3:00 p.m. in the Martin Recital Hall, 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, Illinois. For tickets and information, call (708) 524-6942.

Crimes of the Heart takes place in Hazlehurst, Mississippi where each of the Magrath sisters faces a significant turning point. The youngest sister, Babe, is arrested for shooting her husband. The middle sister, Meg, returns home after a disastrous attempt to launch a singing career. And the eldest, Lenny, faces her 30th birthday fearing she’ll become an old maid. Over two eventful days, the sisters face the circumstances that have led them astray and rediscover the bonds of sisterhood that offer them strength for the future.

The play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for best American play. Sissy Spacek, Jessica Lange and Diane Keaton portrayed the three sisters for the Academy Award-nominated movie adaptation in 1986.

Sarah Wiggin will direct Crimes of the Heart for Dominican University. She is an actor and director currently residing in Washington, DC. Her popular production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile was recently honored in the “Top Ten: Year on Stage” list of Baltimore’s City Paper, which called the staging “slick” and “witty.”

For more information, contact the Center Stage Box Office at (708) 524-6942. General admission tickets range are $15.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs through the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 15 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Graduate School of Business and Information Systems, the School of Education and the Graduate School of Social Work. In the 2004 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report again ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a “best value” for the sixth consecutive year.