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You may also come to the Theatre in person to buy tickets; we are located at 719 Rockhill Street in the West Central neighborhood of downtown Fort Wayne.
Box Office Hours: 9:00AM to 1:00PM Mon-Fri and 9:00AM to 1:00PM on all Show Dates. The Box Office also opens 90 minutes prior to curtain time.
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Arena Dinner Theatre
PO Box 11922 ● Fort Wayne ● IN ● 46861
260.424.5622
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Last Update: 7/25/2008 at 10:27 AM
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What the Critics Said:
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.
NY 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.
NY Post
From time to time a play comes along that restores one's faith in our theatre.
NY Magazine.
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CRIMES OF THE HEART
by Beth Henley
• Winner: 1981 Pulitzer Prize
• Winner: 1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Award
Show Dates: January 18-19, 25-26, February 1-2 (2008)
Produced with special arrangements from Dramatists Play Service
Directed by Robert Scrimm
FEATURING:
Amy Baxter, Kelly McMeen, Eric Gorall,
Lori Platt, Gloria Minnich, and Brian Hill
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An astonishing first play, initially presented by the Actors Theatre of Louisville, then moved to Off-Broadway, and finally a move on to Broadway where it established the author as a major voice in contemporary American theater. Warm-hearted, irreverent, zany and brilliantly imaginative, the play teems with humanity and humor as it examines the plight of three young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions.
The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future—but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended. |
Dinner Menu
Garden Salad
Homemade Meatloaf
Whipped Potatoes w/ Gravy
Buttered Baby Cut Carrots
Lemon Cake
Rolls and Butter
Coffee and Iced Tea
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