Crimes of the Heart
The scene for this comedy-drama 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.
Past Productions
The Rimers of Eldritch
The killing of an Eldritch, Missouri, resident unravels the truth about the decaying Bible Belt town and its townspeople as the murder trial unfolds.
12 Ophelias
A continuation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia rises from the water to find herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where nothing is what it seems.
The Country Club
A young, witty and charmingly neurotic woman retreats from a failed marriage to her upper class hometown in which a getaway weekend of party after party gives way to the rest of her life.
Urban Tales: A Dance Concert
Acclaimed European choreographer Nikos Lagousakos directs the USC Repertory Dance Company in an evening of dance with an internationally flair.
Molière’s The Learned Ladies
This rollicking work by Molière finds a most un-literary lady intent on having a high-toned literary salon. She has neither literary nor common sense, which makes her easy prey for a con artist who passes himself off as a famous poet and becomes a permanent house guest.
Vieux Carré
Set in 1930s New Orleans, a young writer remembers his artistic and sexual awakening as the inhabitants of a boardinghouse swirl up out of his imagination as he struggles with his literary career, poverty and loneliness.
Strike-Slip
For three diverse families, a tragic shooting exposes there once-dormant fault-lines and forces them to confront the way they perceive themselves, their community and their dreams.
City of Angels
This Tony Award-winning Best Musical is a deliciously funny spoof of 1940s film noir and hard-boiled detective fiction. In glamorous 1940s Hollywood, a young novelist is attempting to write a screenplay for a fast-talking Hollywood producer while trying to maintain his artistic integrity and marriage. As he creates the story about a private detective the characters come to life on stage.
James Joyce’s The Dead
Adapted from Joyce’s literary masterpiece, this intimate Tony Award-winning musical portrays a homespun Yuletide party with Irish music, dancing, food, drink and good fellowship.