Plays / Chronology / Crimes of the Heart

Actors Theatre of Louisville
3rd Festival of New American Plays


February 1–25, 1979
CRIMES OF THE HEART
by Beth Henley
Directed by Jon Jory

Cast of Characters
Lenny
Kathy Bates
Chick Nicola Sheara
Doc Porter Michael Kevin
Meg Susan Kingsley
Babe Lee Anne Fahey
Uncle Watson Ray Fry
Barnette Lloyd William McNulty

Setting: October, Hazlehurst, Mississippi. The MaGrath kitchen.
ACT I: Afternoon.
ACT II:
  Scene 1 That evening.
  Scene 2 Early the following morning.

Set and Lighting Designs
Paul Owen
Costume Designs Kurt Wilhelm
Co–property Masters Sam Garst
Sandra Strawn
Production Stage Manager Frazier Marsh
Stage Manager Bob Hornung
Assistant Stage Manager Benita Hofstetter
Special thanks to William McNulty for dialect coaching.

This production is made possible in part by a grant from the Ford Foundation.

Presented by special arrangement with Curtis Brown, Ltd., New York.