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"This is what I always imagined hell would be like."

Everything was going just fine before the shape-shifter showed up. Grandma Ruthie’s three tolerably dysfunctional daughters were throwing her a birthday party (including unbalanced Sylvia, with her terrifying hook hands). The kids were coming, too, and nobody planned on mentioning the family’s horrific secrets. But now there’s soda and cheese puffs spilled everywhere and a mysterious pink letter is circulating around the kitchen. What happens when it’s opened is just the tip of the iceberg in the Chicago premiere of Jason Grote’s dark comedy, as supernatural forces conspire to bring everyone to the brink of confronting the pasts they’ve kept so carefully buried.

 

Approximate run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission

 

March 30 - May 5, 2013

Theater Wit

1229 West Belmont Avenue

 

This program is partially supported by a grant

from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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by Jason Grote

directed by Marti Lyons

 

March 30 - May 5, 2013

Theater Wit

1229 W Belmont Avenue

 

Run time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission

Everything was going just fine before the shape-shifter showed up. Grandma Ruthie’s three tolerably dysfunctional daughters were throwing her a birthday party (including unbalanced Sylvia, with her terrifying hook hands). The kids were coming, too, and nobody planned on mentioning the family’s horrific secrets. But now there’s soda and cheese puffs spilled everywhere and a mysterious pink letter is circulating around the kitchen. What happens when it’s opened is just the tip of the iceberg in the Chicago premiere of Jason Grote’s dark comedy, as supernatural forces conspire to bring everyone to the brink of confronting the pasts they’ve kept so carefully buried.

 

 

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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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