The Mount Players’ second production for 2023, Buried Child written by Sam Shepard, was first presented in 1978 and won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for drama launching Shepard to national fame as a playwright.
The play is an intense drama set in an old farmhouse, in mid-century Illinois. A macabre look at an American Midwestern family with a dark, terrible secret.
Heavily atmospheric and challenging, the play will entrance its audience with questions of morality and its take on the disintegration of the American dream. Although dark in many respects, it is delivered with humour and pathos.
There is hope, however, as the final moments of the play suggest salvation with a surprise ending.
With a superb cast, brilliant set and one hell of a script, the audience will be taken on an emotional journey under the experienced eye of director, Robert Wallace.
This is the Players’ 2023 Victorian Drama League entry where the theatre company has received numerous accolades for its productions over the years.
The season runs from Friday May 12 – Sunday May 28 with only nine performances, so book early to avoid disappointment at www.themountplayers.com or call 5426 1892 for assistance.
