November 3, 2004
Purdue Theatre presents Sam Shepard's 'Buried Child'
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Theatre will perform "Buried Child," Sam Shepard’s tragic and sometimes wryly humorous examination of the deterioration of the family unit in mid-America beginning Nov. 11 in Stewart Center's Experimental Theatre.
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The play earned the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award for Best Play for its 1996 revival. Richard Sullivan Lee, associate professor of theater, directs the production.
"I was awakened to the passion of Shepard’s work in the 1970s," Lee said. "His irreverence for dramatic form and structure and his break from the absurd to modified realism captured my imagination. Now, almost 30 years later, I am looking at his words through the eyes of a director, and I am even more exited about exploring his characters, his poetry and his unique way of telling a story."
In "Buried Child," the return of son/grandson Vince after a six-year absence ignites tensions among family members scarred by the truth of a never-discussed but ever-present family secret.
The show opens at 8 p.m., Nov. 11., with additional performances at 8 p.m., Nov. 12-13, and Nov. 17-20, with 2 p.m. matinees on Nov. 14 and 21.
General admission is $14 (weeknights) and $16 (weekends). Senior citizen tickets are $10 and $12, and student tickets are $8 and $10. Tickets may be purchased at the Loeb Box Office in Stewart Center, or by calling (765) 494-3933 or toll-free at (800) 914-SHOW.
Tickets also are available online at TicketMaster.com. Processing fees apply. Groups of eight or more can reserve discounted tickets by calling (765) 494-3084. Group tickets are $10 for the general public and $6.50 for students.
Writer: Maggie Morris, (765) 494-2432, maggiemorris@purdue.edu
Sources: Lori Sparger, (765) 494-3084, lsparger@sla.purdue.edu
Richard Sullivan Lee, (765) 494-3078, rslee@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
Note to Journalists: Photographers may take still rehearsal photos from 7-9 p.m., Monday (Nov. 8) in the Experimental Theatre, Stewart Center. Call Lori Sparger, Purdue Theatre marketing director, at (765) 494-3084 to make arrangements.
PHOTO CAPTION:
Shelly (Stacie Hadgikosti) reacts to the dark advances of her boyfriend’s uncle, Bradley (Andrew Carlson), in a scene from Purdue Theatre’s production of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Buried Child," that starts Nov. 11 in the Stewart Center's Experimental Theatre. (Photo photo/Richard Myers-Walls)
A publication-quality photo is available at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/+2004/buried-child.jpg
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