Curse of the Starving Class
Schedule
Wed Nov 06 2024 at 08:30 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
6638 Old Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27616 | Raleigh, NC
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The setting is a farmhouse in the American West, inhabited by a family who has enough to eat but not enough to satisfy the other hungers that bedevil them. The father is a drunk; the mother a frowzy slattern; the daughter precocious beyond her years; and the son a deranged idealist. As the family decides to sell the house to raise money, the mother talks of running off to Europe or Mexico; the father sobers up and tries to take control; the daughter is blown up in the family car; and the son is left brutalized and bloodied. In the end the characters become a metaphor for the underside of American life—benighted innocents pursuing a dream that remains beyond their reach. Winner of the 1977 Obie Award for Best New American Play.
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Where is it happening?
6638 Old Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27616Event Location & Nearby Stays: