|  Escape
From Happiness
by George F. Walker
A DWU Dark Comedy
Patten-Wing Theatre
Hughes Science Hall on the DWU Campus
October 21, 21, 23 @ 7:30 pm
October 24 @ 2 pm
General admission is $5.
This production is free to all DWU students, staff, faculty and
MACT members.
“Escape from Happiness” takes place in the kitchen
of an old, slightly rundown house in a not-so-classy section of
a large city. It's home to Nora, a good-natured, slow-moving, fairly
batty middle-aged woman; her daughter Gail, who is tough, sensible
and a little high-strung; Gail's husband Junior, an affable but
rather dim fellow. Also living here is Tom, who is dying of some
unspecified disease. Tom is, according to Nora, a stranger who looks
exactly like (and coincidentally has the same name as) her husband,
who deserted the family 10 years ago after trying to burn down the
house.
“Escape From Happiness” is a darkly biting comedy about
a very broken family in search of wholeness again. Both a viciously
funny satire and poignant reflection on forgiveness, “Escape
from Happiness” offers a unique and hilarious perspective
on the many family ties that bind.
(Warning: explicit language) |
An
Evening of Student Directed One-Acts
Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat