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The Marriage of Bette & Boo

SHOWTIMES: March 3-5, 10-12, 2017

by Christopher Durang

Directed by Corinna Christman

Cast:
BETTE BRENNAN: Leslie Browne
MARGARET BRENNAN, her mother: Cordelia Callaway
PAUL BRENNAN, her father: Adam Hammond
JOAN BRENNAN, her sister: Maryse Meijer
EMILY BRENNAN, her sister: Amelia Snoblin
BOO HUDLOCKE: David Federking
KARL HUDLOCKE, his father: Chris Mackle
SOOT HUDLOCK, his mother: Laura MacGregor
FATHER DONNALLY: James Redfield
DOCTOR: Ruth Kadanov
MATT: Leslie Halverson

“Christopher Durang is one of the masters of modern dark comedy, and his acidic and ironic style is at its pinnacle in The Marriage of Bette and Boo. This semi-autobiographical play deals with the pain of living in a broken and dysfunctional family. Durang deftly paints a grotesque and hilarious caricature of his own family, in which alcoholism and mental illness tore apart the marriages of his parents and grandparents. The characters are disturbingly blithe, dealing with issue like stillborn infants and abusive relationships with a chipper sense of irony and ignorance.”
– Shane’s Acting Journal

The show will run the weekends of March 3 and March 10, 2017.

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Founded in January of 2009, the Hyde Park Community Players is a non-profit, amateur, volunteer organization whose mission is to create compelling theatre by and for residents of the South Side. Read More »

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