Great Scenes From American Kitchen Sink Theatre
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
directed by Latrelle Bright
Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shephard
directed by Genesee Spridco
‘Night, Mother by Marsha Norman
directed by Jordan Coughtry
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera
directed by Nisi Strugis
produced by Illinois Theatre
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Colwell Playhouse / April 2021
Artistic Director: Lisa Gaye Dixon
Scenic Design: Blaine Fuson
Assistant Design: Katie Owen
Costume Design: Hannah Haverkamp
Lighting Design: Gillian Frame
Sound Design: Dakota Erickson
Media Design: M Ospina Lopez
Properties Design: Timothy Swift
Technical Director: Imani McDaniel
Production Stage Manager: Katelyn Allen
Dramaturg: Mariana Seda
Photos: Darrell Hoemann
"Great Scenes from American Kitchen Sink Theatre is a compilation of four scenes derived from the work of playwrights who helped define the landscape of American 20th-century theatre. It serves up a potent dose of Americana through vignettes that provide a rich, shared iconography and deeply specific, personal voices. The kitchen setting grounds these disparate stories in a way that delineates the heart of the home, exploring the unpolished intimacy of the place that can offer solace and comfort or crudely expose vulnerability." -Mariana Seda, Dramaturg's Note