About the production
A young man returns with his girlfriend to his family’s decaying Illinois farm, where no one recognizes him and everyone is haunted by an unspeakable secret buried in the back field.
“Senior and company make it impossible to look away, almost as if they've grabbed your upper arm and forced you to confront the corruption.”
— Daily Herald, Barbara Vitello
“Chicago had David Mamet; the rest of Illinois was charted by Shepard and it has not changed course. None of this would have been so resonant had not director Kimberly Senior's production at Writers been an unstinting piece of work with a rich sense of place.”
— Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones
“Director Kimberly Senior revives this Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece into the twenty-first century. It will have you drawn to the deep storyline of complexity and the conscious of how this family has gotten left behind within the changing times in America.”
— ChicagoNow, Rich and Brenda McCain
“Senior pulls these outstanding performances from her cast as she highlights an American Dream that has fallen apart at the seams.”
— Chicago On Stage, Karen Topham
“This all takes place in Sam Shepard’s amazing “Buried Child”, a Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece, as reinvigorated by Director Kimberly Senior.”
— Around the Town Chicago
“one of Senior’s most insightful choices here was to cast Halie as a still-sexy woman with few inhibitions”
— WTTW Chicago Tonight
“Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama from 1978 feels fresh and new under director Kimberly Senior’s guidance.”
— Chicago Theatre Review
“This is a disturbingly dark, raw purposeful drama for which Writers Resident Director Kimberly Senior has assembled a top-flight cast and exposes the long-term effects of grief and remorse while delivering a powerful, one-two punch!”
— Conversations with Ed Tracy
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Credits
Written by Sam Shepard
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Shannon Cochran (Halie), Larry Yando (Dodge), Mark L. Montgomery (Tilden), Timothy Edward Kane (Bradley), Shane Kenyon (Vince), Arti Ishak (Shelly), Allen Gilmore (Father Dewis)
Set Jack Magaw
Lights Heather Gilbert
Sound Mikhail Fiksel
Costumes Mieka van der Ploeg
Photos by Michael Brosilow
