The set for Crimes of the Heart.
Chick, who has been watching for Babe's homecoming, "greets"
Babe.
Lenny muses on her birthday.
Lenny talks with Meg.
Barnette and Babe make a connection.
Meg and Doc Porter renew their acquaintance.
Babe decides to follow her dead mother (who had committed suicide years ago) by sticking her head in the gas oven.
Lenny goes on a rampage and chases Chick with a broom.
The McGrath sisters back in their usual places.
The Mcgrath sisters: Meg (Jacque Sergent), Lenny (Heather Gill) and Babe (Marianne Hall).
To say our production of Crimes of the Heart was stressful is an understatement. Teri Queen, originally cast as Babe, had several family members hospitalized the night the day of final dress rehearsal. This corresponded with the stress of her brother, a Marine, flying in a helicopter over the border into Iraq. Teri elected to leave town to be with her family (and since the play is about family, we all agreed it was the only decision), and Marianne Hall stepped in at the last moment, and carried a script for the first two performances.
At the end of the three performances, we could say--as the photograph at left attests--that the show killed Ashley, the Assistant Director/Stage Manager.