The Mount Players is launching its second production for 2023, which will double as its Victorian Drama League entry.
The production, Buried Child, was first presented in 1978 and is an intense drama set in an old farmhouse, in mid-century Illinois.
Producer Karlana Santamaria said the play was written by Sam Shepard and has a lot of levels in it.
“On the surface it appears just to be a dark story of loss,” Santamaria said.
“The play is actually about the disintegration of American society, it has a lot of levels to it.”
Buried Child looks into the story of an American Midwestern family with a dark, terrible secret to challenge the audience with questions of morality, and is delivered with humour and pathos.
Santamaria said they chose the Buried Child as they like to provide a range of theatre options to residents, actors and directors.
“We have a broad range of things we try to offer the Macedon Ranges… It’s about offering [diverse] opportunities to actors, the audience … and directors,” she said.
A year after it was originally launched in 1978, Buried Child went on to win the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for drama, catapulting Mr Shepard into national fame.
The Mount Players production will run for about two hours, from Friday, May 12 to Sunday, May 28, at the Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith Street, Macedon.
Details: www.themountplayers.com or 5426 1892
Zoe Moffatt
