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(17/18) Suddenly Last Summer
by Tennessee Williams
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 7:30PM

Raven Theatre
6157 N. Clark
Chicago, IL 60660
Raven's East Stage


Directed by Jason Gerace

Wealthy New Orleans widow Violet Venable is trying to silence her niece Catherine, the only witness to the death of Violet’s son Sebastian. Catherine has been giving a horrifying description of the circumstances under which Sebastian was killed and Mrs. Venable is unwilling to accept that account as well as other assertions about her son’s life. She pursues extraordinary measures to keep Catherine quiet in this stark, haunting and poetic one-act.

"Suddenly Last Summer" originally opened on Broadway in 1958, toward the end of a 15-year period in which Williams produced his greatest and most popular works, from "The Glass Menagerie" (1944) through "Sweet Bird of Youth" (1959). The 1959 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift was a box office hit and earned Academy Award nominations for Hepburn and Taylor.