Mitchell Hébert is blogging the production of Sam Shepard's
Curse of the Starving Class at the University of Maryland. It's a
joint effort by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the university's theater
department, directed by Daniel De Raey, and set to open on April 21.
Hébert is on the faculty, and is playing Weston.
I am slowly coming to understand Weston. He's a man who has lost is way in
pursuit of the American Dream. He's severely depressed and sometimes
violent. Playing him will definitely cause me some discomfort. We all have
our demons, and most of us go years, maybe decades never disturbing them. As
an actor, I have to poke them with a stick all too often.
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10:19:29 PM
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