Off the Main Road
June 30 - July 19 | Main Stage
2015 Season
WORLD PREMIERE
Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Kyra Sedgwick makes her WTF debut in the world premiere of a play by Pulitzer Prize-winner William Inge. As the second wave of feminism crests in America, the elegant but emotionally-fragile Faye Garrit (Sedgwick) seeks refuge from her husband, a former professional baseball player, by checking into a run-down resort on the outskirts of St. Louis, with her 17-year-old daughter. The future for mother and daughter may look hazy, but personal, political, and sexual awakenings allow them to move forward with new and heartbreaking clarity. Directed by former WTF Foeller and Sagal Fellow Evan Cabnet, this gripping and powerful drama deepens Inge’s legacy of penning rich, emotionally hard-hitting stories populated by complicated and truthful, human characters.
Off the Main Road was, until recently, a lost work among Inge’s canon – found and reintroduced by the Inge Estate in 2008.
Sponsored by
Barbara & Don McLucas
Jeff Johnson & Hy Conrad
Cast
Becky Ann Baker
Mrs. Burns
Aaron Costa Ganis
Gino
Jeremy Davidson
Manny Garrit
Joseph Huffman
Red
Jonothon Lyons
Police Officer
Howard W. Overshown
Jimmy Woodford
Estelle Parsons
Mrs. Bennet
Kyra Sedgwick
Faye Garrit
Daniel Sharman
Victor Burns
Mary Wiseman
Julia Conroy
Sarah Chalfie
Nun
Creative
Press
“[A] CALM, SINCERE PRODUCTION.” -The New York Times
“A BONA FIDE EVENT” – The Boston Globe
“A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND SUPERBLY ACTED WORLD PREMIERE.” –Albany Times Union
“[KYRA] SEDGWICK COMMANDS THE STAGE!” –Variety
“AN INTERESTING AND EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING PLAY.” –Daily Gazette
“WELL-DIRECTED AND SUPERBLY-CAST PRODUCTION.” –The Arts Fuse
“Resurrecting Inge’s aching empathy in Off the Main Road” – The New York Times
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