Curse of the Starving Class

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Event Curse of the Starving Class
Venue Downstairs Theatre (Seymour Centre), Chippendale, NSW
First Date 3 May 1989
Opening Date 3 May 1989
Last Date 20 May 1989
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description 'It is about a search for identity, legitimacy, and problematises the link white man has with the land. [...] It questions the implicit cohesion of the family unit, placing a lower middle class family in the desert, culturally, sociologically, and historically. In the play very few characters can or want to take responsibility for their actions, and this causes much of the tension that drives this most powerful of plays. Shepard is deconstructing the American dream.'
SUDS 1989, 'The Curse of the Starving Class' SUDS.
Description Source Press Release
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects American
Identity
Money
Race relations
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Anthony Lo Giudice Actor Slater
Gregan McMahon Actor Malcolm
Martin Murphy Actor Ellis
Patrick Nolan Actor Taylor
Josie O'Reilly Actor Ella
Hamish Rankin Actor Emerson
Andrew Robinson Actor Weston
Cathy Sherry Actor Emma
Cameron Tonkin Actor Wesley
Chris Mead Assistant Director Assistant to the Director
Emma-Kate Gardener Assistant Stage Manager
John Puckeridge Composer
Neil Reilly Design Consultant Poster Designer
Brett Adam Designer
Jane Mackrell Director
Brett Adam Lighting Operator/Technician
Sean Batten Lighting Operator/Technician
Karen Peterson Schafer Photographer
Sam Shepard Playwright
Sean Batten Production Manager Assistant Production Manager
Rachel Landers Production Manager
Wendy Twibell Production Manager Assistant Production Manager
Lisa Malouf Props Buyer
Annette Fraser Publicist
Matt Wood Set and/or Property Maker From G.T. Studebaker
Mark Schulz Set Designer
Glenn Richardson Stage Manager
Michael Lenny Technician
Text Nationality United States of America
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newsletter Twibill, Wendy 1989, 'Sam Shepard: The Curse of the Starving Class', The Union Recorder, 24 April, pp. 13.
Newspaper John, C 1989, 'Curse of the Starving Class', The Sun-Herald, 7 May, pp. 113. Twibill, Wendy 1989, 'Shepard's Delight', Honi Soit, iss. 8, pp. 9
Programme 1989, 'Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard', SUDS.
Review John, C 1989, 'Curse of the Starving Class', The Sun-Herald, 7 May, pp. 113.
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 148995