Past Production
April 26 through May 28, 2006
A World Premiere
Heritage
By Brett Neveu
Directed by Edward Sobel
Starring ATC Ensemble member Matthew Brumlow
Tickets $20-$30
From the team that brought you the celebrated American Dead comes this powerful drama of race and class relations. A combustible group of African-American and white prisoners are assigned to refurbish a slave plantation house as part of a work detail. The tension builds as each day's work is discovered destroyed the next morning.
“Four Stars. This is theater for people who like their theater strong, smart, but subtle…once again Neveu...has delivered a wise and complex meditation on the American experience.” Jack Helbig, Daily News
“Critics Choice...provocative…smart, restrained and deftly crafted world premiere.” Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
“Critics Choice. Neveu’s vision makes for a rich evening of theater” Justin Hayford, Chicago Reader
“Shot through with thunderbolts of terrific writing and is brought to life by a fiery cast” Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times