Buried Child

Year
1987 - 1988

Creatives
Director: Frans Hempen

Production Leader: Arnold Keizer

Writer
Sam Shepard

Synopsis
The play gives a portrait of an American farmer family in the Mid-Western state Illinois. Dodge and Halie's house is a barren desert location amidst one of the most fertiele areas of the North American continent, the Corn Belt. The lives of the family members all have a dead end. Promises have not been made good, love has been betrayed, distrust determines intercourse. Only when grandson Vince together with his girlfrienc Shelly comes to visit his grandparents after 6 years, does the buried past come to surface bit by bit. In a symbolic way does the play contradict the image of a pious and christian America; just, loving, an exemplary big family, heading for a great future. Shepard knows how to construct a thriller-like tension together with quite a bit of 'black humor'.

Cast
Gosse Beerda: Bradley

Heleen Brinkman: Shelly

Chris Deen: Dodge

Trude Roelofsen: Halie

Jan Slump: Vince

Hans Veenkamp: Tilden

Ben Zuidema: Father Dewis

Crew
Louise Caspers (Set)

Alexandra Gaylord (Pronunciation Advisor)

Iris Hoekstra (Make-up)

Gerard Kingma (Lighting)

Elke Meiborg (Costumes)

Rini Roerig (PR)

Titia Sikma (Voice-Training)

Edmond Spierts (Poster Design)

Arnoud Thüss (Props)

Frank Volmerink (Props)

Fokje Westerling (PR)

Sponsors
Academische Boekhandel Wristers B.V. Groningen

Boekhandel Athena Groningen

Bowling & Partycentrum Groningen

Copycentrum RCG Groningen

Culinair-Café "de Benjamin" Groningen

Rico's Pizzeria Piccolo Ristorante Groningen

Timbuctoo Secondhand English Books Groningen

Special Thanks
Dhr Bolhuis

Hella Bos

"Buurtwerkplaats Binnenstad Zuid"

Dhr & Mevr Hempen

Hans Jansen

Marjolein Kommer

Kapperszaak Luining

Orthopedisch Centrum Haren

Bert Stroo

Tjalling de Vries

Eefje Westerling