There's a loud cry in this country for a return to traditional family values, but who defines those values? This dark comedy tells the story of four women who gather for the funeral of the family patriarch and reveal that a family’s values don’t decorate the front porch, but hide behind closed doors.Pruning the Family Tree, was a finalist in the 1998 Eugene O' Neil Centers National Playwrights Conference. It was originally produced on stage in 2003 by Michigan State University College of Arts and Letters. It has been produced in different languages around the world and in 2012 was adapted into an award-winning feature film.The Tulsa World called the Heller Theater production of Pruning the Family Tree “a miraculous achievement.”
There's a loud cry in this country for a return to traditional family values, but who defines those values? This dark comedy tells the story of four women who gather for the funeral of the family patriarch and reveal that a family’s values don’t decorate the front porch, but hide behind closed doors.Pruning the Family Tree, was a finalist in the 1998 Eugene O' Neil Centers National Playwrights Conference. It was originally produced on stage in 2003 by Michigan State University College of Arts and Letters. It has been produced in different languages around the world and in 2012 was adapted into an award-winning feature film.The Tulsa World called the Heller Theater production of Pruning the Family Tree “a miraculous achievement.”