Hurt Village

By Katori Hall

Directed by Patricia McGregor

Originally produced at Signature Theatre Company, New York, NY.

February 7, 2012 through March 18, 2012

About the Premiere Production: It’s the end of a long summer in Hurt Village, a housing project in Memphis, Tennessee. A government Hope Grant means relocation for many of the project’s residents, including Cookie, a thirteen year-old aspiring rapper, along with her mother Crank and great-grandmother Big Mama. As the family prepares to move, Cookie’s father Buggy unexpectedly returns from a tour of duty in Iraq. Ravaged by the war, Buggy struggles to find a position in his disintegrating community, along with a place in his daughter’s wounded heart. A bold, gritty and devastating work, Hurt Village earned Katori Hall the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, given annually to an outstanding female playwright

Grant Statement: Funding from the Edgerton Foundation will support crucial additional rehearsal time during the preview period for the world premiere of Hurt Village, by Katori Hall.

Director: Patricia McGregor

Set Design: Set and Projections Designer : David Gallo

News

American Voices: Katori Hall

PBS.org

December 14, 2012

Hurt Village: Life Of Memphis Housing Project On Stage

WREG Memphis

October 18, 2012

The Village

Memphis Flyer

October 11, 2012