Buried Child Tickets

Love thought-provoking theatre? Want to see an all-time American classic layered with meaning, a critique of the American Dream, family life and mythology? If so this is perfect, genuinely powerful stuff, the kind of theatre that effortlessly wins awards and delights audiences.

Buried Child was originally produced in 1978 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, directed by Robert Woodruff. Its inaugural New York production took place at the Theater for the New City a few months later, then it moved to the Theater de Lys in New York's Greenwich Village. In spring 1979 it won the playwright a coveted Pulitzer Prize.

The first London production took place at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1980, directed by Nancy Meckler. In spring 1996 it enjoyed an eight week Broadway run after a run at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. When Gary Sinise directed the play at the Brooks Atkinson Theater, it won five Tony nominations.

In 2016 the play returned to New York, raising the rafters at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Staged by the New Group, it was produced and directed by Scott Elliott, and starred husband and wife in real life, Ed Harris and Amy Madigan... and the rest is history. This play comes with an exceptional pedigree, a classic of our times.

Buried Child – The story

Farmers Dodge and Halie are struggling to keep their land and their sanity. Their wayward adult sons Sommer and Sparks are always in trouble, life's a struggle and when their grandson Vince arrives with his girlfriend, things get very weird. There's a dark secret being kept under wraps, and the family is determined to keep it from Vince.

This is a poetic and painfully funny take on American family life, and it ultimately destroys the illusions of family and home, with potent themes of family disintegration and disillusionment with the American Dream, all set against the hopeless backdrop of a real-life rural economic slowdown.

The critics love it, always a good sign. Take Ben Brantley of the New York Times, who calls it, “Thoughtful and absorbing”. In his view, “Ed Harris is splendid. Mr. Elliott’s production wants us to listen to Mr. Shepard’s characters as if they truly were members of our own family, so that (just like our own family) they can sucker-punch us when we feel most unguarded." Other respected critics say much the same thing – this is a totally brilliant production, so grab tickets while you can.

Buried Child tickets – A potent and powerful play

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