The Mighty Four
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00 PM
Kutz Theatre : 715 Grand Avenue
by Catherine Butterfield
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The lives of a prominent liberal couple are upended when their son commits a horrific act of racial violence that is caught on video and goes viral. To their horror, the boy is embraced and made famous by the far right. How far do you go to protect a child whose actions you abhor?
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
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Catherine Butterfield is a playwright, novelist, TV and screenplay writer whose work has been performed in New York, regional theatre, and internationally in London and Barcelona. She is the recipient of two Telly awards for her short films, the George E. Oppenheimer/New York Newsday Award for Best New Play ("Joined at the Head"), the Kennedy Center-American Express award for Outstanding Promise as a Playwright, the Kaufman & Hart Award for Best New American Comedy ("The Sleeper"), and the Davie Award for Best New Play in Regional Theatre ("Life in the Trees"). Her play "Joined at the Head" was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband writer/director Ron West.
