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March 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 1993
Plank Road School |
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The scene is
a sprawling farmhouse in rural Missouri, which is home to Ken, a legless
Vietnam veteran, and his lover, Jed, a horticulturist. They are visited
by Ken's sister, June, and her teenage daughter, and by Gwen and
John—the former a hard-drinking, pill-popping heiress who aspires to be
a rock star, the latter her wary-eyed husband and manager. All are old
friends from college days, and former activists who agitated for what
they hoped would be a better world. The action centers on Gwen's offer
to buy the farm, which she plans to convert into a recording center, and
on Ken's Aunt Sally, who has come to the family homestead to scatter the
ashes of her late husband.
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