The three Magrath sisters have gathered in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Lenny, the oldest sister, is
unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly
outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the
youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. This Pulitzer
Prize-winning play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future.

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