Directed by Rachel Lambert

April 12 - May 20, 2018

Previews April 12th, 13th, and 14th at 7:30pm
Continues Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 7:30pm; Sundays at 2:00pm

Performances at The Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport Ave. Chicago
For more info and tickets, Call the Box Office at 773-935-6875

About The Show

Eclipse opens the 2018 William Inge Season with the rarely staged play, Natural Affection. As she awaits the impending Christmas visit of her teenage son, Donnie, Sue Barker is torn between the love she feels as a mother and the fear that his presence will disrupt the life that she has built in his absence. Having been deserted by the boy's father before his birth, Sue was forced to support herself, leaving Donnie to a childhood of orphan homes and ultimately a term at the penal farm. Working her way up to a position of head lingerie buyer for a Chicago department store, Sue has acquired a small but fashionable apartment and a lover, Bernie Slovenk. When Donnie announces that he will not have to go back to the farm if she will give him a home, the crisis is broached. The inescapable showdown comes on Christmas Eve when the couple from next door joins the others for a party. Rachel Lambert makes her Eclipse directorial debut.