Curse of the Starving Class

CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS: Sam Shepard’s “Curse of the Starving Class” is a darkly comic look into the world of the dysfunctional Tate family, as they struggle amongst themselves for food, freedom, and purpose in their run-down lives. The Tates will do just about anything to raise themselves out of the downward spiral into which they’ve fallen. But is it even possible? Or are some families, Shepard asks, just cursed from the start? Performances are at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 4; 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 5; 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 6; 8 p.m. on Friday, April 11; 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 12; and 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, in the Studio Theatre in the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the Westside campus. Get tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/curse-of-the-starving-class-tickets-925447366987?