Written by Regina Taylor
Directed by Anna D. Shapiro
Features “a large, top-drawer cast”
– CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Magnolia
Mar 14 – Apr 19, 2009 in Goodman's Albert Theatre
2 hours and 20 minutes
A world premiere
Magnolia is set in winter 1963 as the schools, stores and real estate markets of Atlanta, Georgia are beginning to desegregate. Lily, a white landowner, returns from Paris to find the Forest Estate, her family’s land, on the brink of ruin. Thomas, a successful businessman and the descendent of former slaves to the estate, has a plan to save the land: turn it into subdivisions and sell it to the white families fleeing the city. Tensions build as members of the estranged family reunite to try and save their beloved land-magnolia trees and all.
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