Coyote Ugly

His arrival exacerbates the tensions and obsessions which beset the Pewsey clan - The mother, Andreas, is a slovenly slattern who has long harbored incestuous desires towards her son

The father, Red, is a foul-mouthed degenerate who has similar designs on their daughter, Scarlet, but quickly transfers these to his new daughter-in-law

While the daughter, Scarlet, is a bizarre twelve-year old who lusts after her brother and tries to get rid of her new rival, Penny, by stranding her in the desert

Heightened in style, the play swings from outrageous humor to chilling violence as it explores the twisted psyches of its unique characters and, in the end, exposes the shocking, gnawing secret which has brought them to their present state

Achieving national notice in its production by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company, this stunning, explosive play was also presented at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, under the sponsorship of the American National Theatre

Outspoken and often violent in words and deeds, but brilliantly theatrical throughout, it examines the tragicomic conflicts and passions which beset a rural family in America's southwest - a family for which love has long since soured into hatred

" shocking and hilarious. It pulls no punches and moves ever forward in its assault on our sensibilities" ~ Washington Journal