Please come out and support UTC's Women's Studies and Theater and Speech Departments in our production of CROOKED by Catherine Trieschmann, in the UTC Fine Arts Center Studio Theatre, March 4th and 5th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are on sale now at the Fine Arts Center Box Office. See details below.

Crooked is a dramatic comedy about Laney (played by UTC student Jamie Harkin), a 14 year old who is smarter than any 14 year old should be. She’s beginning to adjust to her new life in Oxford, Mississippi with her intelligent, exhausted mother, Elise (played by UTC faculty member Anne K. Swedberg). Laney meets 16-year-old Maribel (played by UTC student Heather Chang) who is a firm believer in the healing powers of Jesus Christ. The new friendship takes Laney on an exploration of spirituality and sexuality that threatens the fragile relationship between mother and daughter.

Director Blake Harris, a UTC Women’s Studies major, says, “Crooked explores the intersections of sexuality, religion, gender and other identity categories that make us who we are. I found it interesting to illustrate how we often use our identity labels not only to define who we are, but also hide from what we don’t want others, or even ourselves, to see.”