The Orphans’ Home Cycle

Description
The Signature continues its mammoth production of Horton Foote’s nine-play rural epic with repertory performances of the first six (in two parts). To get a Foote-hold, visit signaturetheatre.org and figure out how to schedule all three sections of the cycle. (The $20 ticket price is made possible by the sponsorship of Time Warner and other corporate angels.) •Part I These three one-act plays include greed, disease, murder, cruelty to children, the bitter legacy of slavery and a sad, ambivalent hero: Horace Robedaux (Bill Heck), alienated observer of a family that abandoned him. Director Michael Wilson and his versatile, highly talented ensemble (including the radiant Hallie Foote) deliver three hours of episodic narrative without a dull moment.—DC