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PRESS RELEASE: Concord, CA. July 24, 2007 – In the tradition of such groundbreaking epic multi-generational family dramas as Alex Haley’s Roots, the Willows Theatre Company will present Robert Schenkkan’s 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Kentucky Cycle -- nine short plays chronicling the changing fortunes of seven generations of the Rowen family over 200 years in that part of eastern Kentucky known as Appalachia. The plays will be presented in two parts – either on two consecutive days, or in a continuous, all-day performance with a single dinner break. Part I, consisting of the first five plays – covering the period from 1775 to 1861 – opens Friday, August 31, 2007.  Part II, continuing the family story from 1890 through 1975, opens on Saturday, September 1, 2007. Preview performances begin August 27, 2007. The plays will run in repertory through October 28, 2007, under the direction of Artistic Director Richard Elliott. <more>

ON STAGE AND SCREEN - THE ALLURE OF THE CYCLE:  <more>

A STUDY GUIDE TO 'THE KENTUCKY CYCLE':  <more>

'KENTUCKY CYCLE' MONOLOGUES: <more>