“Buttercup” World Premiere at Marin Shakespeare Company (April 3-13)

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Bay Area writer J.D. Murphy‘s first theatrical work, Buttercup, makes its world premiere at Marin Shakespeare Company. Following acclaimed work in film and political writing, including the award-winning feature “Valley of the Heart’s Delight,” Murphy turns his satirical lens to 1880s France in this comic fable about class, faith, and motherhood.

Inspired by Guy de Maupassant’s 1880 short story, Boule de Suif, J.D. Murphy’s Buttercup reimagines this Franco-Prussian war fable with a healthy dose of irreverent mirth and absurdity. Inspired by apparitions of her heroine Joan of Arc, Buttercup escapes the convent and vows to reunite with her infant daughter. Determined to survive at all costs, Buttercup becomes a courtesan and finds herself in a caravan of refugees including a mysterious nun and insufferably snobbish bourgeoisie couples. Fate reveals its heartwarming and ridiculous heads in this critical romp about class.

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