THE SWEET POTATO LEGACY by Trey Deason
Sunday, March 30 at 6:30pm
State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave.
In Milledgeville, Georgia, two sisters reunite at the deathbed of their alcoholic and mentally diseased mother on Thanksgiving. Grace, a wife and mother is determined to cook the perfect dinner. Whereas Joy, long estranged from the family, begins a plot to kill their degenerate step-father, who stands to inherited their childhood home.
Trey Deason graduated from Southwestern University with a BFA in Theatre. Three of his plays have been performed for ScriptWorks Out of Ink Ten Minute Play Showcase (TAMMY SUE’S GRAND FINALE, THE MANY SUICIDES OF MOLLY McVEIGH, and AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR.) He has received two B. Iden Payne nominations for Outstanding Original Script: BROWNIES (as part of Vestige Group’s Muses: Memories of a House III) and CARDIGAN, which was produced in the FronteraFest Long Fringe. LIFE, AND OTHER TERMINAL MALADIES, a collection of short plays, was also produced as part of Long Fringe.