HIT HOUSE CREATIVE AND HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER ANNOUNCE THE U.S. PREMIERE OF RED SILK: A PLAY IN TWO ACTS

The play, a riveting fictionalized drama, centers on the complex —and controversial — relationship between the deeply troubled, Pulitzer-prize-winning poet Anne Sexton and two of her psychiatrists. Red Silk is a fictionalized drama centered around the wry, brilliant, and impulsive Sexton and the two male psychiatrists who treated her during her lifetime.

Named for the identifiable red silk wrap dress she wore for her public readings, the play is set in 1967, immediately following her Pulitzer Prize win for her poetry collection: Live or Die.

In its electric exploration of psychiatry and mental wellness, the play deftly reveals the complications and hypocrisies surrounding the rights of women, the rights of the mentally ill, and the rights of all who have been marginalized by society.