The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

St. Bonaventure Church
1625 W. Diversey Chicago

In this great modern Spanish tragedy, Bernarda is a stern matriarch obsessed with family honor. Just widowed, she announces to her five daughters that they will enter a traditional eight-year period of cloistered mourning. Each daughter desires love, but with the doors clamped shut, they silently turn to other pursuits-except one, who pursues an affair with the betrothed of the eldest daughter. Discovery results in a tragic climax that is unrelenting in its severity and terror.

Presented by Saint Sebastian Players

Thru - Nov 12, 2017