Expiation: A Play in Two Acts

A play in two acts, ten scenes. A gruesome murder on the campus of a small Southern college in the 1950s, when language wore a set of tasteful pearls and the truth was demurely dressed in public.

Kevin Lane Dearinger [Dare-in-jer][he, his] is a retired Broadway actor-singer and English teacher. His publications include The Bard in the Bluegrass, Marie Prescott, Clyde Fitch and the American Theatre, several volumes of poetry, and two memoirs, Bad Sex in Kentucky and On Stage with Bette Davis: Inside the Fabulous Flop of Miss Moffat. His biography of Eleanor Robson Belmont will be published in 2023. He has written several plays, available for new productions, including Regarding Mrs. Carter and Naked on Request, and contributed to Limestone 1833, a radio play. His poems have appeared in a variety of journals and magazines. His work attempts to keep time with his Kentucky heritage, his love of family, his LGBTQ identity, and his own erratic pulse. Expiation is available for production. Contact the author at kdearinger@aol.com.