Becky Ann Baker, Samantha Soule, Constance Shulman, and Arden Myrin in BARBECUE, written by Robert O’Hara and directed by Kent Gash, running at The Public Theater.

Staging an Intervention at a Barbecue

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 14, 2015

Playwright Robert O'Hara and actors Tamberla Perry and Samantha Soule talk about their new play, “Barbecue.” The play revolves around the O’Mallery family, who stage a barbecue as an intervention with one of their family members, Barbara, whose drug abuse was making her spiral out of control. But events go haywire, and relationships quickly become strained. At The Public Theater through November 1.

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