The great American classic by America’s most renowned playwright, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS is the epic story about the raging conflict between an aging New England farmer and his rebellious son over the father’s pretty new wife, her love for the son and over the question of the son’s inheritance. Because of its roots in Nineteenth Century early American history, ACT felt it a naturally representative play to help commemorate the Bicentennial. DESIRE is a powerful story of solitude – physical solitude, solitude of the land, of men's dreams, of love, lust and life. It is a profoundly dramatic play, and not one you are likely to forget easily.