Dividing the Estate

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We've all seen what happens when a clan of country bumpkins strikes it rich with oil (courtesy of The Beverly Hillbillies), but what goes down when the opposite occurs? When a wealthy, established oil family begins to see their estate crumble to pieces? That's the story told in Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, in which the powerful Gordon family starts hemorrhaging money in the wake of the 1980s oil bust. Watch as each Gordon struggles as the entitlement and luxury they've long taken for granted is swept away in a play that provides both laughs and a serious look at American culture.