‘night, Mother

Written By Marsha Norman
Directed By Billy Ray Brewton

October 4-13, 2007
Thursday-Saturday Nights at 8pm

Performed at Playhouse Costume Cooperative

The scene is the living room/kitchen of a small house on an isolated country road, which is shared by Jessie and her mother. Jessie’s father is dead; her loveless marriage ended in divorce; her absent son is a petty thief and ne’er-do-well; her last job didn’t work out and, in general, her life is stale and unprofitable. As the play begins Jessie asks for her father’s service revolver and calmly announces that she intends to kill herself. At first her mother refuses to take her seriously, but as Jessie sets about tidying the house and making lists of things to be looked after, her sense of desperate helplessness begins to build.

Featuring: Ellise Mayor and Adriana Keathley

Marsha Norman received the 1991 Tony Award for the musical THE SECRET GARDEN. She is also the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'NIGHT, MOTHER. For that play, she also received the Hull-Warriner Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn prize. Her first play, GETTING OUT, received the Gassner Medallion and the Newsday Oppenheimer Award. Other plays include THIRD AND OAK, THE LAUNDROMAT, THE POOL HALL, SARAH AND ABRAHAM, and LOVING DANIEL BOONE. She also wrote the book and lyrics for Broadway's THE RED SHOES. She has published a novel, "The Fortuneteller," and written for film and television. She has received grants from the NEA, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Ms. Norman serves on the Council of the Dramatists Guild.