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Mother
by Marsha Norman
January 22, 2013
8:00 PM Start
Time
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. In the end, with the inexorability of genuine
tragedy, she can only stand by, stunned and unbelieving, as
Jessie quietly closes and locks her bedroom door and ends
her profound unhappiness in one fatal, stunning and deeply
disturbing moment—a moment never to be forgotten by those
who have witnessed, and come to understand, her plight.
Written by: Marsha Norman
Directed by: Tom
Long
Performances: January 22, 2013, 8:00 PM
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