Play, “Night Mother” by Marsha Norman

“Miss Norman’s play is simple only in the way that an Edward Hopper painting is simple. As she perfectly captures the intimate details of two individual, ordinary women, this playwright locates the emptiness that fills too many ordinary homes on too many faceless streets in the vast country we live in now. “Does ‘night Mother say no to hope? It’s easy to feel that way after reeling from the play’s crushing blow. But there can be hope if there is understanding, and it is Marsha Norman’s profound achievement that she brings both understanding and dignity to forgotten and tragic American lives.” Directed by Tom Molyneaux. Located in Becton Theatre, Becton Hall.