'night, Mother

THE BLACK BOX, Franklin3 dates

This eloquent, enthralling, and ultimately shattering play explores the final hour in the life of a woman who has decided that life is no longer worth living. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and a Drama Desk award, ’Night, Mother is set in the living room/kitchen of a small house on an isolated country road. The home 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…