Theatre Wesleyan presents
PLAYMARKET 2008
FAR FROM THE TREE
by Chuck Fain
Spend Mother’s Day with One Bad Mother...
May 11 at 6:00 pm
Thad Smotherman Theatre
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Please join us on Mother's Day for the concert reading of FAR FROM THE TREE by Chuck Fain.   This one-act features the reading talents of real-life mother and son Ben and Gina Phillips along with Theatre majors Garrett Beames and Rene Sarradet.   Directed by Connie Whitt-Lambert, this black comedy is rated PG for subject matter and language.
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This Mother's Day give your Mom something she'll really enjoy…the chance to tell you how good you have it!
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Ma Spenser (played by Gina Phillips), devoted mother to at least one of her two children, fakes an illness in order to persuade the favorite son, Jason (freshman theatre major Garrett Beames), to move from Chicago and take care of her. Jason has pressing issues back home and calls on his brother, Jesse (Ben Phillips, junior theatre major), to take his place. Neither Jesse nor Ma Spenser is happy with the arrangement. Their personalities clash as they try to coexist in the same house. Bickering and back talking abound. In spite of the well-meaning aide of neighbor Mrs. Kirkpatrick (Rene Sarradet), the situation finally comes to a head when Ma Spenser's real intentions are revealed.
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Learn to appreciate your mother by spending an evening with Ma Spenser!
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Admission is free.  Please call 817 531-5867 for more information

or email us at eheebner@txwes.edu.