The Memory of Water

    by Shelagh Stephenson, directed by Kim Frick-Welker

This touching and entertaining comedy provides an insight into the lives of three sisters who are reunited for their mother's funeral. A neurotic maternal type, a paranoid doctor and a brattish youngest sibling recall their childhood, but find that personal grievances have colored their memories, which differ greatly and cause immense friction. The Memory of Water appears at first to be pure black comedy, with the newly bereaved sisters indulging wildly in witty bickering and dope-induced dress-up.  Their quarrels over the funeral arrangements, their well-worn family roles, their unsatisfactory men and their mixed memories of a highly feminine working-class mother are hilarious.  Shelagh Stephenson charts the joyous and painful territory of family relationships with insight and compassion.

THE CAST: 

Mary...........................................Jennifer Williams

Vi...............................................Gail Cole

Teresa........................................Kim Frick-Welker

Catherine....................................Beth Thompson

Mike...........................................Dave Johnson

Frank..........................................Steven W. Gwilt

 

* produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.  

The Memory of Water played March 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, April 1, 2006, 7:30 pm 

to SOLD OUT audiences!