A son's flawed quest to free his wrongfully imprisoned mother.
1950s housewife Rosie Gilchrist is severely burned by accident or perhaps by her own hand. Hospitalized, Rosie is rescued by a black nurse, whom she later repays by joining the nascent Oklahoma civil rights struggle. When Rosie makes plans to sell her home to a black family, she is arrested and imprisoned in a mental hospital....
A son's flawed quest to free his wrongfully imprisoned mother.
1950s housewife Rosie Gilchrist is severely burned by accident or perhaps by her own hand. Hospitalized, Rosie is rescued by a black nurse, whom she later repays by joining the nascent Oklahoma civil rights struggle. When Rosie makes plans to sell her home to a black family, she is arrested and imprisoned in a mental hospital. Carrying his own guilt for his part in her arrest, her son aches to win her freedom, but sabotages his chance of success. Nonetheless ...
ROSIE: White female, 40s
STORYTELLER, White male, 70's. (Narrator)
JOHN, White male, 40s (double with BERRIGAN)
MRS FULLBRIGHT: Black female, 30-60
JOE: Rosie's son. White male, teen
REVEREND DUNN: White male, 50s
CHIEF BECKETT: White male, 40s
DANIEL BERRIGAN, SJ: 40s, Jesuit priest (Double with JOHN)
SENATOR E. MELVIN PORTER: Black male. 30s
Development History
Workshop
,
Risk Theatre Tragic Play Competition - Semi-Finalist
,
2023
Reading
,
Ubiquitous Players, Chicago
,
2022
Workshop
,
Forward Theatre - Wisconsin Wrights play competition - finalist