There is probably nothing sadder than watching a person disappear mentally. Floyd-Priskorn shows us the difficult descent taken by Miriam and how it affects both her daughter and her car giver. The use of the key and the mirror takes us to another realm.

I haven't read a play about dementia before--or if I have, Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn's GOOD MORNING, MIRIAM has made me forget. This one-act is a hard-hitting look inside the mind of a woman with dementia and how it effects her grown daughter and her in-home caregiver. Floyd-Priskorn wields magical realism and an excellent use of a mirror to convey two sides of the titular Miriam and sprinkles in effective beats of humor to ground the story as real. It's a well-drawn family drama, and I recommend you take a look!

A heartbreaking, but beautifully analytic journey into the effects of dementia on all those involved. The characters live and breath. We feel exactly what an emotional toll such a disease can take on us. A masterful observation that will bring tears to your eyes as you go down the road with Miriam, Audrey, and Ari to the inevitable destination.