Pandora Productions to Present Terrence McNally's MOTHERS & SONS

By: Oct. 18, 2016
Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe.




Existing user? Just click login.

Pandora Productions continues the 2016-2017 season with the 2014 Tony Award nominee for Best Play: MOTHERS AND SONS. Arguably the most prolific playwright on LGBTQ issues, Terrence McNally, writes a dense and complicated story of a grieving mother, stuck in the past at the moment her son died from complications of AIDS. With a reputation of telling stories of the LBGTQ community with dignity, who else but Pandora could bring such a thought provoking play to the stage?

Twenty some years after her son's death of AIDS, a mother unexpectedly visits the home of her son's ex-partner who she hasn't seen in many years, and who is now married to another man and has a young son. There, she is forced to come to terms with how much society has changed without her, and the full life her son might have been able to enjoy. A deeply compassionate and touching look at the transformative nature of forgiveness and the evolving definition of family. As powerful and provocative as it is warm and humorous, it explores a rapidly changing society.

Mothers and Sons is being directed by company Artistic Director Michael J. Drury and stars: Carol Tyree Williams as Katharine, Shayne Brakefield as Cal, David Galloway as Will and introduces Keegan Conner as Bud. The production will run November 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 at 7:30 p and November 13 and 20 at 5:30 p with the only matinee set for November 19 at 2:00 p. The play will be performed at Pandora's home theatre in the Henry Clay building located at 604 South Third Street, 3rd Floor, Downtown Louisville.

This production sponsored by The Mawood Group. Single tickets are available for $20 in advance and $22 day of show for this production and are available online at www.PandoraProds.org, or via phone at 502.216.5502. Season sponsorship provided by The Kentucky Arts Council, Brown-Forman, Calobrace and Mizuguchi Plastic Surgery & CaloSpa Rejuvenation Center, Kingfish and Leo.

PlayDates with Pandora

Pandora Productions introduces PlayDates with Pandora during the run of Mothers and Sons. This 3 part series will present readings of plays on LGBTQ themes written by local playwrights.

Join us for the first in the PlayDates series with Bernice Sizemore's 70th Birthday by Nancy Gall-Clayton to be presented on Monday, November 14th at 7:30 p.m. followed by a talk-back with the cast, the playwright and Pandora's Artistic Director.

Surprises arrive on Bernice Sizemore's 70th birthday including a gun and a gift certificate for a tombstone. Yoga-loving square-dancing Bernice has a few surprises of her own for her workaholic daughter and the son she hasn't spoken to since he announced he was gay.

Pandora, with the generous assistance of Tollie Miller and Bradie Barr, bring Mary Ann Johnson to the stage as Bernice. Don't miss this special event, 1 Night Only. No set price, pay-what-you-can at the door. Bar service will be available for this special event.

Pandora Productions was founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1995 and represents the transformational power of theatre. Its mission is to entertain, engage and inspire its audiences, the community, and the greater human communities by presenting bold, cutting-edge theatrical productions that reveal the commonality of all people while investigating the diversity of human nature, particularly the nature of sexual orientation, through artistic expression. Pandora Productions is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization that benefits largely from the generosity of the community. Donations are encouraged and welcomed, in any amount. Visit PandoraProds.org for more information.

Michael J. Drury, Pandora Productions Producing Artistic Director,has worked as a professional actor for 30+ years throughout the Midwest and is no stranger to Louisville area audiences having appeared with Stage One: Louisville's Children's Theatre, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Music Theatre Louisville, CenterStage, Theatre [502] and the Stephen Foster Drama Association, with whom he also toured Japan and was chosen to remake the official cast recording. He has directed numerous productions at Derby Dinner, Louisville Repertory Company, Clarksville Little Theatre and the Shelby County Community Theatre, in addition to adjudicating at theatre festivals including The Kentucky Theatre Association and The Southeastern Theatre Conference.



Videos