‘night Mother – A staged reading with Melissa Leo and Hannah Munson

Saturday, 11/14, 7 PM

For one night only, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo and local actor Hannah Munson will play mother and daughter in a staged reading of Marsha Norman’s ‘night, Mother, directed by Jessica Bauman. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. This is a single performance that will not be repeated.

Set over a single evening in a rural home, ‘night, Mother follows Thelma and her daughter Jessie in a conversation that becomes a race against the clock: Jessie has calmly announced she plans to end her life before the night is over, and her mother has only the evening to change her mind. Funny, frank and devastating, the play is a landmark of American theater.

Presented by Arts Society of Kingston, ‘night, Mother is the inaugural production of Wayward Daughter Theater Company and a fundraiser to help create and produce more women-led contemporary theater in Kingston.

Suggested donation: $100. A $100 donation gets you a front-row seat and a free Wayward Daughter Theater Company T-shirt.

Melissa Leo is an Academy Award-winning actor known for her work in film, television and theater. Her credits include The Fighter, Frozen River, Mildred Pierce and All My Children.

Hannah Munson is an actor, playwright and producer from Stone Ridge. She has performed with local group Actors & Writers since she was eight and toured locally with the Little Theatre of Wonder. She is a co-founder of Wayward Daughter Theater Company and serves on ASK’s performing arts committee.

Jessica Bauman is a director and community-engaged theater maker based in Brooklyn and Stone Ridge. Her work includes touring productions for the Little Theatre of Wonder and The Frontera Project, co-created with Mexican director Ramón Verdugo.

Arriella Guidubaldi is a co-founder of Wayward Daughter Theater Company and founder of The Actor’s Atelier, a Hudson Valley acting-training program. She serves on ASK’s Performing and Media Arts Committee.

Wayward Daughter Theater Company brings current, sustainable theater to Kingston, NY, connecting professional artists and contemporary audiences through stories that resonate across identities.