Runs April 19, 20 and 25, 2009
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Written by Scott McPherson
Director TBA

Bessie lives in Florida where she cares for her aunt and ailing father, Marvin. Aunt Ruth has several collapsed vertebrae and has to wear an electrode pack on her waist with which she can both control her constant pain and open and close her garage door at will. Unable to speak, and confined to his bed for years, Marvin's only entertainment comes from someone bouncing beams of sunlight, reflected from a small mirror, around his room. When Bessie's long-estranged sister Lee is suddenly brought back into her life, their reunion is uneasy at best, with long buried recriminations coming to the surface even as love slowly overwhelms Lee's veneer of selfishness and glib denial… Marvin's Room is a hilarious and wondrous account of one woman’s commitment to loving others first, and her belief that giving such love has made her unbelievably rich, even as she faces her own death. "…the themes of death, love, duty, care and service are frugally intertwined in a play of considerable emotional resonance. Laughing one minute, we are shuddering with a stealthy empathy the next. Death has rarely seemed more interesting or love so complex." - NY Post.