A CHARITY CASE

Alysia Reiner, Jill Shackner & Alison Fraser

A CHARITY CASE

A play about our most sacred of relationships –the one we all have with our mother.

A CHARITY CASE examines the triangle of birth mother, adoptive mother and dislocated child. The journey is both blessed and cursed but the outcome is unforgettable. From WWII to the Sexual Revolution, morality was such that children born out of wedlock were adopted. Was this for the good of the child? Adoption is usually examined from the point of view of the relinquishing or adoptive mother. A CHARITY CASE takes us into the psyche of the child. Dislocation, loss and fear lead the three characters into unknown territory. The journey is mysterious, shocking, cruel and emotionally tender.

A CHARITY CASE was last directed by Wendy Beckett in 2011 at the Clurman Theatre, Off Broadway at Theatre Row in NYC.

CAST 3 women
SETTING 1960s • The Suburbs anywhere

“Convincingly written and directed by Wendy Beckett, this compelling, dynamic play will leave you questioning the mother–daughter relationship…A CHARITY CASE will open discussions, raise questions, and create controversy…”

— BROADWAY WORLD

“Carefully and cagily drawn portraits of two seriously flawed women… a delicately calibrated argument ”

— THEATER MANIA

A CHARITY CASE
2011 Theatre Row NYC

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