The play is about a Mother who has dementia, is addicted to pills and is losing her mind. It’s a very sad play but Isabelle Huppert is giving the performance of a lifetime.
THE MOTHER
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to present the US premiere of The Mother, a play by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton, and directed by Trip Cullman.
The Mother opened Monday, March 11th for a limited engagement through Saturday, April 13th, 2019 Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater (336 west 20th Street.)
Can one love one’s son too much? Anne has given everything to the family she’s built. Now the years have gone by, and her children have grown up and have lives and loves of their own, leaving her alone in a world that is crumbling around her. The Mother is a new play about a woman grasping for stability by French writer Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton that will leave you questioning the very nature of reality.
The Mother features Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert (Greta), Golden Globe Award nominee Chris Noth (“The Good Wife”), Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu), and Odessa Young (Days of Rage).
The Mother features scenic design by Mark Wendland, costume design by Anita Yavich, lighting design by Ben Stanton, sound design and original composition by Fitz Patton, projections by Lucy MacKinnon, and casting by Casting by Telsey + Company, William Cantler, CSA; Adam Caldwell, CSA; Karyn Casl, CSA.
