Theatre Wesleyan presents
PLAYMARKET 2008
FAR FROM THE TREE
by Chuck Fain
May 11 at 6:00 pm
Thad Smotherman Theatre
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FAR FROM THE TREE by Chuck Fain premiered on Mother's Day in the Thad Smotherman Theatre.   This one-act featured the reading talents of real-life mother and son Gina & Ben Phillips along with Theatre majors Garrett Beames and Rene Sarradet and alumna Jessica Whitt Lambert.   Directed by Connie Whitt-Lambert, this dark comedy was rated PG for subject matter and language.
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The Play:
Ma Spenser (played by Gina Phillips), devoted mother to at least one of her two children, fakes an illness in order to persuade the favorite son, Jason (freshman theatre major Garrett Beames), to move from Chicago and take care of her. Jason has pressing issues back home and calls on his brother, Jesse (Ben Phillips, junior theatre major), to take his place. Neither Jesse nor Ma Spenser is happy with the arrangement. Their personalities clash as they try to coexist in the same house. Bickering and back talking abound. In spite of the well-meaning aide of neighbor Mrs. Kirkpatrick (Rene Sarradet), the situation finally comes to a head when Ma Spenser's real intentions are revealed.
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