Produced by Melbourne Theatre Company
CAST
Ash Flanders: Carl Herman
Martha Herman: Yael Stone
Sigrid Thornton: Phyllis Herman
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Lee Lewis
Set & Costume Designer: Christina Smith
Lighting Designer: Niklas Pajanti
Composer & Sound Designer: Kelly Ryall
Voice & Dialect Coach: Amy Hume
Associate Set & Costume Designer: Bianca Pardo
Assistant Composer & Sound Designer: John Sharp
AV Designer: Nevin Howell
Movement Consultant: Jonathan Homsey
Stage Manager: Oriana Papa
Assistant Stage Manager: Jenny Le
Assistant Stage Manager/Dresser: Jessie McGuigan
Campaign Photographer: Jo Duck
Rehearsal Photographer: Charlie Kinross
mother play
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company.
The bonds of love are tested in this expansive yet intimate drama rich with humour and wit, starring film, theatre and television legend Sigrid Thornton, alongside Yael Stone, Ash Flanders and directed by Lee Lewis. Careening through the twentieth century – from the Muzak-drenched 60s through the sexual revolution, disco era, and New Age movements that followed – Mother Play charts the personal upheavals of one family trying to find a place for themselves amid the slings and arrows of a changing world.
It’s 1962 and Martha and Carl are unpacking. Again. Since their deadbeat dad ditched them and stole the family’s savings, they’ve been following their fierce mother Phyllis from apartment to apartment. Cockroaches, landlords and snooty neighbours be damned. Phyllis is determined to live life on her terms. They’re moving on up.
Its 2024 Broadway production earned four Tony nominations and won two Drama Desk Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award.
I was the Assistant Composer and Sound Designer for the show led by the talented Kelly Ryall.
