CHAPTERS
1. PRELUDE — A visitation
2. YOUNG NIN — What is, ya think, greatness?
3. ORAL HISTORY — Three Phoebes in wartime
4. OUT OF THE BLUE — A coming of age
5. THE MOMENT — (Between over and next)
6. WHAT ELSE? LIFE! — With its glorious trumpets
7. ING — In which Nin defines "singer"
8. ME BE — Nin's prism
9. YOU TOO? — Gonna shake, startle, rattle, and roll
10. A GOOD SMUDGE — The pony in the snow
11. FOUR SMALL WORDS — Enough already?
12. ENCORE — Epilogue
CHARACTERS
Nin A singer
Young Nin A mask with braids
Ma (Phoebe)A painter in her mid-nineties, Nin's mother, a mask.
Pa (Jimmy)Nin's father, a mask, also in his mid-nineties, who has aphasia (difficulty finding words) from old age.
The Crone A mask, all-knowing keeper of secrets, guide, turner of compost.
She works in the shadows, taking care of things.
SETTING
Nin's studio
Ma and Pa's nursing home apartment
An arch with colored silks, one for each family member:
Pa (Jimmy), Ma (Phoebe), Peepsie (little Phoebe), Marnie, Jimmy Jr., Nin, John
A Gift of Madness premiered at the Hatbox Theatre in Concord, New Hampshire on November 18, 2016.
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