Mud
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Mae lives in bleak poverty with her childhood playmate, pig-farmer Lloyd. She attempts schooling herself in reading and arithmetic, because she wants to believe there is more to life than struggling to survive. When Lloyd becomes ill, Mae brings Henry home with her to read a health clinic pamphlet’s difficult medical language. The ensuing love / hate triangle that brews between the three creates a toxic environment that is exasperated when Henry is rendered dependent by an accident. Mae realizes she must escape the men who depend upon her if she is to rise above common baseness and not die in the mud.
Production History
May, 2016
Connecticut College (New London, CT)
Credits
Written by María Irene Fornés
Directed by Teresa Cruz
Costume and Scenic Design and Construction by Samantha Butler
Performed by Mattie Barber-Bockelman, Spencer Lutvak, David Socolar
A capstone project by Mattie Barber-Bockelman, Teresa Cruz, Spencer Lutvak, and David Socolar
Faculty Advising by Kenneth Prestininzi
Process Shots
Collage are often a part of our early developmental processes. In Mud, Teresa and Samantha collaged to draw out the visual world and discover the physical elements of the play: sets, costumes, and props.
In Mud, Fornés writes in “white outs” at the end of each scene. Teresa, Mattie, David, and Spencer explored these and other stage pictures on stage using Action Theatre improv.
