The Trip to Bountiful

by Horton Foote

Directed by Jonne Thornton jcrow_t@bellsouth.net

June 20,21,22,25,26,27,28,29

This is the poignant story of Mrs. Watts, an aging widow living with her son and daughter-in-law in a three-room flat in Houston, Texas. Fearing that her presence may be an imposition on others, and chafing under the rigid and selfish supervision of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Watts imagines that if she can get away and return to her old home in the town of Bountiful, she is sure to regain her strength, dignity and peace of mind. The people she encounters on her journey confirm the essential goodness of humanity, and though her trip doesn't end exactly as she had hoped, she is secure in the knowlege that the rest of her life will be enriched as a result of her last contact with Bountiful.