Why is Lisa Kron's mother sitting on a La-Z-Boy recliner in the middle of the stage? Well begins with OBIE Award–winning writer/performer Lisa Kron (2.5 Minute Ride; The Five Lesbian Brothers) performing a theater piece about her personal experiences of healing. But soon an irreverent coup d'état breaks out onstage: the company of actors critiques the script, Kron's onstage flashbacks don't match her memories, and she quickly loses control. At the center of the chaos is her armchair-bound mother ( played by Jayne Houdyshell in an award-winning performance), who keeps inserting her own hilarious commentary on the play. The result is a comical and brazen deconstruction of theater, wellness, and Kron's attempts to understand them both. The hit 2004 off-Broadway production of Well—which receives its West Coast premiere at A.C.T.—was hailed by the San Francisco Chronicleas "smart, suggestive, and surprisingly moving," while the New York Times declared it "something magical....[One of the two] best new plays of the season."
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Why is Lisa Kron's mother sitting on a La-Z-Boy recliner in the middle of the stage? Well begins with OBIE Award–winning writer/performer Lisa Kron (2.5 Minute Ride; The Five Lesbian Brothers) performing a theater piece about her personal experiences of healing. But soon an irreverent coup d'état breaks out onstage: the company of actors critiques the script, Kron's onstage flashbacks don't match her memories, and she quickly loses control. At the center of the chaos is her armchair-bound mother ( played by Jayne Houdyshell in an award-winning performance), who keeps inserting her own hilarious commentary on the play. The result is a comical and brazen deconstruction of theater, wellness, and Kron's attempts to understand them both. The hit 2004 off-Broadway production of Well—which receives its West Coast premiere at A.C.T.—was hailed by the San Francisco Chronicleas "smart, suggestive, and surprisingly moving," while the New York Times declared it "something magical....[One of the two] best new plays of the season."
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