A Chicago Premiere

Directed by Ensemble Member Steve Scott

November 3 - December 18, 2016

Previews November 3rd, 4th and 5th at 7:30pm
Opening Nights November 6th at 3pm and November 8th at 7:30pm
Continues Thurs, Fri, Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2:00pm
Post-Show Discussions follow all Sunday Matinees except Opening and Closing weekends.

Performances at The Athenaeum Theatre
2936 N. Southport Ave. Chicago
For more info and tickets, Call the Box Office at 773-935-6875

About The Show

The 2016 Stephen Adly Guirgis Season concludes with The Chicago Premiere of The Little Flower of East Orange. When Therese Marie arrives in the emergency room of a small hospital in the Bronx, suffering from hypothermia and in shock, no one there knows her story. To the doctors and nurses, she is just another abandoned elderly woman who can't even tell them her name. But Therese Marie's dementia is not all that it seems. And when her prodigal son, Danny, returns to New York, Therese Marie must fight to maintain her dignity in light of her son's insistence on confronting the ugly secrets of their past. In this unconventional family drama, Stephen Adly Guirgis gives us a mother and son who must face a long family legacy of abuse in order to find the true meaning of grace. Ensemble member and Goodman Theatre Artistic Associate, Steve Scott directs.