Stairlift
Stairlift is a one act play with a running time of approximately 25 minutes.
When a single, middle-aged woman takes in her elderly, disabled mother, neither is happy with the living arrangement. This play explores the difficult decisions faced by adult children caring for elderly parents and the consequences faced by elderly parents who leave those decisions up to their children.
Awards:
Stairlift was a semifinalist in the Drury University One-Act Playwriting Contest also in 2013.
Productions, Workshops, and Staged Readings:
A free workshop production of Stairlift toured the classrooms, cafeterias, and libraries of Metropolitan Community College Campuses in the Omaha, Nebraska area in the spring of 2012 and was also performed as part of the Fringe at the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha in 2012.
Director: Scott Working
Mother: Sue Mullin
Ellen: M. Michele Phillips
Stairlift had a staged reading at the Centerpieces Reading Series in Roanoke, Virginia in October 2013. Centerpieces Reading Series is produced by the Playwright's Lab at Hollins University and presented by Mill Mountain Theatre.
Director: Drew Dowdy
Mother: Martha Boswell
Ellen: Mary Jean Levin
Stairlift had a staged reading at Theatre Lawrence in Lawrence, Kansas as part of the Live in the Lobby Series in November 2019.
Director: Dan Born
Mother: Frances Antle
Ellen: Carol Holstead
Stairlift was produced by Act Your Age Showcace at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, England in August 2021.
Director: Helen Parry
Mother: Lynne Whitaker
Ellen: Kim Morris
When a single, middle-aged woman takes in her elderly, disabled mother, neither is happy with the living arrangement. This play explores the difficult decisions faced by adult children caring for elderly parents and the consequences faced by elderly parents who leave those decisions up to their children.
Awards:
Stairlift was a semifinalist in the Drury University One-Act Playwriting Contest also in 2013.
Productions, Workshops, and Staged Readings:
A free workshop production of Stairlift toured the classrooms, cafeterias, and libraries of Metropolitan Community College Campuses in the Omaha, Nebraska area in the spring of 2012 and was also performed as part of the Fringe at the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha in 2012.
Director: Scott Working
Mother: Sue Mullin
Ellen: M. Michele Phillips
Stairlift had a staged reading at the Centerpieces Reading Series in Roanoke, Virginia in October 2013. Centerpieces Reading Series is produced by the Playwright's Lab at Hollins University and presented by Mill Mountain Theatre.
Director: Drew Dowdy
Mother: Martha Boswell
Ellen: Mary Jean Levin
Stairlift had a staged reading at Theatre Lawrence in Lawrence, Kansas as part of the Live in the Lobby Series in November 2019.
Director: Dan Born
Mother: Frances Antle
Ellen: Carol Holstead
Stairlift was produced by Act Your Age Showcace at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, England in August 2021.
Director: Helen Parry
Mother: Lynne Whitaker
Ellen: Kim Morris