Synopsis
The Cameo
Published by Dramatists Play Service
1 Male 2 Female
As Dan tries to attend to the practical matters of getting his mother settled, she eschews the cold, institutional present in favor of memories of happier, times and events, when home and family were still a tangible, joyful reality
Moved by her recollections, and deeply aware of his debt to his parents, Dan wrestles with the guilt he feels at cutting his mother off from the last vestiges of the richly purposeful, independent life which had been hers - but, sadly, there is no alternative
When he leaves his mother he takes with him both the cameo which had been one of her prized possessions and, also, the wrenching knowledge that the frail, forgetful old lady he leaves behind and the vibrant, lively woman of his childhood are still, unaccountably, one and the same person
Produced with great critical and popular success by the famed Actors Theatre of Louisville, this haunting, gently affecting play explores the anguish and sense of loss felt by a son who must commit his aged mother to a nursing home
" a heartfelt, tightly written story has the ring of absolute truth" ~ Louisville Times