The Caltech Playreaders

2022-2023: The 72nd Season

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

6:30 pm PDT

Gladys in Wonderland

Written by Rosemary Fresino Toohey

Directed by Douglas Smith

Eighty-seven-year-old Gladys is munching donuts, reading obituaries, and wisecracking about the humorous incongruities of life, when she receives a visit from Mort, a man in a white suit, claiming to be the Angel of Death. Gladys, who is rather enjoying her life, stubbornly resists being whisked off into the great unknown. So, Mort gives her a bit of time to reconsider and--invisible to all but Gladys--trades quips and wry commentary with her as she receives a parade of oblivious visitors, self-absorbed family members, and a parrot! What will the irrepressible Gladys decide?

"Gladys in Wonderland" is presented by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.

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