
JOAN CRAWFORD. Oscar winner.
Clean freak. Child Protective Services worst nightmare.
By now you
know the story of Christina Crawford’s tell-all about her tumultuous
relationship with her famous mother. First the book, then the 1981 movie
that became an instant cult classic. Yes, it's been 30 years since Faye
Dunaway donned those famous arched eyebrows and big shoulder pads making
us all go back in the closet and question our choice of clothes hanger.
For the last
seven years Jamie Morris' twisted version, MOMMIE QUEEREST, has had
sold-out audiences across the country re-thinking the oft-quoted tale
with the simple premise, "What if Joan had really been a man all those
years?"
Told by an
all-male cast of four, MOMMIE QUEEREST entertains the notion that
Crawford was actually a man in drag, a fact she hid from her fans, her
children, and the world. Even when Christina finds out, takes revenge,
and writes “Daddy Dearest” it’s Joan who still has the last laugh.
This is the premise of the play that features four actors playing 25
characters in 32 fast-paced scenes, all in the span of just 75 minutes.
The Provincetown Banner says, "Go see it, or suffer boredom at home with
your own wire hangers!"
MOMMIE QUEEREST had its world premiere in Provincetown in 2003 and has
since played in over two dozen cities including two sold-out runs both
in NY and in LA where the show garnered 4 LA Weekly Theater Awards,
winning for Best Comedy Direction for Christopher Kenney.
4 ACTORS
25 CHARACTERS
32 SCENES
37 COSTUME CHANGES
75 MINUTES...
ONE ROYAL BITCH!
You'll Laugh... You'll Cry...
You'll never use...
A WIRE HANGER AGAIN!