This is theatre and a controlled study in real time.

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A subject informs her mother of her intent to end her life tonight.
The mother receives the information.

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The maternal role remains constant: one actor.
The daughter role is a variable: two actors.

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Three trials:

• Trial 1 - 10/31 : Subject A (Daughter 1)

• Trial 2 - 11/1 : Subject B (Daughter 2)

• Trial 3- 11/2 : A live alternation between both subjects—mid-scene.
   

There are no emotional rehearsals.
Each trial begins with no prior exposure to real conditions.
What you observe is unfiltered reaction.

Each daughter is granted full autonomy at the conclusion.

There is no fixed outcome.
Endings may vary.
We do not know what will happen.

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Your presence is not passive.
It is part of the experiment.

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Can presence change outcome?

Can listening make a difference?

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APPLE CITY PLAYERS PRESENTS

NIGHT, MOTHER 
OCT 31, NOV 1, NOV 2

|THE MARKAY THEATER|
|UNDER THE DIRECTION OF "THE COMPANY OF"|

Written by Marsha Norman . Originally produced on Broadway by Dann Byck, Wendell Cherry,The Shubert Organization and Frederick Zollo.
Original production directed by Tom Moore.Originally produced by The American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA.