Title

A Lie of the Mind, November 1-3. 2007

Authors

Theatre Arts Discipline

Files

Document Type

Program

Description

University of Minnesota, Morris production of A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard and directed by Siobhan Bremer.

Synopsis:Beth has been violently beaten - to the point of brain damage - by her overly jealous husband, Jake. As the play begins, she is being cared for by her family. Her brother-in-law, Frankie soon arrives, trying to figure out if Beth survived Jake’s beating. Beth’s father, mistaking Frankie for a deer, shoots him in the leg, and then brings Frankie into their home to care for his injury. Meanwhile, Jake, convinced that he has killed his wife, is slipping into a downward spiral. His possessive and overprotective mother Lorraine, and his sister, Sally, care for him until he slips away from them, determined to see Beth, alive or dead, one last time. Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind examines what it means to be a family, and whether or not the family bond truly ties individuals together.

Publication Date

11-2007

Disciplines

Theatre and Performance Studies

Recommended Citation

Theatre Arts Discipline, "A Lie of the Mind, November 1-3. 2007" (2007). Theatre Programs. 1.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/theatre_programs/1

Primo Type

Text Resource