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Description
The Driver family struggles to cope with an accident that robs them of a mother, leaving them to care for her as she fights to regain her memory. Touching and powerful, Good Mother examines the ties that hold a family together and the crises that draw them apart. A compelling drama by one of Canada's most promising young playwrights.
Winner of the 2001 Prism/UBC Creative Writing Department Award
Contributor Notes
Actor and playwright Damien Atkins was born in Australia and grew up in Edmonton. He is the author and performer of two solo shows: miss chatelaine and Real Live Girl, as well as the full-length plays Good Mother and Lucy. He has been playwright-in-residence at the Canadian Stage Company and at the University of British Columbia and is the recipient of a Dora Award nomination for Best New Play for Lucy, a Sterling Award for miss chatelaine, and two Dora Awards for Real Live Girl. Damien is a member of the Theatrefront Ensemble and a guest instructor at the National Theatre School. He makes his home in Toronto.
Awards
- Winner, Prism/UBC Creative Writing Department Award
Editorial Review
"An astonishing work. A singularly accomplished piece… a clear-eyed examination of a group of ordinary people coping with the process of adjustment, of survival, of learning the necessity of moving on." —Jamie Portman, Southam Newspapers
