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Patio
Playhouse presents
October 17 - November 9, 2003
Tom Topor's
Director’s Notes for Nuts
’Tis
the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free
‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be
And when we find ourselves in the place just right
‘Twill be in the valley of love & delight
- Traditional (Shaker)
I am proud to welcome you to the Patio Playhouse production of Nuts. You may recall the very intense and successful movie of the same name released in 1987 starring Barbara Streisand. (The stage play opened on Broadway on April 28, 1980.)
Set in a courtroom in the psychiatric wing of New York’s Bellevue Hospital in 1979, the story concerns an incarcerated woman’s valiant attempt to fight those who want to have her committed as mentally incompetent to stand trial on a manslaughter charge.
The state, represented by a court appointed psychiatrist and aggressive prosecutor, say Claudia Faith Draper is nuts. In the course of this arresting yet at times funny drama, she demonstrates to the judge that she isn’t crazy.
Revelations come out about an abusive childhood, dysfunctional family, divorce, and prostitution. This moving and poignant drama tugs at our very heartstrings and has us progressively rooting for her victory over what seems like nearly insurmountable odds.
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