The Year of Magical Thinking
Tragic, Compassionate Memoir
Jan 2 - Jan 31, 2009By Joan Didion, based on her memoir
Directed by Eric C. Engel
Featuring Nancy E. Carroll,
2008 Elliot Norton Award Winner,
Outstanding Actress
New England Premiere - Joan Didion’s best-selling memoir recounts an almost
unfathomable period in her life as she grappled with her husband’s sudden death
and daughter’s illness. This stage adaptation captures the compassion, humor, and
bewilderment of a fiercely intelligent woman as her world lurches suddenly from the
ordinary to the unimaginable. Filled with raw candor, this “unmissable theatre” (Variety)
is a love letter to a child and a tribute to an extraordinary, unconventional marriage,
all told by a brilliant storyteller with a gift for the absurd.
"Insistently hypnotic." -The New York Times
Click here to watch the "trailer."
Click here to listen to the NPR interview with Joan Didion about the book.
by Joan Didion
Boston, MA 02116
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