Morning Sun
Produced By Michael Frances Smith, Directed By Michael Shanahan
MORNING SUN
Produced by Micheal Frances Smith
Directed by Michael Shanahan
“Morning Sun is a beautiful thing to watch, as much for the elegant dance of its moving pieces as for its powerful understanding of the pains and joys of those remarkable unremarkable lives.”
– Deadline
Morning Sun by Simon Stephens is a beautiful and complex play about the passing of time, the relationship between mothers and daughters, and the weight and wonder of an ordinary life. The ordinary, extraordinary truth of a life, and the women who share it.
Morning Sun by Simon Stephens is a beautiful and complex play about the passing of time, the relationship between mothers and daughters, and the weight and wonder of an ordinary life. The ordinary, extraordinary truth of a life, and the women who share it.
Set in Greenwich Village, Morning Sun traces the life of Charley McBride across fifty years, unfolding through the voices of three generations of women—Charley, her mother (Claudette), and her daughter (Tessa). All three are onstage throughout, weaving in and out of time as they narrate, embody, and reflect on Charley’s journey.
The play is non-linear, shifting across decades and perspectives. It explores identity, memory, motherhood, loss, and resilience. Stephens uses a minimalist set and poetic dialogue to evoke the emotional texture of everyday life.
Morning Sun is a meditation on the beauty and pain of ordinary lives, reminding us that the interruptions and detours are what shape us—and what we carry forward.
Set in Greenwich Village, Morning Sun traces the life of Charley McBride across fifty years, unfolding through the voices of three generations of women—Charley, her mother (Claudette), and her daughter (Tessa). All three are onstage throughout, weaving in and out of time as they narrate, embody, and reflect on Charley’s journey.
The play is non-linear, shifting across decades and perspectives. It explores identity, memory, motherhood, loss, and resilience. Stephens uses a minimalist set and poetic dialogue to evoke the emotional texture of everyday life.
Morning Sun is a meditation on the beauty and pain of ordinary lives, reminding us that the interruptions and detours are what shape us—and what we carry forward.
