About the Play:

Well is a full-length comedy by Lisa Kron. Step into the mind of the Tony-award-winning playwright with this hilarious, self-referential journey that explores everything from chronic allergies, to community organizing, and most importantly, to her zany, unpredictable relationship with her liberally progressive hypochondriac mother.

Well is a comedic memory play about mothers and daughters. Told by Lisa, the onstage playwright, about her mother Ann, the play explores the dynamics of health, family and community with the story of her mother's extraordinary ability to heal a changing neighbourhood, despite her inability to heal herself. In this "solo show with other people in it," Lisa recounts her childhood in Lansing, Michigan, and beyond and asks the provocative question "Are we responsible for our own illness?" But the answers she gets are much more complicated than she bargained for when the play spins dangerously out of control into riotously funny and unexpected territory.

Well opened to critical acclaim on Broadway at the Longacre Theater in 2006 and received two Tony nominations. It previously premiered at the Public Theater in 2004 and was listed among the year's best plays by the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Newark Star Ledger, Backstage and the Advocate. The show enjoyed an acclaimed run at A.C.T. in San Francisco and has become a popular choice for regional and community theatre productions.

Cast: 8 women, 4 men (alternate casting 5 women, 2 men with doubling)

What people say:

"[Lisa Kron's] richest achievement… a deeply affecting play." — New York Times

"[A] perceptive, achingly funny play." — Variety

"A drama of depth, infectious humor and great humanity." — San Francisco Chronicle

"This is postmodern Pirandello, polished with sure-handed craftsmanship." — Backstage

"Well is wickedly witty, inventive…a pathos-rich tale." — Time Out (New York)

About the Playwright:

Lisa Kron is an American writer and performer whose work has been widely produced in New York, regionally, and internationally. She wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Fun Home (with music by composer Jeanine Tesori), winner of five 2015 Tony Awards including Best Musical. They were the first all-woman team to ever receive a Tony for best score. Honours include a Guggenheim fellowship, a Doris Duke Performing Artists Award, and the Cal Arts/Alpert Award.