by Gail Young
Presented by St. John’s Players
Monday, April 21st, 7:30pm
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Synopsis:
Bothered & Bewildered’ is a comedy drama about one woman’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. The play follows Irene and her two daughters Louise and Beth as the girls lose their mother in spirit but not in body. As her family struggle to come to terms with her Alzheimer’s, Irenes past passion for romantic literature blurs with reality. She spends hours discussing how best to write her ‘memory book’ with her imaginary friend and favourite author Barbara Cartland (the deceased world famous romantic novelist), disclosing long kept family secrets that she would never divulge to her daughters. This tragi-comedy is about memory, loss, secrets and, above all, love.

Cast:
Fiona Andersen as Irene
Kayte Parnell as Beth
Joanna Gillen Mahoney as Louise
Sandra Mills as Barbara Cartland
Andrew Halliday as Jim / James / Officer
Belle Warner as Young Irene / Shelley
Sean Collins as Consultant

Crew:
Director: Louise Kearley
Stage Manager: Jenelle Welshman
Assistant Stage Manager: Jennifer Blair
Set Design: Louise Kearley
Set Build: Chris Panting
Lighting: Alexis Solaria & Cameron Wilcox
Sound: Patrick De Moss
Props: Mike O’Keefe & Howard Cheeseman
Costumes: Brenda Hynes
Production: Eileen Doyle
Production Assistant: Jon Bastow