Playwright
Paul Zindel
Performance Dates
January 27-29, February 1-4, 1984
Creative Team
Director.......................................Geoffrey Nelson
Scenic and Lighting Designer.....Fred J. Thayer
Costume Designer......................Melanie Miles
Synopsis
This absorbing drama focuses on Beatrice, an embittered mother whose girlish dreams have been shattered and who vents her frustrations and unhappiness upon her two daughters. Ruth is a pretty but highly strung girl, and Matilda, the younger daughter, is plain and almost pathologically shy. Tillie has an intuitive gift for science, and, encouraged by her teacher, she undertakes a gamma ray experiment with marigolds which wins a prize at her high school-and also brings on the shattering climax of the play. Proud, jealous and filled with her own hurts, Beatrice can only maim when she needs to love. Yet, Tillie's experiment proves something beautiful and full of promise can emerge from the most barren, afflicted soil.
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theatre, Musical Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds" (1984). 1983-1984 Season. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1983-1984/2