Between Daylight & Boonville
Natalie Norado and Nicolle Cooper
Plot of The Play
The play is set in the coal mining country of southern Indiana. Carla, a twenty six year old high school dropout, wife, and mother, dreams of packing up and moving to escape her dreary existence. She is teased, threatened, and cajoled by her friends as they settle into an ordinary day of trading gossip, reading magazines, and prattling about sex while the children dart in and out. An ordinary day becomes extraordinary when the local mine resounds with an explosion. The play is a touching and humorous study of women who posses the courage, the humor, and the dignity to rise above the grimmer facts of their existence.
History of Play
Themes
- Friendship can overcome any obstacle
- Love defeats hate
- Running away from problems won't solve them
Characters:
Carla- mid 20's, mother to Stacy
Cyril- early 30's, Carla's friend, a coal miner
Marlene- mid 30's Carla's best friend, 7 months pregnant
Jimmie- 10, Marlene's son
Bobby- 7, Marlene's son
Wanda- late 20's, Cyril's good friend, widow
Lorette- early 60's, friend to Marlene and Carla
Matt Williams
Other Works:
Television:
- Roseanne- Home Improvement
- Walker Payne
- Buddies
- Soul Man