The Trip To Bountiful

Theatre Artists Studio
4848 E. Cactus Road Scottsdale

In this beloved classic from America's heartland playwright, Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in Houston, Texas, with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish - just once before she dies - is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home." The trouble is her son is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone, and her petty daughter-in-law insists there is no money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Carrie's Social Security check. Finally, Carrie at last makes a successful escape and a last trip home. Carrie Watts may be old, but she suffers no shortage of spirit. On her bus trip back to Bountiful, she meets a young woman with whom she shares both heartfelt secrets and memories. Little does she know that her family has alerted the local police...