Girl (Kiri Malolo) spies a letter Mother Hicks (Dolores Mendoza) is reading in MCC’s Theatre and Film Arts production Mother Hicks
MESA, Ariz. – Mesa Community College’s Theatre & Film Arts Department is presenting Susan Zeder’s signature play, Mother Hicks, directed by Debra K. Stevens, this holiday season. The award-winning play performs Dec. 5, 6, 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m., with matinees on Dec. 6 and 13 at 2 p.m., in the MCC Theatre located on the south side of MCC’s Southern and Dobson campus in Mesa. Tickets are available by calling the Box Office at 480-461-7172, online at https://www.purplepass.com/#u20576/Mesa_Community_College.html, or at the door. Interpreters for the hearing impaired will be present at all performances.
MCC is promoting the play as an alternative to more traditional holiday fare due to the rich family-oriented themes surrounding the play, and the importance of finding a place of belonging in a complex world. The story takes place in Ware, Illinois, during the Great Depression. Mother Hicks, whom the townspeople blame for all of their misfortune, takes in a young, orphan, deaf man named Tuc, and an orphan girl simply named Girl. Each of these three is an outsider. Girl yearns to have her own name, the deaf boy is eloquent in the language of his silence, and the eccentric recluse, Mother Hicks, is something far more benevolent. Told through poetry and sign language, Mother Hicks chronicles the journey of these three characters as they find themselves, and each other, in a troubled time.
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Media Contact
Dawn Zimmer 480-461-7892, dawn.zimmer@mesacc.edu
Box Office & Ticket information:
Marisa Estrada 480-461-7172, marisa.estrada@mesacc.edu
News & Information:
Kevin Dressler 480-461-7538, kevin.dressler@mesacc.edu
About Mesa Community College
Mesa Community College provides outstanding transfer and career and technical programs, workforce development, and life-long learning opportunities to residents of the East Valley area of Phoenix, Arizona. MCC excels in teaching, learning and empowering its more than 40,000 students who attend annually to succeed in a local and global community. Mesa Community College is one of ten colleges that comprise the Maricopa County Community College District. For additional information please visit mesacc.edu
About MCC Theatre & Film Arts
Theatrical education provides a valuable base from which to launch careers in film, television, stage, management, marketing, advertising, law, politics, theology, social work, and therapeutic fields, among others. The Department provides its students with opportunities to work with industry professionals from across the country. Students have the opportunities to act, design, write, direct and crew a variety of productions. Please visit MCC’s Theatre & Film Arts online to learn more. Many MCC events are open to the public. Visit the college’s Community Events calendar for additional information.
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