Mountain Mamas

MOUNTAIN MAMAS by Daryl Lisa Fazio Sunday, May 7 | 4 PM A moving and humor-filled portrait of women coal miners in West Virginia. Patsy Armstrong is a coal miner. Just like her daddy, Earl. And just like her mother, Wanda, who was one of the first women ever hired underground in a union mine - who’s still there at 60 years old. Patsy’s back in mother and daddy’s house after a mining accident that left her unable to move or communicate. When the family gets news about the settlement from Patsy’s accident, Livvy (her bright 18-year old daughter) jumps into the fray. And Patsy, now forced to listen and observe more than she ever did as a healthy person, is plagued by nightmares and revelations she’s able to share only with us. In this story of resilience and redemption, it doesn’t take long for Patsy to realize she has to learn a new way of being if she’s gonna save her entire world. Daryl Lisa Fazio’s Split in Three was read in the inaugural PlayLab, and went on to have its world premiere at Florida Rep in 2015. This is Fazio’s 5th PlayLab appearance after The Flower Room (2017), Safety Net (2019), and being the keynote speaker in 2018.