“There are few lovelier or more lyrical plays about aging in America than “The Trip to Bountiful,” Horton Foote’s 1953 jewel about a feisty widow hell-bent on a final visit to her Texas hometown.” —Variety
We’re really excited about our upcoming spring production! Victor Folio will make his directorial debut with A Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote.
The Story
The play is set in Texas in the 1940s. Elderly Carrie Watts wants to go home to the town where she grew up, Bountiful. Her overprotective son and his domineering wife oppose her wish at every turn, but Carrie escapes them. When she finds that the trains no longer go to Bountiful, she takes a bus. There she befriends a young woman who is traveling alone. The son and daughter-in-law track her down and alert the police. When she gets to Bountiful, the local sheriff is waiting and is so moved by her desire to see her old girlhood home that he helps her get there. She finds Bountiful a deserted place, but she reconnects with it in a profound way. Her goal is complete before her son and his wife arrive to take her back to Houston.
available roles
Dates (show and auditions) will be announced soon. The role of Carrie will be played by Phyl Charnes. Open auditions will be held for all other roles. The remaining roles to be cast are:
Men
- Ludie Watts – Carrie’s son
- Sheriff
Women
- Jessie Mae Watts – Carrie’s daughter-in-law
- Thelma – young woman on the bus to Bountiful
Other roles
- Houston ticket seller
- Second Houston ticket seller
- Harrison ticket seller
- Travelers at the various stations (non speaking roles).
This show will be performed by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.