The Trip to Bountiful
by Horton Foote
Directed by Warren Sherril
This moving play, featuring Bas Bleu’s Founder and Artistic Director, Wendy Ishii, tells the story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman, who longs to escape the cramped Houston apartment where she lives with her protective son, Ludie, and her authoritarian daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. Carrie wants to return to her beloved hometown of Bountiful, Texas, one final time before she dies. Carrie escapes to the bus station and befriends a young woman named Thelma. The new friends travel toward Bountiful together, but when Carrie arrives in nearby Harrison, Texas, she begins to learn that her beloved town isn’t the same as she remembered it.
Pay-what-you-will preview
Bas Bleu Theatre offers a preview of the show at the beginning of each production. Tickets are first come, first serve. No reservations necessary.