Presented by Olney Theatre Center
Show Dates
Wed Feb 27, 7:45pm
Thu Feb 28, 7:45pm
Fri Mar 1, 7:45pm
Sat Mar 2, 7:45pm
Sun Mar 3, 1:45pm
Wed Mar 6, 1:45pm
Thu Mar 7, 7:45pm
Fri Mar 8, 7:45pm
Sat Mar 9, 7:45pm
Sun Mar 10, 1:45pm
Wed Mar 13, 7:45pm
Thu Mar 14, 7:45pm
Fri Mar 15, 7:45pm
Sat Mar 16, 1:45pm
Sat Mar 16, 7:45pm
Sun Mar 17, 1:45pm
Wed Mar 20, 7:45pm
Thu Mar 21, 7:45pm
Fri Mar 22, 7:45pm
Sat Mar 23, 1:45pm
Sat Mar 23, 7:45pm
Sun Mar 24, 1:45pm
Wed Mar 27, 7:45pm
Thu Mar 28, 7:45pm
Fri Mar 29, 7:45pm
Sat Mar 30, 1:45pm
Sat Mar 30, 7:45pm
Sun Mar 31, 1:45pm
This American premiere follows mothers and daughters over two centuries, from the dawn of the age of oil in 1889 to its “peak-oil” demise sometime in the not-too-distant future. In five separate but connected playlets, a single mother named May defies the odds to provide for her daughter Amy by any means necessary. From Cornwall to Tehran, London, Baghdad, and back, the mother-daughter power struggle evolves and shifts, even as the resources that fuel it (and the rest of the world) begin to dwindle.
Featuring Maboud Ebrahimzadeh (The Invisible Hand), Chris Genebach (The Crucible), Eric M. Messner (Second City’s Twist Your Dickens) and Megan Graves (Little Foxes at Arena Stage)
Oil
by Ella Hickson
Directed by Tracy Brigden