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ONE NIGHT ONLY! NRACT's Second Act Series presents a staged reading of Die Mommie Die! by Charles Busch. Die Mommie Die! is a comic melodrama evoking the 1960s “Grande Dame Guignol” films that featured aging stars such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Lana Turner. Ex-pop singer Angela Andrews is trapped in a hateful marriage with film producer Sol Sussman. Desperate to find happiness with her younger lover, an out-of-work TV actor named Tony Parker, Angela murders her husband with the aid of a poisoned suppository. In a plot that reflects Greek tragedy as well as Hollywood kitsch, Angela’s Elektra-like daughter Edith convinces Angela’s son Lance that they must avenge their father’s death by killing their mother. A surprising twist ending has all of the Sussman family’s dirty laundry aired out once and for all.
*Content Warning: Please be aware that this show contains adult language and situations.
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7713-51 Lead Mine Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States, North Carolina 27615
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