| 'night, Mother | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Marsha Norman |
| Characters | Jessie Cates Thelma Cates |
| Date premiered | December 1982 |
| Place premiered | American Repertory Theater Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
'night, Mother is a play by American playwright Marsha Norman. The play won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.[1]
The play is about a daughter, Jessie, and her mother, Thelma. It begins with Jessie calmly telling her Mama that by morning she will be dead, as she plans to commit suicide that very evening. The subsequent dialogue between Jessie and Mama slowly reveals her reasons for her decision, her life with Mama, and how thoroughly she has planned her own death, culminating in a disturbing, yet unavoidable, climax.[2]