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Playing on Air: Mother and Son – Two plays by Daniel Reitz and David Cale

Jane Kaczmarek

Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") stars in the touching and humorous first piece, Napoleon in Exile, directed by Marsha Mason (four time Academy Award Nominee). Ms.Kaczmarek plays a single mother having a sometimes humorous sometimes exasperating conversation with her young adult son with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). The second short features James Lecesne, the energetic and multi-talented creator of the Academy Award winning short film, Trevor. He plays the roles of both mother and son in a play about an adult son temporarily moving back home after his divorce and discovering his mother is not what she used to be. Lecesne is a wonder. Conversation with artists follows both plays.