Little Gem Tickets

By: Elaine Murphy
Director: Marc Atkinson Borrull
Producer: Irish Repertory Theatre
Cast list: Marsha Mason (as Kay), Brenda Meaney (as Lorraine), and Lauren O’Leary (as Amber)
Design: Meredith Ries
Lighting: Michael O’Connor
Costume: Christopher Metzger
Sound: Ryan Rumery

One year can bring extraordinary change; just ask Amber, Lorraine and Kay, three generations of North Dublin women who find themselves suddenly facing the unexpected in Elaine Murphy’s Little Gem. Young Amber’s case of indigestion – or perhaps it’s a brutal hangover? – grows into something more, while her mother Lorraine discovers salsa dancing after an incident at work leads to therapist-suggested self-care. Grandmother Kay, “on the wrong side of sixty, but not dead yet,” struggles to take care of a personal itch while adjusting to life as a caretaker for her beloved Gem. As the year moves forward, the women confront their individual challenges with courage and humor, finding strength in one another and discovering the beauty and complexity of family.