Grace and Glorie                                                NICOTH Review    
July 21-30, 2006

by Tom Ziegler
directed by Marc Ludena
Production Manager: Don Dumper

Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Grace, a feisty 90 year old cancer patient, has checked herself out of the hospital and returned to her beloved homestead cottage to die alone. As Gloria, a volunteer hospice worker recently transplanted to this rural backwater from New York attempts to care for and comfort the cantankerous rustic, this sophisticated urbanite gains new perspectives on values and life’s highs and lows.

“A sentimental odd couple crowd pleaser ... [with] a steady drip of easy laughs.”–N.Y. Times.

Production Photos
Courtesy of Sue Benner
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The Cast and Crew

Something wrong with the stove

Gloria

Rehearsal Photos
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Idle hands are the devil's workshop. Cindy Bolds (left) as Gloria Whitmore and Marge Elfstrom (right) as Grace Stiles. Photo by Sue Benner	Struggling with a heavy load. Cindy Bolds (left) as Gloria Whitmore and Marge Elfstrom (right) as Grace Stiles. Photo by Sue Benner
Smells like heaven! Marge Elfstrom (left) as Grace Stiles and Cindy Bolds (right) as Gloria Whitmore. Photo by Sue Benner	A painted woman! Marge Elfstrom (left) as Grace Stiles and Cindy Bolds (right) as Gloria Whitmore. Photo by Sue Benner