STUART — “Mothers and Sons” is a meditation on love and hate, loss, homosexuality, AIDS, regret, parenthood, and forgiveness.
The drama is written by multiple Tony Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, who is considered one of the fiercest and most prolific chroniclers of gay life in the country.
“Mothers and Sons” premiered on Broadway in 2014 and opens at the A.C.T Studio Theatre on Nov. 6.
Described as poignant, powerful, mournful and affecting, the play is centered around Katharine Gerard, a woman who lost her son to AIDS 20 years ago — and is still deeply pained by it.
Katharine pays an unexpected visit to the New York Apartment of her late son’s partner, Cal, who is now married to another man and has a young son.
The couple’s modern family life provides a stark contrast to Katharine’s grief and bitterness.
Challenged to face how society has changed around her, generations collide as she revisits the past and begins to see the life her son might have led.
“Mothers and Sons” runs weekends Nov. 6 through 22. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. on Sundays.
Tickets are $28 and may be purchased online at actstudiotheatre.com or by phone at (772) 932-8880.
A.C.T. Studio Theatre is located in the Cedar Pointe Plaza, at 2399 SE Ocean Blvd., Stuart.