by Maria Irene Fornes. Directed by Michole Biancosino, a graduating director at Mason Gross School of the Arts. Carmen Goodine as Mae, Christopher Halladay as Lloyd and Rico Rosetti as Henry. “Mud” tells the story of a young woman with a hunger for knowledge who searches for a way out of her life with Lloyd. When she meets Henry, she finds hope that he will rescue her from poverty and ignorance. The struggle between the three becomes a life-and-death battle.
Mud
When I finish school, I’m leaving!
You’re not going to the clinic with an ax.
I want you here.
Henry’s gonna stay with us.
What is Lloyd to you?
Mae aspires...
 
Sometimes a hermit crab wants another’s shell...
and then there is a fight...
sometimes the owner is pulled out...
sometimes the owner wins and stays.
I need money for my medicine...
they said I should buy it!
 
Mae helps Lloyd to take pills.
 
Someone took money from my purse.
 
Henry’s old!
that’s why he fell
now he can’t even walk!
Can he do this?
or this?
or this?
 
Who’s gonna take care of him?
 
 
learning to read...
 
Who took my money?
Henry took it!
I’m leaving Lloyd!
MAE!
She’s not leaving Henry!
 
 
 
 
Lloyd...I’m dying.