Three plays about America's troubled relationship with God. In "Suffering the Witch", a young woman returns to the small town she ran away from, "Mother Caldwell" tells the story of a candidate for governor whose campaign is undermined by an acquaintance of her gay son. "The Last Days" finds America's most famous atheist holed up on an island.
Includes the plays Mother Caldwell, The Last Days of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, in Exile and Suffering the Witch
The three plays in this collection are concerned with religion, lifestyle and family, and the often problematic connections between them.
In Mother Caldwell a devout conservative standing for office is tricked into believing that she has heard the voice of God. The Last Days of Magdalyn... imagines an alternative conclusion to the real-life disappearance of a notorious atheist. In Suffering the Witch a young woman returns to her God-fearing home town to confront her troubled past.