The church meal isn’t the only thing that’s simmering in Mama’s kitchen in “Stew.” Zora Howard’s play, now at Pasadena Playhouse, has its eye on the generational strife perpetually coming to a full boil in a family of Black women:
Zora Howard’s play
Nelly , who’s 17 and tied to the phone, lives with Mama. She seems to be her youngest daughter, though Howard steers clear of straightforward exposition, viewing the action through a slightly dreamy filter. Each of the characters has a backstory, but we learn about what’s going on in their lives mostly through their often heated exchanges.
When Lil’ Mama reveals that she’s auditioning for a part in Shakespeare’s “Richard III,” the discussion that ensues seems tangential. She’s up for the role of a widowed queen, whose children are murdered. Mama, the founder and director emeritus of the Mt. Vernon High Dramatic League and first soloist at the Greater Centennial A.M.E. Zion Church, coaches her to experience the truth of the mother’s lamentation scene.
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