Karen Gustafson (left) and Melissa O'Neil — who also directed — play mother and daughter in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
From left: Grayson Smith, Karen Gustafson, Zach Poster and Alicia Tirey in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
Mark Sickler plays the imaginary son to Karen Gustafson, who plays the victim of a stroke, in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
Zach Poster and Alicia Tirey in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
From left: Karen Gustafson, Joe Borsody and Alicia Tirey in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
Karen Gustafson (left) and Melissa O'Neil — who also directed — play mother and daughter in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
CONWAY — Memories are sometimes all we have of the past. Distorting and morphing and reconfiguring with time, memories can be both a comfort and curse. This is the central theme of Jerry Bisantz’ “Sunday Visitors,” which is being performed at M&D Playhouse on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday for the next two weeks at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway.
“Sunday Visitors” centers on Rose (Karen Gustafson), an 86-year-old, wheelchair-bound stroke victim living out her final days in a nursing home (a sterile, white set designed by Eric Jordan). She is unable to speak coherently but we are able to hear her thoughts through a series of fourth-wall breaking monologues.
Zach Poster and Alicia Tirey in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
Mark Sickler plays the imaginary son to Karen Gustafson, who plays the victim of a stroke, in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
From left: Karen Gustafson, Joe Borsody and Alicia Tirey in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
From left: Grayson Smith, Karen Gustafson, Zach Poster and Alicia Tirey in M&D Playhouse's production of "Sunday Visitors," which opened Thursday at the Eastern Slope Inn Playhouse in North Conway. (LISA DUFAULT PHOTO)
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