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Mirrors
MIRRORS is a serious play, but it is not a somber one. It is about death, but its real subject is life and how we almost never realize its importance until some vital part of it is gone.
32 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1987
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About the author
Jerome McDonough
46 booksTen year-old Jerry McDonough played Joe Crowell in his father’s production of Our Town at Amarillo College in 1957, and the whole problem started right there.
McDonough began writing as soon as his life was touched by the work of the master, Thornton Wilder. Throughout his life, he listed Wilder as one of his greatest influences.
McDonough’s plays began appearing in print in the early 1970s but did not really catch fire until nearly a decade later. By 1986, McDonough’s Juvie (carried by Pioneer Drama Service) was named the most popular play in the American Educational Theatre. Over the next several years, as many as four of his shows were listed among the top ten on the same list.
His 40+ published pieces have seen productions in all 50 states, every Canadian province and numerous foreign countries. Dr. Rick Amidon, writing in The English Journal, called McDonough “The Father of Young Adult Drama.” Jerome is listed in Who’s Who in the Theatre and Contemporary Authors.
Remaining in Amarillo, Texas his whole life, Jerome loved his “day job” of more than 25 years as the Theatre Arts teacher at Caprock High School, where many of his shows had their world premiere. He died in December 1999.
McDonough began writing as soon as his life was touched by the work of the master, Thornton Wilder. Throughout his life, he listed Wilder as one of his greatest influences.
McDonough’s plays began appearing in print in the early 1970s but did not really catch fire until nearly a decade later. By 1986, McDonough’s Juvie (carried by Pioneer Drama Service) was named the most popular play in the American Educational Theatre. Over the next several years, as many as four of his shows were listed among the top ten on the same list.
His 40+ published pieces have seen productions in all 50 states, every Canadian province and numerous foreign countries. Dr. Rick Amidon, writing in The English Journal, called McDonough “The Father of Young Adult Drama.” Jerome is listed in Who’s Who in the Theatre and Contemporary Authors.
Remaining in Amarillo, Texas his whole life, Jerome loved his “day job” of more than 25 years as the Theatre Arts teacher at Caprock High School, where many of his shows had their world premiere. He died in December 1999.
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October 29, 2021
Basic Plot: Generations of a family mirror each other.
History repeats itself, and as much as we sometimes don't want to admit it, we all become our parents in the end in some ways. This short play reflects this concept. A funeral in 1961 and one in 1986 are used as the connecting elements showing how mothers relate to their daughters and how things might seem different because of time period, but are really exactly the same. The play had a lot of heart to it, despite being short. It was a worthwhile read.
History repeats itself, and as much as we sometimes don't want to admit it, we all become our parents in the end in some ways. This short play reflects this concept. A funeral in 1961 and one in 1986 are used as the connecting elements showing how mothers relate to their daughters and how things might seem different because of time period, but are really exactly the same. The play had a lot of heart to it, despite being short. It was a worthwhile read.
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