Penned by Horton Foote—famous for his adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, and considered one of the premier American playwrights—The Trip to Bountiful presents an engaging and affective narrative exploring place, nostalgia, and one’s sense of self. The elderly Carrie Watts lives in a cramped apartment with her work-worn middle-aged son and his overbearing wife. Watts longs to return to her beloved hometown of Bountiful, Texas, before she dies, and hatches a plan to escape her domestic confines by bus. But as her trip progresses, Watts begins to discover the truth behind the phrase, “you can’t go home again.”
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