Driving Miss Daisy, by The Woodford Theatre

By Alfred Uhry
Feb 1st - Feb 17th

The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that she must now rely on the services of a chauffeur. Hoke is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, and Miss Daisy immediately regards him with disdain. He, in turn, is not impressed with her patronizing tone and latent prejudice. In a series of absorbing… Show more scenes spanning 25 years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on each other. Slowly and steadily the dignified, good-natured Hoke breaks down her stern defenses, and it becomes movingly clear they have come to realize they have more in common than they ever believed possible - and that times and circumstances would ever allow them to publicly admit.

Rated: PG

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