Opening Night Photos: CRAZY MAMA Premieres at 59E59 Theatres

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CRAZY MAMA  celebrated its opening night at 59E59 Theatres on Tuesday, September 22. Check out photos of the stars arriving on the red carpet, as well as post-performance photos below!

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CRAZY MAMA , by  Sharon Scott Williams , directed by Golden Globe nominee  Anson Williams , shines a light on the issue of mental illness with a southern style directness and humor. Actress  Linda Purl  stars in this one-woman, 16-character, tour-de-force and world premiere production about a daughter’s decades-long dream of saving her mother from the soul-crushing grip of mental illness.

Crazy Mama is a true story inspired by Ojai resident Sharon Scott Williams ’ award-winning memoir, directed by veteran stage and television director and producer Anson Williams .

This tale begins with young Sharon racing home a few days after her 8th birthday for the last piece of cake. But when she enters the kitchen, she finds her mother wielding a knife and lost in a frenzy. As the Sheriff escorts her mother away, the deputy tells Sharon that her mama “is not right in the head.” As Sharon’s mother becomes more delusional and lost in the soul-crushing grip of mental illness, Sharon, her father, and teenage brother Spikey, hope and pray for a cure. As Mama continues to be committed to mental institutions, convinced she’s working for the FBI, her father blurs his pain with Kentucky bourbon and her brother struggles with his faith. For 46 years, Sharon lives shackled to her Mama’s pain and her own suffering.

Performances will run through October 18, 2026 at 59E59 Theatre located at 59 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022.

Photo Credit: Russ Rowland / Richard Hillman PR

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Will Huse , Sharon Scott Williams , Anson Williams , Patrick Duffy , Linda Purl , Ron Howard , Cheryl Howard

Will Huse , Sharon Scott Williams , Anson Williams , Linda Purl , Ron Howard , Cheryl Howard

Will Huse , Sharon Scott Williams , Anson Williams , Linda Purl , Ron Howard

Sharon Scott Williams and Anson Wiliams

Sharon Scott Williams , Jill Lundquist, Anson Williams , Susan Seligson Howell

Aleksandra Zorich Hunt and Timothy J. Churchill

Jeff Zansky, Michelle Lee, Christy Zansky, Fred Rappaport

Michelle Lee, Stephen Sorokoff , Eda Sorokoff

Michelle Lee

Richard Thomas , Georgiana Bischoff, Patrick Duffy

Anson Wlliams, Sharon Scott Williams , Ron Howard

Sharon Scott Williams and Anson Williams

Anson Wiliams and Ron Howard

Doug Denoff

Anson Williams and Ron Howard

Beth O'Neil and Joseph Fuqua

Karyl Lynn Burns and Erica Pierre

Mary Ann Cloyd

Jonathan Drahos

Jonathan Drahos and Karyl Lynn Burns , Jim O'Neil

Jonathan Drahos and Karyl Lynn Burns

Karyl Lynn Burns

Anson Williams , Sharon Scott Williams , Susan Russ, Andrew Russ

Stanley Steinberg and Ken Fallin

Se Hoon Kim and Anson Williams

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