Caroline
Written by Preston Max Allen
Directed by David Cromer
MCC Theatre
October 5, 2025
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💉💉💉 out of 5

Caroline is a story of three generations of women as they navigate intense and complex mother-daughter bonds.  At the center of the drama is the doting and determined, single mother Maddie who is taking her 9-year-old-daughter Caroline out of an obviously dangerous home situation (Caroline’s broken arm in a cast is our clue).  Mom and daughter are working their way through greasy spoons and car rides to arrive at Maddie’s parents’ home in Illinois.  Grandma welcomes the pair, but with bountiful caution.  Her last interaction with her daughter Maddie was 10 years and $70,000 ago – – long before Maddie was a mom or even sober.