BAKERSFIELD Mist, set in a Californian trailer park, is the true story of unemployed bartender Maude (Julie Nihill), who rescues discarded artworks from trash piles and op shops and fills her caravan with them.
The play, written by Stephen Sachs, uses the painting’s story as a way to examine themes of authenticity, both in terms of art and the people in our lives.
Jointly produced by the Tasmanian Theatre Company, Straitjacket Productions and the Karralyka Theatre, Bakersfield Mist is set entirely in and around Maude’s caravan, with an innovative set designed by Jill Munro and constructed by Tasmanian set-builder John Bowling.
