The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age

The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age

2017 · 113 min · Drama

Eight months after we first meet the Gabriels, Patricia, the family matriarch, joins her children and daughters-in-law as they prepare a meal from the past and consider the future of their country, town and home. Paying tribute to the difficult year behind them, the Gabriels compare notes on the search for empathy and authenticity at a time when the game seems rigged and the rules are forever changing.

Directed by Richard Nelson · Written by Richard Nelson

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Meg Gibson Karin Gabriel
Lynn Hawley Hannah Gabriel
Roberta Maxwell Patricia Gabriel
Maryann Plunkett Mary Gabriel
Jay O. Sanders George Gabriel
Amy Warren Joyce Gabriel

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