Filmmaker Jerome Benjamin returns home to Smoky Hills, Kansas to put the finishing touches on his super action hero script. He is soon faced with suffocating resentment when his 75 year old mother, Mamma Benjamin, demands to be cast in his new film. She wants to be the SUPERACTION HERO. He refuses, stating that she’s not beautiful by Hollywood standards, can’t save a life, and that she has arthritis. Calling upon the stars whohave gone before, she devises a plan to land the role. Cleverly, she puts his life in danger to prove she can save a life and that she can be a super action hero. Will Mamma B save her son? Will Mamma B get the part?

Playwright: Kenthedo Robinson

Cast: Ms. D, Sharell Williams, Alton Ray, James Oliver, LeeSandra Moore, Zsay Moore.

American Theatre of Actors, Inc. (ATA) was founded in 1976 by James Jennings to promote the development of new playwrights, directors and actors, and to provide them a creative atmosphere in which to work. The plays are dramas, comedies, and hybrids, dealing with the social and ethical problems of contemporary society.

12,000 actors have worked at ATA including Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis, Dan Lauria, Chazz Palminteri, Danny Aielo, David Morse, Edie Falco and Kathryn Hahn. Our productions are sometimes grouped as 'festivals,' such as a Playwrights Festival or a Directors Festival. In 2016 we began an initiative to feature women in theatre as directors and playwrights, today this is our WIT! (Women in Theatre) program.

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