Update: I suppose with the death of Dick Van Patten on June 23, 2015, that hope is dashed. Perhaps some UCLA film student could take this on as an oral history project.
#I remember mama tv show series#
This well-received series was a comedy-drama about an immigrant family living in 1910s. If anybody still alive who was associated with the series were to write an "I remember" memoir, I'm sure there would be many who would appreciate their documenting an almost forgotten piece of TV history. Mama: With Peggy Wood, Judson Laire, Dick Van Patten, Rosemary Rice. I'm heartsick that the bulk of these episodes, like some other favorite pioneering TV series, were never recorded, and therefore - unless somebody finds a way to recapture ancient transmissions still rattling around in outer space - will never find their way to DVD. What I remember most vividly, however, is Peggy Wood as Mama. And although the images are vague in my mind, I remember the warm feelings of a close-knit family facing various situations. What I do remember, due no doubt to repetition, is the "I remember" voice-over sequence that opened each episode. But my being so young at the time, and that being so long ago, I recall scant details. Possum Point Players is supported, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.I remember watching this TV series frequently as a preteen. "I Remember Mama" is being produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. Tickets are on sale online at and also by phone at 30. Tickets are $18 for adults, $17 for students and seniors, and $5 for children 12 and under. "I Remember Mama" is being performed at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 17, at Possum Hall in Georgetown. Mama's compassion and wisdom prevail through illness, poverty, romance, life-changing decisions of Mama's children and sisters, and the arrival of Mama's boisterous uncle. Panico of Seaford, with Papa, played by Pat Erhardt, also of Seaford, and their motley assortment of eccentric relatives, friends, and boarders, raise four children through childhood in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.
In the stage show "I Remember Mama," Mama, played by E.J. Drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by DeWitt Bodeen, whose work was adapted from John Van Drutens stage play. This effort has not been lost on audience members who are quick to tell memories they have of growing up in similar houses or memories they have of the “I Remember Mama” TV show, which ran from 1949-1957. Gary Connolly, a father of one of the cast members, happened to have a cast-iron stove that could be used in the set, which helped anchor everything else in the correct time period.Īs with all Possum Point Players community theater shows, it takes a team of people to put everything together. Props mistress Donna Flomp and members of the cast searched high and low for items that would be authentic to the period and set the tone for the show, as well. Set artist Kim Klabe painted the attic and the wooden floor, complete with a painted braided rug. Set construction lead Jim Hartzell of Georgetown worked with 32 set crew members over several weeks to build the two-story set and accompanying set pieces. The family members have multiple costumes that help show the children growing up as the show progresses over six years. Audience members have commented on the attention to detail in both costumes and set design and decoration.Ĭostume designer and cast member Marsha Shull of Dagsboro has created many new costumes for this show, along with her costume crew of 10. The Possum Point Players production of "I Remember Mama" transports audiences back in time to 1910 San Francisco.
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