“[Tipping Point’s Driving Miss Daisy] is as good a production of this excellently written story as you will see anywhere…including Broadway.” -Encore Michigan

In the Deep South in 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement, Daisy Wertham, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, recently demolished another car. Her son, Boolie, informs her that from now on she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. He hires Hoke, a thoughtful, unemployed black man. She regards him with disdain and he in turn, is not impressed with her patronizing tone and latent prejudice. In a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer and more dependent on each other. In this beloved memory play, the “transporting of Daisy” takes on new meaning as Hoke and Daisy navigate their relationship and a new era in the South.

“Driving Miss Daisy is a period piece that will stand the test of time” states the show’s Director, Brian Taylor. “It’s a story about two people who both need direction and support from each other to get to where they need to be in life. Their differences are what make them the same in the grand scheme of things. I think that it’s unique that these characters are having such life changing perspective shifts in their later years, during a time in which race, politics, gender roles and religion weren’t discussed as freely. I see this play as more than a story about a jolly driver and his wiry, high-strung passenger. This story is about a commonality of pain that we all share and that we can all learn and grow from.”

Encore Michigan’s review of the show