"A" Train at Northern Stage

“A” Train is an award-winning solo musical-comedy about a mother’s journey in the world of Autism. When one of Amy’s young twins receives a diagnosis, everything she thought she knew about motherhood and life is upended. In her search for insight, Amy is forever changed, learning to see the world, her son, and the very nature of happiness, with clearer eyes. The audience is invited to travel along a mother’s personal journey for an engrossing 90-minutes “full of stops and turns and the occasional unexpected jolt” as she navigates coming to terms with her son’s autism diagnosis, parenting, unconditional love, conflict, and the search for Zen. It’s a tour-de force performance told through one mother’s voice and that of a multitude of other characters — autistic people, parents of autistic children, and medical professionals — with irreverent humor, pathos, and song.