Cleveland woman Alzheimer’s play | wkyc.com [Video]

CLEVELAND — It’s in the quiet of her downtown Cleveland apartment where 72-year-old Molly McFadden finds her best ideas.

“It’s sort of it’s own sanctuary, and I’ll start mapping out the framework,” Molly said. “My career was a lot of theater, TV, films, soaps, commercials, industrials, regional theater, and cabaret. I did it all.”

In New York with her husband Brian for 25 years, Molly found her happy place.

“Live performance. Live performance, a play, a run-through a give and take with the audience,” she said.

By the 1990s, her career was taking off, then one night, several years ago, Molly’s mom came to see her perform.

“I noticed a mood switch. She wasn’t her effervescent self,” Molly said. “And after everybody left, she just continued standing there on applauding, and it … it sent chills …