Cloudburst, Splinters and The Event, as well as episodes of the TV series Sex & Violence and Forgive Me. His latest film, Stage Mother, takes Fitzgerald into uncharted territory: comedy.Stage Mother follows the story of Maybelline (Jacki Weaver), a Texas housewife and church choir director estranged from her gay son.
When Maybelline learns of her son Ricky’s untimely death due to a drug overdose, she travels to San Francisco to pay tribute to his life.
When she arrives, she gets more than she bargained for, including inheriting her son’s drag club, confronting his mess of a best friend (Lucy Liu) and helping his boyfriend (Adrian Grenier) cope with the loss.