Bakersfield Mist | Did She Thrift a Masterpiece

Maude Gutman is an unemployed bartender living in a trailer park in Bakersfield, California. When she buys an ugly painting at a thrift store as a gag gift, she becomes convinced she has stumbled onto the find of a lifetime: a lost Jackson Pollock worth millions.

Enter Lionel Percy, a renowned art expert who has traveled across the country to determine whether Maude’s painting is the real thing.

What begins as an authentication quickly becomes a funny, fierce battle over art, class, truth, and who gets to decide what something is worth.

Inspired by true events, Bakersfield Mist is a sharp two-person comedy about one very questionable painting and two people absolutely certain they know what’s real.

This production is intended for adult audiences and contains strong language and mature themes.