Janis Joplin a version of Big Mama Thornton's "Ball and Chain", appear in the DVD box set of D. A. Pennebaker's documentary "Monterey Pop" released by The Criterion Collection. She is seen wearing an expensive gold tunic dress with matching pants. They were created for her by San Francisco clothing designer Colin Rose. Documentary filmmaker Pennebaker inserted two cutaway shots of Cass Elliot of the Mamas & the Papas seated in the audience during Joplin's performance of "Ball and Chain", one in the middle of the song as her eyes, covered by sunglasses, are fixed on Joplin, and also a shot during
Casey Donovan (singer) 2011 movie version, Donovan was not cast. 2011 saw Donovan reprise her role of Cynthia Macrae in another tour of the hit show "The Sapphires". The tour ran during February in ACT and NSW, and was followed by two weeks in the UK in March. In August/September 2011, Donovan created the role of Mama Cass in the world premiere of new musical "Flowerchildren – The Mamas & the Papas Story" written by Peter Fitzpatrick and produced by Australian company Magnormos. She was joined by Matt Hetherington as John Phillips, Laura Fitzpatrick as Michelle Phillips, and Dan Humphris as Denny Doherty.