inValidated
Drama
Cast: 2W, 2M
Run time: 90 min.
Synopsis
Returning home after years away, Katherine is confronted not only by her father’s disappointment and her brother’s condescending mirth, but also the broken memories latent within the home. Katherine soon realizes the only way out is from within and pulls from her stores of memories and pain to vocalize a new identity, to finally use her powerful, poetic voice to pave new possibilities for herself and her family.
Production History
Staged Reading: December 2019, Calliope Productions, Boylston, MA.
Concert Reading: June 2018, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Peterborough, NH
Awards
Semifinalist, 2019 National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Reviews
“ Somebody produce this play so I can pay to go see it! No kidding and pretty please. I saw a reading of this piece last year and boy did it rock my world. Okay...a play about family angst. I know, it's been done and done. But the ingenious theatricality of the storytelling paired with the absolutely identifiable-to-anyone-with-a-family-but-wholly-specific-to-this-family dynamics are a joy and heartache to witness. This is a triumph. Now...somebody put that cast on a stage with rehearsal, a set and costumes. ” - Tracey Conyer Lee: 13 Jul. 2019
“ Fierce! A play with authority. ” - Becky MacDormand 17 Dec. 2018
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