at the very bottom of a body of water
a play about fish
SYNOPSIS
Marina is being haunted. Every night, she dreams about drowning. Every week, she makes catfish soup. But when this ritual meal is disrupted by the disappearance of her fishmonger, she can no longer swim in the routine circle of her solitary life. She embarks on a surreal quest all the way to the ocean floor to confront the ghost that is holding her captive.
TIME & PLACE
The present. A city on the Pacific Coast.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(3 women, 1 man)
MARINA: female, Latina, 40s-50s.
HIROSHI: male, Japanese, 40s. A fishmonger.
YOKO: female, Japanese, 40s. A hikikomori.
ROSA LUZ: female, Latina, 15. Marina's daughter.*
LULU: female, a woman of color, 20s.*
ROSA LUZ and LULU are to be played by the same actor.
Marina is being haunted. Every night, she dreams about drowning. Every week, she makes catfish soup. But when this ritual meal is disrupted by the disappearance of her fishmonger, she can no longer swim in the routine circle of her solitary life. She embarks on a surreal quest all the way to the ocean floor to confront the ghost that is holding her captive.
TIME & PLACE
The present. A city on the Pacific Coast.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(3 women, 1 man)
MARINA: female, Latina, 40s-50s.
HIROSHI: male, Japanese, 40s. A fishmonger.
YOKO: female, Japanese, 40s. A hikikomori.
ROSA LUZ: female, Latina, 15. Marina's daughter.*
LULU: female, a woman of color, 20s.*
ROSA LUZ and LULU are to be played by the same actor.
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
- Workshop, The Playwrights' Center / reading on December 8, 2017. (Dir. Marcela Lorca)
- Reading, Two River Theater's Crossing Borders Festival on August 4, 2017. (Dir. Weyni Mengesha)
- Playwrights' Week (Workshop) at The Lark Play Development Center, 2016. (Dir. Lisa Rothe)
- First Look (Workshop), Umbrella Project on July 25, 2016. (Dir. Victor Pappas)
- Workshop, Parley in Seattle, WA on June 16, 2014. (Dir. Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth)
- Workshop, The Playwrights' Center / reading on December 8, 2017. (Dir. Marcela Lorca)
- Reading, Two River Theater's Crossing Borders Festival on August 4, 2017. (Dir. Weyni Mengesha)
- Playwrights' Week (Workshop) at The Lark Play Development Center, 2016. (Dir. Lisa Rothe)
- First Look (Workshop), Umbrella Project on July 25, 2016. (Dir. Victor Pappas)
- Workshop, Parley in Seattle, WA on June 16, 2014. (Dir. Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth)
AWARDS/HONORS
- Finalist (top 10 of 700 submissions), Austin Playhouse's New Play Festival.
- Semi-finalist (top 25 of 500 submissions), American Blues Theater's 2017 Blue Ink Playwriting Award.
- Selection (final 6 plays selected from 1200 submissions), Playwrights' Week 2016 at The Lark.
- Finalist (top 25 of 500 submissions), 2016 Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
- Semi-finalist (top 21% of 1,500 submissions), Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2016 National Playwrights Conference.
- Finalist, Playwrights' Center 2014-15 Many Voices Fellowship.
- Finalist (top 10 of 700 submissions), Austin Playhouse's New Play Festival.
- Semi-finalist (top 25 of 500 submissions), American Blues Theater's 2017 Blue Ink Playwriting Award.
- Selection (final 6 plays selected from 1200 submissions), Playwrights' Week 2016 at The Lark.
- Finalist (top 25 of 500 submissions), 2016 Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
- Semi-finalist (top 21% of 1,500 submissions), Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2016 National Playwrights Conference.
- Finalist, Playwrights' Center 2014-15 Many Voices Fellowship.
MORE ABOUT THE PLAY
at the very bottom of a body of water was developed with support from The Playwrights' Center's 2017-18 McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting.
This play was conceived and completed as part of Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio's Writer's Series with Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth in summer 2013.
This was the 2nd play in the mortality trilogy.
Text available to read in full at New Play Exchange.
at the very bottom of a body of water was developed with support from The Playwrights' Center's 2017-18 McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting.
This play was conceived and completed as part of Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio's Writer's Series with Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth in summer 2013.
This was the 2nd play in the mortality trilogy.
Text available to read in full at New Play Exchange.