What \\Washed Ashore //Astray
a sensory play about deterioration
Selected as part of Campfire Theatre Festival's Staged Reading Series in Boise, ID in September 2018.
SYNOPSIS
Twin sisters, Cat and Chris, are reunited in their family's beloved seaside cottage in the Pacific Northwest. But the landscape has changed and so have they. A pungent smell arises from the incoming waves--waves that come up higher and higher with each passing year. As the sisters compile their memories and attempt to reach a consensus on the details, they are forced to face the deterioration of the cottage, the beach, their bodies, and their minds.
TIME & PLACE
The present. Fall at a seaside cottage.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(3 women)
CAT(HERINE): female, 70s. CHRIS' identical twin sister.
CHRIS(TINE): female, 70s. CAT's identical twin sister.
JAMIE: female, 30s-40s. CAT's only child.
Twin sisters, Cat and Chris, are reunited in their family's beloved seaside cottage in the Pacific Northwest. But the landscape has changed and so have they. A pungent smell arises from the incoming waves--waves that come up higher and higher with each passing year. As the sisters compile their memories and attempt to reach a consensus on the details, they are forced to face the deterioration of the cottage, the beach, their bodies, and their minds.
TIME & PLACE
The present. Fall at a seaside cottage.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
(3 women)
CAT(HERINE): female, 70s. CHRIS' identical twin sister.
CHRIS(TINE): female, 70s. CAT's identical twin sister.
JAMIE: female, 30s-40s. CAT's only child.
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
- Reading, Upstream Artists Collective in NYC on April 2, 2017. (Dir. Elena Araoz)
- Reading (Flux Salon IV), Forward Flux Productions in Seattle, WA on July 22, 2014. (Dir. Wesley Fruge)
- Reading, Upstream Artists Collective in NYC on April 2, 2017. (Dir. Elena Araoz)
- Reading (Flux Salon IV), Forward Flux Productions in Seattle, WA on July 22, 2014. (Dir. Wesley Fruge)
AWARDS/HONORS
- Semi-finalist (top 22% of 1300 submissions), Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2015 National Playwrights Conference.
- Semi-finalist (top 22% of 1300 submissions), Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 2015 National Playwrights Conference.
MORE ABOUT THE PLAY
This play was conceived in the NoPassport theatre alliance Playwriting Intensive: Dreaming the World with Obie Winner Caridad Svich in fall 2013.
This was the 3rd and final play of the mortality trilogy.
This play is dedicated to Elsie, Tia Catalina, and my grandma Rosenda.
This play was conceived in the NoPassport theatre alliance Playwriting Intensive: Dreaming the World with Obie Winner Caridad Svich in fall 2013.
This was the 3rd and final play of the mortality trilogy.
This play is dedicated to Elsie, Tia Catalina, and my grandma Rosenda.