The Thrush & The Woodpecker

by Steve Yockey

In this modern revenge play, Brenda Hendricks has her hands full dealing with her son Noah after he is expelled from a prestigious college and unexpectedly returns to their isolated Northern California home. When a mysterious woman arrives on their doorstep, Brenda and Noah find their world turned upside down in ways both intimate and epic.

In this modern revenge play, Brenda Hendricks has her hands full dealing with her son Noah after he is expelled from a prestigious college and unexpectedly returns to their isolated Northern California home. When a mysterious woman arrives on their doorstep, Brenda and Noah find their world turned upside down in ways both intimate and epic.

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The Thrush & The Woodpecker

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  • Samantha Marchant: The Thrush & The Woodpecker by Steve Yockey
    “

    Awesome play with semantics and language. Tense and outrageous in a great way! Evokes the beauty of the sky and what’s above. A small detail that really hit me is the affection Noah felt for Robert when he tried to take care of Brenda’s garden.

    Awesome play with semantics and language. Tense and outrageous in a great way! Evokes the beauty of the sky and what’s above. A small detail that really hit me is the affection Noah felt for Robert when he tried to take care of Brenda’s garden.

    ”
  • Nick Malakhow: The Thrush & The Woodpecker by Steve Yockey
    “

    Steve Yockey's signature combination of everyday relationships and supernatural/horror happenings is used very effectively in this play about the tenuous and evolving relationships between mothers and sons. It's taut and captivating throughout the entirety of its continuous 80 pages and manages to be surprising, unsettling, a little scary, and very poignant. The visual/aural theatrical landscape is original, and I'd love to see it realized onstage!

    Steve Yockey's signature combination of everyday relationships and supernatural/horror happenings is used very effectively in this play about the tenuous and evolving relationships between mothers and sons. It's taut and captivating throughout the entirety of its continuous 80 pages and manages to be surprising, unsettling, a little scary, and very poignant. The visual/aural theatrical landscape is original, and I'd love to see it realized onstage!

    ”
  • Ali MacLean: The Thrush & The Woodpecker by Steve Yockey
    “

    Yockey specializes in complicated mother/son relationships who are often separated by death and the supernatural. This play is a thriller with some twists and some brutal consequences.

    Yockey specializes in complicated mother/son relationships who are often separated by death and the supernatural. This play is a thriller with some twists and some brutal consequences.

    ”
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Development History

  • Reading, Kitchen Dog Theatre, 2014
  • Reading, Actor's Express, 2011
  • Commission, South Coast Rep, 2010

Production History