Static

by Tom Horan

When Emma was a little girl, she heard ghost stories about her neighbors Walter and Millie Burke - how the couple filled their home with strange things, which drove them mad. Years have passed and Emma finds herself the owner of this house that has sat abandoned for years. She discovers, among the jars of buttons and tubs of forks, a box full of cassette tapes filled with secrets of Walter and Millie. 


When Emma was a little girl, she heard ghost stories about her neighbors Walter and Millie Burke - how the couple filled their home with strange things, which drove them mad. Years have passed and Emma finds herself the owner of this house that has sat abandoned for years. She discovers, among the jars of buttons and tubs of forks, a box full of cassette tapes filled with secrets of Walter and Millie. 


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Static

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  • Bridget Grace Sheaff: Static by Tom Horan
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    I will love this play for the rest of my life. Smart. Poignant. Mysterious. Full of love and heartache.

    I will love this play for the rest of my life. Smart. Poignant. Mysterious. Full of love and heartache.

    ”
  • National New Play Network: Static by Tom Horan
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    This play was developed at The National New Play Network MFA Playwrights Workshop. This program, conducted annually in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the National Center for New Plays, provides a graduate–level student playwright with an NNPN-affiliated director and dramaturg, a professional cast for a week of script development, and an introduction to the Network, its Membership, and programs.

    This play was developed at The National New Play Network MFA Playwrights Workshop. This program, conducted annually in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the National Center for New Plays, provides a graduate–level student playwright with an NNPN-affiliated director and dramaturg, a professional cast for a week of script development, and an introduction to the Network, its Membership, and programs.

    ”
  • Adam Eugene Hurst: Static by Tom Horan
    “

    I loved the concept of different characters sharing a playing space and yet not fully interacting. It's a beautiful dance between past and present as the story unfolds and Emma attempts to solve the mystery hidden in recordings and silence. I want to see this play. I want to be in this play. I want to hear the haunting song from the music box and toy piano. I want to see Millie and Emma just barely miss one another once again. My mind's eye can't give this play justice enough and it needs to be fully realized on stage.

    I loved the concept of different characters sharing a playing space and yet not fully interacting. It's a beautiful dance between past and present as the story unfolds and Emma attempts to solve the mystery hidden in recordings and silence. I want to see this play. I want to be in this play. I want to hear the haunting song from the music box and toy piano. I want to see Millie and Emma just barely miss one another once again. My mind's eye can't give this play justice enough and it needs to be fully realized on stage.

    ”

Development History

Production History

  • Professional, Phoenix Theatre Indianapolis, 2016
  • Professional, Source Festival, 2016