Tattoo You

by Lisa Kenner Grissom

2013 Winner of the National Ten Minute Play Award, KCACTF
2013 Winner of the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival.
Published by Samuel French.

When two women meet in the bathroom at their 20th high school reunion, their troubled past breaks the cool veneer of the present. Some scars don’t fade away.

2013 Winner of the National Ten Minute Play Award, KCACTF
2013 Winner of the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival.
Published by Samuel French.

When two women meet in the bathroom at their 20th high school reunion, their troubled past breaks the cool veneer of the present. Some scars don’t fade away.

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  • Cheryl Bear: Tattoo You by Lisa Kenner Grissom
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    A powerful piece about bullying, the lessons learned and the scars remaining. Well done.

    A powerful piece about bullying, the lessons learned and the scars remaining. Well done.

    ”
  • Asher Wyndham: Tattoo You by Lisa Kenner Grissom
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    A captivating play about how a traumatic event in someone's young adulthood (like bullying) can have a profound impact on someone's later years. When the revelation comes...it makes me wonder who really can't move on and forgive... A great ten-minute, perfect for festivals celebrating female voices (or dealing with the topic of bullying). Perfect for young directors in college.

    A captivating play about how a traumatic event in someone's young adulthood (like bullying) can have a profound impact on someone's later years. When the revelation comes...it makes me wonder who really can't move on and forgive... A great ten-minute, perfect for festivals celebrating female voices (or dealing with the topic of bullying). Perfect for young directors in college.

    ”
  • Cassie M. Seinuk: Tattoo You by Lisa Kenner Grissom
    “

    A moving play about the power of our past scars, they way they hold onto us, and the way we can have power over them. Tattoo You takes us back to our collective consciousness of high school and the intimacy and publicness of a girls bathroom. I love to call this play a reverse coming of age story.

    A moving play about the power of our past scars, they way they hold onto us, and the way we can have power over them. Tattoo You takes us back to our collective consciousness of high school and the intimacy and publicness of a girls bathroom. I love to call this play a reverse coming of age story.

    ”
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Production History

  • Professional, Boston Theatre Marathon, 2013
  • Professional, Road Theatre Company Summer Playwrights Festival, 2013
  • Professional, Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, 2013