Poor Edward

by Jonathan Payne

Opal and Eddie are together. Well, she’d call it survival, and he’d call it penance. As night descends, two people grapple for a good enough story to make a new life for each other in this hypnotic, haunted tale of intimacy and survival.

Opal and Eddie are together. Well, she’d call it survival, and he’d call it penance. As night descends, two people grapple for a good enough story to make a new life for each other in this hypnotic, haunted tale of intimacy and survival.

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  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Poor Edward

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Jonathan Payne and their play Poor Edward as a finalist for our 2016 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 54 finalists out of more than 1,450 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers especially appreciated the unique, specific, mysterious characters and the way they related to each other.

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Jonathan Payne and their play Poor Edward as a finalist for our 2016 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 54 finalists out of more than 1,450 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers especially appreciated the unique, specific, mysterious characters and the way they related to each other.

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization PlayPenn New Play Development, Year 2016
  • Type Workshop, Organization Ars Nova, Year 2015