Wayfinding

by Whitney Reece Rowland

Jane is an emotionally-numbed new widow. Harrison is an inattentive, self-sabotaging fiancé. In seeking escape, these two strangers collide – both literally and figuratively – tangling their life lines and setting them on a time-bending journey involving an intercontinental plane crash, a magical forest, and a choice that leads them both to an unexpected destination.

Jane is an emotionally-numbed new widow. Harrison is an inattentive, self-sabotaging fiancé. In seeking escape, these two strangers collide – both literally and figuratively – tangling their life lines and setting them on a time-bending journey involving an intercontinental plane crash, a magical forest, and a choice that leads them both to an unexpected destination.

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  • Karen Jean Martinson: Wayfinding

    A highly theatrical, quick-moving, powerful piece about the ways we often relinquish our agency, believing ourselves to be fated to continue in our (often self-defeating) ways. Though the play deals frankly with death, it is ultimately about hope and about daring to believe in love and connection. With its many locations and its time-travel-y bending of reality, it is fantastical (in the best way), yet its emotional core is rooted in the experience of being human.

    A highly theatrical, quick-moving, powerful piece about the ways we often relinquish our agency, believing ourselves to be fated to continue in our (often self-defeating) ways. Though the play deals frankly with death, it is ultimately about hope and about daring to believe in love and connection. With its many locations and its time-travel-y bending of reality, it is fantastical (in the best way), yet its emotional core is rooted in the experience of being human.

  • Erin Lekovic (Austin): Wayfinding

    I loved reading this play. I hope I get to see a production of it here in FL at some point!

    I loved reading this play. I hope I get to see a production of it here in FL at some point!

  • Parker Nelson: Wayfinding

    I had the opportunity to direct this play in college, and it suited itself well to our smaller production capacity. With a 5 person cast, the show was intimate and personal, leaving only a thin veil where the fourth wall might be. It was heartwrenching without blanketing the plot in depression, with moments of levity that made audiences laugh, even when they wanted to cry.

    Immediately after my first read of Wayfinding, I knew I wanted to see it on stage, even if it seemed impossible.

    I had the opportunity to direct this play in college, and it suited itself well to our smaller production capacity. With a 5 person cast, the show was intimate and personal, leaving only a thin veil where the fourth wall might be. It was heartwrenching without blanketing the plot in depression, with moments of levity that made audiences laugh, even when they wanted to cry.

    Immediately after my first read of Wayfinding, I knew I wanted to see it on stage, even if it seemed impossible.

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Great Plains Theatre Conference, Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization PlayPenn New Play Development Conference, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Year 2017

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Synchronicity Theatre, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization Carnegie Mellon University, New Works Series, Year 2016

Awards

  • The "Lost Season" List
    The Kilroys
    Selection
    2020
  • Creative Residency
    SPACE on Ryder Farm
    Semi-Finalist
    2018
  • Playwriting Award
    Theatre503 - London, UK
    Finalist
    2018
  • UMass New Play Lab
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Finalist
    2018
  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Playwrights Foundation
    Semi-Finalist
    2019