Scratching the Surface

by Charly Evon Simpson

Scratching the Surface is a play about one woman’s nightmare, one couple’s dream, and the nice woman next door to likes to stop by with pies.

Scratching the Surface is a play about one woman’s nightmare, one couple’s dream, and the nice woman next door to likes to stop by with pies.

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Scratching the Surface

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  • Nick Malakhow: Scratching the Surface

    Deeply unsettling--all the more because of how much the violence is perpetrated in search of belonging, normalcy, what Win is prevented from having in society. This would definitely be intense viewing, and I'd be interested to see a daring production team handle it with a nuanced hand.

    Deeply unsettling--all the more because of how much the violence is perpetrated in search of belonging, normalcy, what Win is prevented from having in society. This would definitely be intense viewing, and I'd be interested to see a daring production team handle it with a nuanced hand.

  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: Scratching the Surface

    Simpson has written quite a thriller that would be terrifying, edge-of-your-seat exciting to watch! The characters are filled with desires for normalcy that seem almost possible, and yet they aren't equipped to be what/who they want to be. It is strange and fascinating and will surely provoke a lot of talk afterwards.

    Simpson has written quite a thriller that would be terrifying, edge-of-your-seat exciting to watch! The characters are filled with desires for normalcy that seem almost possible, and yet they aren't equipped to be what/who they want to be. It is strange and fascinating and will surely provoke a lot of talk afterwards.

  • Shaun Leisher: Scratching the Surface

    Feels more than a little Macbethian set in the suburbs.

    Feels more than a little Macbethian set in the suburbs.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization The New Group, Year 2017
  • Type Reading, Organization EST/Youngblood, Year 2016
  • Type Reading, Organization Crashbox Theatre Company, Year 2016

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