The Place That Made You

by Darcy Parker Bruce

In the aftermath of a tragedy Jonah attempts to reunite with his best friend, Ben returns to her childhood home, and a giant white whale haunts the coastline of a sleepy Connecticut town. A modern day re-imagining of Jonah and the Whale, a tale of love, loss, and glory in small town America. The second Piedmont play.

In the aftermath of a tragedy Jonah attempts to reunite with his best friend, Ben returns to her childhood home, and a giant white whale haunts the coastline of a sleepy Connecticut town. A modern day re-imagining of Jonah and the Whale, a tale of love, loss, and glory in small town America. The second Piedmont play.

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The Place That Made You

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  • Rachel Teagle: The Place That Made You

    A haunting, moving, evocative play with engulfing imagery and lived-in characters. I loved the play between worlds and how such enormous impossible ideas can live beside such intimate, heartbreaking moments.

    A haunting, moving, evocative play with engulfing imagery and lived-in characters. I loved the play between worlds and how such enormous impossible ideas can live beside such intimate, heartbreaking moments.

  • Cheryl Bear: The Place That Made You

    A gorgeous portrait of pain and loss that intimately connects in a magical way. Excellent.

    A gorgeous portrait of pain and loss that intimately connects in a magical way. Excellent.

  • Asher Wyndham: The Place That Made You

    Many of us could easily connect with these characters and their struggle to belong and make sense of so much pain and loss in their lives.
    Immensely theatrical, Bruce's play swallows you whole like a big whale.
    Most plays are just fine treading the shoreline - this one goes deep, deep in the ocean.
    Another challenging - certainly rewarding - play for designers.

    Many of us could easily connect with these characters and their struggle to belong and make sense of so much pain and loss in their lives.
    Immensely theatrical, Bruce's play swallows you whole like a big whale.
    Most plays are just fine treading the shoreline - this one goes deep, deep in the ocean.
    Another challenging - certainly rewarding - play for designers.

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Character Information

  • Jonah
    frog kissing boy of the summer. searching the waves searching for answers searching for home.

    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Trans man
  • Ben
    A ghost returning.
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    genderqueer
  • Emily
    Fierce
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Cisgender Female
  • Brendan
    an EMT
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Cisgender Male
  • Bud
    vietnam vet and proud american
    Character Age
    60s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Cisgender Male

Development History

  • Type Residency, Organization Interlochen Center for the Arts, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization TheaterWorks Hartford , Year 2020
  • Type Reading, Organization The Depot (CT), Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Local Readings Coop, Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization LAMBDA, Year 2019
  • Type Residency, Organization One Company, Year 2017

Awards

  • Seven Devil's Playwrights' Conference
    Seven Devils
    Finalist
    2023
  • 2020 Conference
    Seven Devils
    Semi-Finalist
    2020
  • Broad Horizons Development Series
    Broad Horizons Theatre Company
    Finalist
    2020
  • International Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition
    Playmakers Repertory Company
    Semi-Finalist
    2019
  • Normal Ave's NAP Series
    Normal Ave
    Semi-Finalist
    2019
  • Reading Series
    Campfire Theatre Festival
    Finalist
    2019