Seven-Letter Names

by Kristian O'Hare

A darkly comic play on food and relationships and our relationship to food. While avoiding the impending doom of the outside world, a group of white liberal hipsters who indulge in a six-course farm-to-table meal of locally grown vegetables, ethically raised organic meats, and sustainably caught seafood. This play examines the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie and human nature, its primitive instincts, unspeakable...

A darkly comic play on food and relationships and our relationship to food. While avoiding the impending doom of the outside world, a group of white liberal hipsters who indulge in a six-course farm-to-table meal of locally grown vegetables, ethically raised organic meats, and sustainably caught seafood. This play examines the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie and human nature, its primitive instincts, unspeakable secrets, and inconceivable actions.

Selected (4 playwrights chosen out of 400 submissions) by Normal Ave Theater to be part of their New Works Series in NYC. For a week (Jan. 3-10th), I worked with a director, dramaturg, and actors, in four hour workshop/rehearsals in a theater in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. After a week of intense writing and rehearsals, the work was then presented in two staged readings (Jan 10th and 12th) followed by an audience talk-back.

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Seven-Letter Names

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Seven-Letter Names

    The community of national & local readers for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022 enthusiastically recommends SEVEN-LETTER NAMES as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed this play's smart satire and observant take on the intricacies of Bay Area culture. We were compelled by this play's pacing, humor, and structure, including intentional punches thrown at privilege and prejudice. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2022

    The community of national & local readers for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022 enthusiastically recommends SEVEN-LETTER NAMES as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed this play's smart satire and observant take on the intricacies of Bay Area culture. We were compelled by this play's pacing, humor, and structure, including intentional punches thrown at privilege and prejudice. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2022

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Normal Ave, Year 2020
  • Type Reading, Organization Normal Ave, Year 2020