Vulpecula

by Jennifer Rumberger

One morning in 1875, Harper wakes in her Montana cabin to find her husband murdered and her baby daughter gone, her crib covered in blood. After thirteen years of mourning, her sister Charlotte crosses the country to pull her out of her grief. Vulpecula is a play about the struggle of terrible loneliness, the moral cost of violence, and the importance of our human connections in the great and empty space of a...

One morning in 1875, Harper wakes in her Montana cabin to find her husband murdered and her baby daughter gone, her crib covered in blood. After thirteen years of mourning, her sister Charlotte crosses the country to pull her out of her grief. Vulpecula is a play about the struggle of terrible loneliness, the moral cost of violence, and the importance of our human connections in the great and empty space of a country being born.

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Vulpecula

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  • Jerry Polner: Vulpecula

    Full of stunning loneliness and heartbreaking moral choices, Vulpecula will surely become one of the great stories of the American West. Jennifer Rumberger’s play paints an appropriately violent and desperate picture of a frontier town where justice is not about the law but about who will stand up to whom. Harper is a great main character, fiercely determined to do what she has to do. Produce this play!

    Full of stunning loneliness and heartbreaking moral choices, Vulpecula will surely become one of the great stories of the American West. Jennifer Rumberger’s play paints an appropriately violent and desperate picture of a frontier town where justice is not about the law but about who will stand up to whom. Harper is a great main character, fiercely determined to do what she has to do. Produce this play!

  • Samantha Marchant: Vulpecula

    This script had my at the ax and held on to me tight until the end. The action in this script calls for phenomenal theatrical spectacles that I want to see live. The characters are great - the adult sisters relationship is wonderful to watch unfold. The animal statues! The cult! If you are looking for a thrilling stage-play western that just nails it, read this, watch this, produce this!

    This script had my at the ax and held on to me tight until the end. The action in this script calls for phenomenal theatrical spectacles that I want to see live. The characters are great - the adult sisters relationship is wonderful to watch unfold. The animal statues! The cult! If you are looking for a thrilling stage-play western that just nails it, read this, watch this, produce this!

  • Joe Zarrow: Vulpecula

    Rumberger creates an exciting story in a genre that can be tricky to nail onstage, with a compelling sister-sister relationship at its center.

    Rumberger creates an exciting story in a genre that can be tricky to nail onstage, with a compelling sister-sister relationship at its center.

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Sewanee Writers Conference, Year 2022
  • Type Reading, Organization The Gift Theatre Company, Year 2022
  • Type Reading, Organization id Theatre, Year 2017