The Auntie Network

FULL LENGTH, PUBLISHED: When a desperate, pregnant young woman makes her way to the sanctuary city of New York, Bex and Tish open their home and hearts to her. But an unexpected decision by their houseguest forces them to reckon with the consequences of their best intentions. Nominally about abortion , the play is concerned with the larger ethical question: what does it mean to do the right thing in a world...

FULL LENGTH, PUBLISHED: When a desperate, pregnant young woman makes her way to the sanctuary city of New York, Bex and Tish open their home and hearts to her. But an unexpected decision by their houseguest forces them to reckon with the consequences of their best intentions. Nominally about abortion , the play is concerned with the larger ethical question: what does it mean to do the right thing in a world where no good deed goes unpunished?

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The Auntie Network

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  • Heather Helinsky: The Auntie Network

    I enjoyed the constant, comic drive that this play about good intentions gone awry has, building to the inevitable conclusion and reversals of fortune. Embedded in this sharp comedy are deeper historical layers of race and class as the two BIPOC women who are recent college graduates and aspiring artists, Tish and Bex, lose their space and sanity as a white woman takes over their NYC apartment. A small cast play that uses comic turns well to raise questions about those who give & those who take.

    I enjoyed the constant, comic drive that this play about good intentions gone awry has, building to the inevitable conclusion and reversals of fortune. Embedded in this sharp comedy are deeper historical layers of race and class as the two BIPOC women who are recent college graduates and aspiring artists, Tish and Bex, lose their space and sanity as a white woman takes over their NYC apartment. A small cast play that uses comic turns well to raise questions about those who give & those who take.

TISH, female, 24, waitress and aspiring singer-songwriter, African American
BEX, female, 24, waitress and aspiring something, any ethnicity
ANNE, female, 16, blonde
DES, female, 35, more granola than your average building owner, any ethnicity

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center/The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol, Year 2020

Awards

  • Pegasus PlayLab
    UCF
    Finalist
    2022
  • Southwest Theatre Productions
    Finalist
    2021
  • Finalist
    The Bechdel Group
    Finalist
    2020
  • NAP Series
    Normal Avenue
    Semi-Finalist
    2018