The Age of Innocence

by Nina Morrison

Inspired by a real-life public breakup announcement between two celebrity writers and by the Edith Wharton novel of the same title, The Age of Innocence is a play about the public announcement of the breakup of two people named Jess and Ellen. In a small museum in Los Angeles surrounded by raging wildfires, Jess and Ellen talk the audience through their romantic and personal obstacles sometimes using period...

Inspired by a real-life public breakup announcement between two celebrity writers and by the Edith Wharton novel of the same title, The Age of Innocence is a play about the public announcement of the breakup of two people named Jess and Ellen. In a small museum in Los Angeles surrounded by raging wildfires, Jess and Ellen talk the audience through their romantic and personal obstacles sometimes using period costumes and role play. The play is a comedic take on identity, gender, love and change at a certain age.

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The Age of Innocence

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  • Shaun Leisher: The Age of Innocence by Nina Morrison
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    Loved this play about the performance of gender. Loved this nuanced look at a broken relationship.

    Loved this play about the performance of gender. Loved this nuanced look at a broken relationship.

    ”
JESS - 50, Black non-binary person who used to identify as a woman, television and film writer-director-producer, famous, presents andro-femme, but their demeanor is a caricature of femininity, they are cartoonishly, garishly femme
ELLEN - 65, white non-binary person who used to identify as a woman, Boston accent, poet, famous, presents very butch, compliments Jess’ feminine behavior with similarly cartoonish performance of masculinity
ALEXIS - 38, cis-woman, any ethnicity, curator-organizer person of museum, artsy, elegant and professional, presents hetero feminine
DUANE - 27, cis-man, any ethnicity, assistant to Alexis, art nerd, presents cis-male

Production History

  • University, University of Iowa, 2018