Wilt

by Baylee Shlichtman

Updated 5/15/23

Evan is on the run. When he wraps his car around a tree, he’s rescued by two very different sisters and taken to their house. It's a place where objects appear at will, the walls are loud, and the flowers have their secrets. And then there's the stuffed elephant from his past that just won't go away. WILT is a gothic fairytale about want, food, and what nice guys ultimately deserve.

Updated 5/15/23

Evan is on the run. When he wraps his car around a tree, he’s rescued by two very different sisters and taken to their house. It's a place where objects appear at will, the walls are loud, and the flowers have their secrets. And then there's the stuffed elephant from his past that just won't go away. WILT is a gothic fairytale about want, food, and what nice guys ultimately deserve.

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  • Alaina Tennant: Wilt

    Isn't female rage just horribly wonderful? This is a beautifully paced, dark, and nuanced piece. The dialogue is engaging and creepy. I love how the characters are slowly revealed to be what they truly are - Evan even had me fooled in the very beginning. As an actress, this would be such a refreshing show to be able to work on. As a writer, it was incredibly interesting to read.

    Isn't female rage just horribly wonderful? This is a beautifully paced, dark, and nuanced piece. The dialogue is engaging and creepy. I love how the characters are slowly revealed to be what they truly are - Evan even had me fooled in the very beginning. As an actress, this would be such a refreshing show to be able to work on. As a writer, it was incredibly interesting to read.

  • Ky Weeks: Wilt

    A horror play that uses space and environment so well to carry the force of its scares. The plot is thick with questions and mysteries, and the characters, with their own specific sort of intensity, withhold just enough of their motives to be menacing. The fantastic materializes onstage in ways that are beautiful and deeply creepy.

    A horror play that uses space and environment so well to carry the force of its scares. The plot is thick with questions and mysteries, and the characters, with their own specific sort of intensity, withhold just enough of their motives to be menacing. The fantastic materializes onstage in ways that are beautiful and deeply creepy.

  • Nicholas Thurkettle: Wilt

    A fairytale whose darkness unfurls in waves - captivating and peppered throughout with imagery and illusions that would be a designer's delight; with constant tension as the three central personalities, each prisoners of their own cycles of behavior and want, march towards a shocking fate. Love, whether familial or romantic, is not immune from its own dark side in this excellently-paced and constructed work.

    A fairytale whose darkness unfurls in waves - captivating and peppered throughout with imagery and illusions that would be a designer's delight; with constant tension as the three central personalities, each prisoners of their own cycles of behavior and want, march towards a shocking fate. Love, whether familial or romantic, is not immune from its own dark side in this excellently-paced and constructed work.

Character Information

Note: Flowers can be props and Arlo’s voice or it can be an ensemble of actors. The house or rather the house’s ability to appear and disappear objects may also be embodied by an ensemble. Elephant can be Arlo's voice and a prop as well.
  • Evan
    He/Him. The guest. Would tell you he’s a nice guy. He waits. He wants.
  • Flowers
    Talkative
  • Elephant
    Not willing to go away easily.
  • Daniela
    She/Her. The gatherer. Mostly sweet, earnest, romantic. She wants. She waits.
  • Arlo
    She/Her. The gardener. Tough to crack, possessive. She won’t. She wilts.

Development History

  • Type Residency, Organization The Workshop Theatre, Year 2023
  • Type Commission, Organization Breathe of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, The Wayward Artist, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble, The Wayward Artist, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization OCPA, Year 2022

Awards

  • PlayTime
    Dramatic Question Theatre
    Finalist
    2022