You Know I'd Never (Even If I Did)

by Alayna Jacqueline

FULL-LENGTH. Seeking development and production opportunities.
Corinne has finally received the proper treatment for her bipolar. However, when she finds herself overwhelmed with preparations to become a foster parent, a heavy workload, and keeping a relationship with her wife and friends afloat, she decides to go off her meds, thinking she's found a cheat code to her bipolar diagnosis. At first, Corinne is in...

FULL-LENGTH. Seeking development and production opportunities.
Corinne has finally received the proper treatment for her bipolar. However, when she finds herself overwhelmed with preparations to become a foster parent, a heavy workload, and keeping a relationship with her wife and friends afloat, she decides to go off her meds, thinking she's found a cheat code to her bipolar diagnosis. At first, Corinne is in control, but after multiple nights without sleep, she causes an "incident," forcing her to leave. Three months later, Corinne returns home to find a new child, a distant partner, and a best friend taking over her role as mother and wife. In this magical realism play that bends time, Corinne struggles with the question, when life moves on without you, do you forever lose your place?

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You Know I'd Never (Even If I Did)

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  • Heather Helinsky: You Know I'd Never (Even If I Did) by Alayna Jacqueline
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    This is an intersectional play where Corrine's identity and the earnestness of her faith in God co-exist, but her belief systems create challenges for her own mental health struggles. This is also a play where the non-linear structure and the theatricality of orange light helps us track Corrine's journey as the writer weaves together all of Corrine's secrets and lies from her family, as they are in process of adopting a foster child. This play's central question is about where one places their trust and what happens when dealing with things outside of one's control?

    This is an intersectional play where Corrine's identity and the earnestness of her faith in God co-exist, but her belief systems create challenges for her own mental health struggles. This is also a play where the non-linear structure and the theatricality of orange light helps us track Corrine's journey as the writer weaves together all of Corrine's secrets and lies from her family, as they are in process of adopting a foster child. This play's central question is about where one places their trust and what happens when dealing with things outside of one's control?

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  • Playwrights Foundation: You Know I'd Never (Even If I Did) by Alayna Jacqueline
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    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced YOU KNOW I'D NEVER (Even If I Did) as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed the deep questions this play is asking about mental health, secrets and lies, honesty and vulnerability, faith and self-determination with complex characters who have high stakes. We were engaged by how this non-linear story about foster parenting is told in a highly theatrical and moving way. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators...

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced YOU KNOW I'D NEVER (Even If I Did) as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed the deep questions this play is asking about mental health, secrets and lies, honesty and vulnerability, faith and self-determination with complex characters who have high stakes. We were engaged by how this non-linear story about foster parenting is told in a highly theatrical and moving way. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

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