Paint Me This House of Love

by Chelsea Woolley

“Why shouldn’t a dream be just as much a truth? A fantasy be just as deep a reality?”
After twenty-five years estranged, Cecelia and her father, Jules, are attempting reconciliation. Unable to communicate past shames and shortcomings, the pair become dependent on increasingly dramatic fairy tales to explain away their pain.

Paint Me this House of Love is a rhythmic, yearning, experimentation of language...

“Why shouldn’t a dream be just as much a truth? A fantasy be just as deep a reality?”
After twenty-five years estranged, Cecelia and her father, Jules, are attempting reconciliation. Unable to communicate past shames and shortcomings, the pair become dependent on increasingly dramatic fairy tales to explain away their pain.

Paint Me this House of Love is a rhythmic, yearning, experimentation of language, exploring the threads that stitch together our shared family narratives, and asks how we communicate, “I Love You”, when the words alone are not enough.

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  • James Odin Wade: Paint Me This House of Love

    The rhythm of Woolley's dialogue works to brilliant effect in this intimate, thrilling play of estrangement and what comes after. The jagged, quick phrases betray so much feeling, the evasions often feel more meaningful than the words they don't say. A poignant and expertly written play that stings.

    The rhythm of Woolley's dialogue works to brilliant effect in this intimate, thrilling play of estrangement and what comes after. The jagged, quick phrases betray so much feeling, the evasions often feel more meaningful than the words they don't say. A poignant and expertly written play that stings.