Look Out

Look Out is a 75-minute 2-hander set in 1999. Mara and Ruth Glass are teenagers, a drama kid and a punk (both played by adults) trapped inside the bedroom where their mother attempted suicide earlier that evening. Over the course of the play, the girls piece together the insidious anti-feminist motivators driving their mother’s life and inevitable suicide. Soon, the portrait of a woman destroyed by society...

Look Out is a 75-minute 2-hander set in 1999. Mara and Ruth Glass are teenagers, a drama kid and a punk (both played by adults) trapped inside the bedroom where their mother attempted suicide earlier that evening. Over the course of the play, the girls piece together the insidious anti-feminist motivators driving their mother’s life and inevitable suicide. Soon, the portrait of a woman destroyed by society, misogyny, Hollywood, men and diet culture emerges. As the girls anticipate a phone call with news of whether their mom is dead or alive, the girls unravel her very being and so much more in turns playacting, mimicking, obfuscating, blaming, physically and verbally sparring, even singing and dancing to pop music, all of which has a double meaning in their world. Like 2 Cassandras, they also predict the dark world approaching on “the other side of the century.” Look Out is a female teenaged girl's view of death, afterlife, beforelife, entropy, god, meaning, nihilism and finally a great epiphany: The girls share an unspeakably dark secret and have no choice but to break generational patterns.

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  • Brian James Polak: Look Out

    This smartly written, tight two-hander is packed with juicy tension and conflict and is supported with philosophical underpinnings that I did not even realize at first. LOOK OUT is incredibly deep intellectually and emotionally. As I read I continued to ask myself why certain moments were occurring, and why specific choices were made. The answers these questions led me to deepened my experience of the story in a wonderful way. this is exactly what I yearn for in a play.

    This smartly written, tight two-hander is packed with juicy tension and conflict and is supported with philosophical underpinnings that I did not even realize at first. LOOK OUT is incredibly deep intellectually and emotionally. As I read I continued to ask myself why certain moments were occurring, and why specific choices were made. The answers these questions led me to deepened my experience of the story in a wonderful way. this is exactly what I yearn for in a play.

Ruth Glass, female, 12 years old, but should be played by an adult. Theater kid.
Mara Glass, female, 18 years old, but should be played by an adult. Punk kid.

Development History

  • Type Residency, Organization North American Cultural Lab (NaCL), Year 2026
  • Type Workshop, Organization Theatre 4 The People, Year 2025