A Bedtime Story

ONE-ACT: A woman is fighting for the rights of another human being while telling a fairy tale: a child is trying to find safety. And though children may not understand the concept of fighting for their rights, they can understand that successfully escaping a land of oppression is sometimes the only way to survive.
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A Bedtime Story

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  • Jake Lewis:
    22 Feb. 2020
    I directed this play approximately 1.5 years ago, and even now the writing still sticks with me. One of the ways you know this is a great work is that it continues to gain dimension with each successive read. For a director, that's a remarkable feat; a living, growing thing, not just words on a page. Further, there are so many different ways to take this story that has one of my favorite storytelling frames: magical realism. As a playwright myself, it's the kind of show I wish I'd written.
  • Claudia Haas:
    13 Jun. 2018
    This is a frightening tale of looking for refuge, looking for safety, looking for help. The menace is everywhere but the black and white aura of the fairy tale blends into each other and we are left in the shadow. The play is timely (too timely) but there is hope in the bottom of Pandora's box and as the play ends, you cling to that sliver of hope. Imaginative, poignant and gut-wrenching, this would be very effective on stage.

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Centastage, Write On! Boston
    ,
    2017

Production History

  • Community Theater
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    River's Edge Arts Alliance
    ,
    2018
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Boston Actors Theater
    ,
    2017

Awards

Finalist
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Old Library Theatre 8th Annual One Act Play Festival
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Old Library Theatre
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2018