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A son's flawed quest to free his wrongfully imprisoned mother.

1950s housewife Rosie Gilchrist is severely burned by accident or perhaps by her own hand. Hospitalized, Rosie is rescued by a black nurse, whom she later repays by joining the nascent Oklahoma civil rights struggle. When Rosie makes plans to sell her home to a black family, she is arrested and imprisoned in a mental hospital....
A son's flawed quest to free his wrongfully imprisoned mother.

1950s housewife Rosie Gilchrist is severely burned by accident or perhaps by her own hand. Hospitalized, Rosie is rescued by a black nurse, whom she later repays by joining the nascent Oklahoma civil rights struggle. When Rosie makes plans to sell her home to a black family, she is arrested and imprisoned in a mental hospital. Carrying his own guilt for his part in her arrest, her son aches to win her freedom, but sabotages his chance of success. Nonetheless ...
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Development History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Risk Theatre Tragic Play Competition - Semi-Finalist
    ,
    2023
  • Reading
    ,
    Ubiquitous Players, Chicago
    ,
    2022
  • Workshop
    ,
    Forward Theatre - Wisconsin Wrights play competition - finalist
    ,
    2022
  • Reading
    ,
    Dramatists Guild - End of Play Virtual Reading
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    Oklahoma Scholars Leadership Program
    ,
    2021
  • Workshop
    ,
    Dramatists Guild Institute online workshop
    ,
    2021

Awards

Selected for publication
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ONE: Journal of Arts and Letters
,
2023
Finalist
,
2022 Season
,
Negro Ensemble Company of New York
,
2022
Finalist
,
Wisconsin Wrights
,
Forward Theatre
,
2022