Committed by - Coleman

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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ROSIE: White female, 40s
STORYTELLER, White male, 70's. (Narrator)
JOHN, White male, 40s (double with BERRIGAN)
MRS FULLBRIGHT: Black female, 30-60
JOE: Rosie's son. White male, teen
REVEREND DUNN: White male, 50s
CHIEF BECKETT: White male, 40s
DANIEL BERRIGAN, SJ: 40s, Jesuit priest (Double with JOHN)
SENATOR E. MELVIN PORTER: Black male. 30s

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

Finalist
,
2022 Season
,
Negro Ensemble Company of New York
,
2022
Finalist
,
Wisconsin Wrights
,
Forward Theatre
,
2022