Throwing Rocks (Short Play)

Molly, concerned when her husband hasn’t come home for several days, is obsessed with the fact that he is outside throwing rocks at her window. Ellie, her neighbor is there to explain what is really happening.

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Throwing Rocks (Short Play)

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  • Lee R. Lawing:
    17 Oct. 2023
    Relationships are so hard to begin with and when those relationships that seem to end be it by mutual agreement or those that don't, the end and parting and coming to terms with that end is so hard and even we pull out the game face that everyone expects to put on, the pain and fear and sadness sometimes becomes too hard for us to bare. This play has an urgency to it and also a haunting one that will break your heart when you finish!
  • Paul Donnelly:
    16 Oct. 2023
    Molly's desperate longing and heart-breaking denial are finely wrought. We stand by as engaged and as helpless as Ellie in our desire to see her pain eased. But we are left knowing and regretting that it can't be eased. This is a most compelling portrait of grief.
  • Doug DeVita:
    14 Jan. 2022
    About as sharply incisive a play about loss, denial, grief, and despair as one can get, Lamedman still imbues this script with a lightness that makes it all the more compelling – and haunting. A deeply moving, truly gorgeous work.

Character Information

  • MOLLY
    Mid to late 30s,
    Female
    Seems slightly dazed and in a dream-like state throughout the play, except until the very end of the piece.
  • ELLIE
    40s-60s,
    Female
    MOLLY’S neighbor and friend. Kind, caring. She is seriously worried about MOLLY.