The Pieces Sam Left Us

When a tragic accident takes Samantha away, Katherine and Michael - her wife and brother, who also happen to be each others' exes - must find a way to pick up the pieces. As they reflect on happier times and struggle to adjust to life without her, the two must learn to move past their tense history to find solace in each other and keep moving forward. A story about loss, grief, and the comfort found in community...

When a tragic accident takes Samantha away, Katherine and Michael - her wife and brother, who also happen to be each others' exes - must find a way to pick up the pieces. As they reflect on happier times and struggle to adjust to life without her, the two must learn to move past their tense history to find solace in each other and keep moving forward. A story about loss, grief, and the comfort found in community when death leaves its mark.

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  • Daniel Prillaman: The Pieces Sam Left Us

    If you’ve ever loved, even the thought of your person and your everything suddenly being ripped from your life can be destabilizing. To experience it can destroy you. Willoughby’s script is a moving, richly drawn portrait of grief, and how the only way through it is through it. You can’t hide, you can’t run, you can’t even beat it, only lean on those pieces and persons left behind and move forward together. Rough and uncomfortable, and a brilliant piece of memory and celebration of life.

    If you’ve ever loved, even the thought of your person and your everything suddenly being ripped from your life can be destabilizing. To experience it can destroy you. Willoughby’s script is a moving, richly drawn portrait of grief, and how the only way through it is through it. You can’t hide, you can’t run, you can’t even beat it, only lean on those pieces and persons left behind and move forward together. Rough and uncomfortable, and a brilliant piece of memory and celebration of life.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Broke Thespians, Year 2024
  • Type Reading, Organization Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Year 2020

Awards

  • SheNYC Theater Festival
    SheNYC Arts
    Semi-Finalist
    2024
  • Inkslinger Playwrighting Competition
    SLU Theatre
    Semi-Finalist
    2023
  • Del Shores Foundation Writers Search
    Del Shores Foundation
    Finalist
    2021