delicacy of a puffin heart

In a small San Francisco apartment in the 1990’s, Meryl and Ana Sofia, a lesbian couple, attempt to conceive a child through in-vitro fertilization while navigating Meryl's bipolar disorder II. In the same apartment two decades later, their daughter, Robyn and her roommate Hadley are forced to navigate their friendship through Robyn's cancer. In the struggle to take control of their lives,...
In a small San Francisco apartment in the 1990’s, Meryl and Ana Sofia, a lesbian couple, attempt to conceive a child through in-vitro fertilization while navigating Meryl's bipolar disorder II. In the same apartment two decades later, their daughter, Robyn and her roommate Hadley are forced to navigate their friendship through Robyn's cancer. In the struggle to take control of their lives, relationships, and illnesses four women unravel the complexity of their Asian, Bulgarian, and outsider to American identities and experience the potential loss of female friendship and sense of self: What does it mean to love someone honestly even when they are incapable of being honest with themselves?
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delicacy of a puffin heart

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  • Aly Kantor:
    11 Sep. 2023
    This is a fascinating play - I am furiously taking notes about how the playwright revealed information so deliberately through the masterful integration of two simultaneous timelines. While the structure and storytelling are phenomenal, I'm absolutely in love with the dialogue! It's natural, snappy, compelling, and feels effortless, despite doing a lot of narrative work. There is such a profound sense of loneliness in these characters, who are each hiding so much of themselves and so willing to see others clearly... if only they had a route in. A truly unique and interesting work!
  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend:
    16 Feb. 2023
    This play is gorgeous. It shifts seamlessly back and forth in time as we follow these five women, and the dialogue is poetry. Just beautiful.
  • Shaun Leisher:
    20 Dec. 2022
    A really special play about female relationships. I absolutely love this play. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Williamstown Theater Festival
    ,
    2017
  • Workshop
    ,
    Williamstown Theater Festival
    ,
    2017

Production History

  • Fringe
    ,
    Corkscrew Theatre Festival
    ,
    2018
  • Fringe
    ,
    The Parsnip Ship
    ,
    2018

Awards

Finalist
,
The Ground Floor
,
Berkeley Repertory
,
2018
Finalist
,
The Van Lier New Voices Fellowship
,
The Lark Theater Company
,
2018
Finalist
,
The Jerome Fellowship
,
Playwrights Center
,
2018