Loretta's Crematorium Hour by P.S. Drake

Loretta Swanson, mortician and podcast host, faces a late night intruder at her crematorium whose true intentions aren’t as they first appear.
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Reading List

Loretta's Crematorium Hour

Recommended by

  • Ally Varitek:
    21 Sep. 2023
    “ Delightful in its specificity, this play stitches the intricacies of mortuary science with the vulnerability of podcasting in a way that will keep you in stitches throughout the narrative. This idea is completely original and yet its themes appeal universally: grief, abandonment, and finding friendship in unlikely corners. I saw this at the 48th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and can see many ways to knit it into seasonal planning! ”
  • Shelby Seeley:
    17 Aug. 2023
    “ I had the privilege of directing this piece performed at the 48th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. A two woman, universal, short play that tackles grief, abandonment, being enough, and the lengths we go to when we are in mourning (sometimes it makes us do crazy things!). It's hilarious, heartfelt, honest, and this is all accomplished in under 15 minutes. I can see a lot of colleges/universities using this piece in their black box/student one act seasons. ”

LORETTA SWANSON- Female-presenting, age/color blind. The head mortician at the crematorium and host of the podcast “Loretta’s Crematorium Hour”
MAE PIERCE- Female-presenting, age/color blind. An intruder at the crematorium whose true intentions aren’t as they first appear

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    Break the Chain Theatre Company
    ,
    2022

Awards

Selection
,
Top 30 Selection in the 48th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
,
Concord Theatricals
,
2023