Sick Kid

Wainwright Jackson and his wife Janelle have a happy marriage, two children, and a modest three bedroom house. They work hard, want for little, and ask for nothing. Like most American families, they’re doing just fine. That is until their youngest child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and the Jackson family finds out just how difficult it can be to navigate through a broken healthcare system and...

Wainwright Jackson and his wife Janelle have a happy marriage, two children, and a modest three bedroom house. They work hard, want for little, and ask for nothing. Like most American families, they’re doing just fine. That is until their youngest child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and the Jackson family finds out just how difficult it can be to navigate through a broken healthcare system and exactly how thin the veneer of a modern middle-class life really is.

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Sick Kid

3 Male identifying , 3 Female identifying, 1 any gender identity. The roles of The Candidate/The Senator and Operator are double cast.

WAINWRIGHT JACKSON - Male, 40s
JANELLE JACKSON - Female, 30s-40s
CATHERINE JACKSON - Female, 16-17
BOBBY MCGUINNESS - Male, 17-18
JUNE - Female, 60s
SLICE - Male, 30s-40s
THE CANDIDATE/THE SENATOR - Any gender, race, age
OPERATOR (voice only) - *Double cast with The Candidate/The Senator

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization First Run Theatre, Year 2021
  • Type Reading, Organization Michigan State University, Year 2020