The Falling Man

Inspired by Richard Drew’s infamous photograph, two women war with a journalist in the aftermath of their father’s absence post 9/11. The Falling Man decides his own fate while the world around him is in chaos. The Falling Man asks how one mourns a man who won’t return, a man who was half stolen to begin with.
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The Falling Man

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  • Steven G. Martin:
    24 Dec. 2020
    I'm in awe of Gethsemane Herron-Coward's storytelling skill.

    "The Falling Man," a one-act drama, is epic in how it combines objectivity, visuals, subjectivity, verse, and direct address/monologue to create a portrait of a man and his decision, and the aftermath of that decision in his family's lives.

    And as each storytelling method is used, the audience understands that there are complexities to people, to decisions that we'll never fully understand.

    "The Falling Man" richly deserves its varied production history to be expanded.
  • Megan Ann Jacobs:
    25 Aug. 2020
    Powerful...that's the word that keeps spinning in my head after reading this piece. I would absolutely love to see it staged. The poetry laid out in this piece and the focus on such a complicated moment in our history is very well done.
  • Rachel Bublitz:
    24 Aug. 2020
    Such a bold and powerful short play. The poetic language pulls the audience into the tremendous pain of the piece. Absorbing. Would be incredible to see fully staged.

Development History

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    Columbia University
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    2016

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