Awesometown

SETTING: “Awesometown,” a suburb of Los Angeles, is so named for its close proximity to Six Flags Magic Mountain, two golf courses, an ice skating rink, and a shopping mall. It’s touted as a perfect place to raise a family. What isn’t publicized is the prevalence of heroin addiction among the city’s teens.

SYNOPSIS: MAX DONNE, a twenty-two-year-old heroin addict, tries to escape her abusive past...
SETTING: “Awesometown,” a suburb of Los Angeles, is so named for its close proximity to Six Flags Magic Mountain, two golf courses, an ice skating rink, and a shopping mall. It’s touted as a perfect place to raise a family. What isn’t publicized is the prevalence of heroin addiction among the city’s teens.

SYNOPSIS: MAX DONNE, a twenty-two-year-old heroin addict, tries to escape her abusive past and present but a bad trip brings her right back to where she started.


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Awesometown

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  • Nick Malakhow:
    24 Feb. 2020
    Max was such a strong protagonist, and I found her harrowing journey compelling from start to end. I appreciated the way Langley played with time and space in the first act--the veritable chaotic kaleidoscope of action orbited around Max but wove an intriguing and surprising theatrical world. When things settled down in act two (well...relatively speaking!) Max's grounded and more naturalistic conversations with Officer Taft took on a great urgency due to the baggage we know about her from the start of the play. I hope to see this developed and to follow its journey!
  • Donna Gordon:
    31 May. 2017
    I like the fact that you hit the nail on the head. You don't waste paper not getting to the point: you are direct and honest. I like the combination of past and present, it is well done. An addict always suffers from regret of the past or fear of the future, and this takes away the importance of "right now". But you solve this problem by putting Max in a hospital bed detoxing, talking to a policeman. She sees what's right in front of her, she has to see it.

Development History

  • Reading
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    UC Berkeley English Undergraduate Association
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    2013

Awards

Selection
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Admission to Dramatic Writing MFA Program
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University of Southern California
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2015