No Room for Wishing

"No Room For Wishing" is a one-person documentary play about how big picture politics affect our everyday lives, and what happens when people come together to try to force change. Compiled entirely from the exact words of people involved in and affected by the Occupy movement in Boston in the fall of 2011, "No Room For Wishing" is a complex, disturbing, and inspiring look at how human beings...
"No Room For Wishing" is a one-person documentary play about how big picture politics affect our everyday lives, and what happens when people come together to try to force change. Compiled entirely from the exact words of people involved in and affected by the Occupy movement in Boston in the fall of 2011, "No Room For Wishing" is a complex, disturbing, and inspiring look at how human beings succeed and fail in building relationships, social structures, and governance. One actor portrays over thirty characters in this 90-minute up-close-and-personal encounter with our nation and ourselves that the Boston Globe called “absorbing… smart… impressive… an authentic slice of Boston history through the voices of those that made it happen.”
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No Room for Wishing

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  • Cheryl Bear:
    7 Aug. 2020
    A phenomenal look at the human experience in the complex and often frightening political world we live in and that each of us can stand to make a difference!

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Apollinaire Theatre Company
    ,
    2012
  • Reading
    ,
    Underground Railway Theatre
    ,
    2012
  • Reading
    ,
    Wall Street to Main Street Festival
    ,
    2012

Production History

  • University
    ,
    Boston University
    ,
    2014
  • Professional
    ,
    Outside the Box Festival
    ,
    2013
  • University
    ,
    Worcestor State University
    ,
    2013
  • Professional
    ,
    Company One
    ,
    2012
  • Professional
    ,
    Underground Railway Theatre
    ,
    2012
  • Professional
    ,
    Boston Playwrights Theatre
    ,
    2012
  • Professional
    ,
    Theatre at St. Clement's
    ,
    2012

Awards

Finalist
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Best Solo Performance
,
Independent Reviewers of New England
,
2012