Serenity

90 minutes. Four students at Sacred Heart Academy for Girls tangle themselves in their fears, obsessions, identities, and faiths as they battle for a place on the coveted Sacred Heart Church Counsel. 
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Serenity

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  • Oded Gross:
    20 Oct. 2021
    This play was such an easy, delightful read. Garrison really captures the voices of these 15-year-old girls, as well as that inexplicable period when young women come of age and their friendships evolve or dissolve. I would love to see this staged!
  • David Rigano:
    1 Mar. 2021
    The reality of how our closest friendships can change, shift, and ultimately diminish is such a difficult topic to handle, and Everett is more than up to the challenge in this beautiful play. One of the most heartbreaking elements is how uneventful the dissolution of a friendship group can be. But the play doesn't harp on it or turn it into high tragedy. The friendship is celebrated for what it was as well as what it evolves into.
  • Hayley St. James:
    21 Dec. 2020
    A surprising and lovely coming of age play that tackles religion, sexuality, and friendship with frankness, joy, and all the requisite teenage angst and awkwardness one could hope for in a play like this. I love these girls so much and I hope someone produces it and gives them the spotlight they deserve.

Character Information

  • Meera
    teens,
    Female
    Sophomore. Nervous, bright, try-hard, desperate.
  • Emmy
    teens,
    Female
    Senior. Dark, calculated, sensitive, guarded.
  • Charlie
    teens,
    Female
    Sophomore. Disjointed, energetic, shameless, brave.
  • Annabelle
    teens,
    Female
    Sophomore. Quiet, brilliant, independent, pragmatic.

Development History

  • Workshop
    ,
    Macha TheatreWorks
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    Women's Theatre Festival
    ,
    2020
  • Reading
    ,
    Players Club of Swarthmore
    ,
    2020
  • Workshop
    ,
    Broad Views on Broadway
    ,
    2019
  • Reading
    ,
    No Man's Land Theatre Company
    ,
    2018

Awards

Semi-Finalist
,
Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival
,
2021
Winner
,
New Play Festival (5 Selections out of 100 Submissions)
,
Players Club of Swarthmore
,
2020