this is not the reunion by Maddie Dennis-Yates

You know when you're only a couple years out of college and you try to visit camp with your old camp friend group and it's just not the same, and you are just as scared as if not more scared than you were as a pre-teen of all the spooky things about it? And then your friends start to get picked off one by one by the ghost of a drowned girl from a ghost story someone wrote on the barn attic wall? It...
You know when you're only a couple years out of college and you try to visit camp with your old camp friend group and it's just not the same, and you are just as scared as if not more scared than you were as a pre-teen of all the spooky things about it? And then your friends start to get picked off one by one by the ghost of a drowned girl from a ghost story someone wrote on the barn attic wall? It's so weird being in your twenties.
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this is not the reunion

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  • Abraham Johnson:
    3 Mar. 2022
    “ Maddie is a master of writing characters who are at once desperate for change and terrified of it. That
    duality creates beautiful, subtle tension in this play where campers are torn between the idyllic versions of who they were at camp, now grown into adults still chasing self-improvement. The world of this play is such a delight to rest into. Wry, subtle, surreal, and so refreshing, this is a quick-paced read that would shine on a larger stage or be an awesome script for college-aged-groups looking to produce new voices. ”
  • The Workshop Theater:
    26 Apr. 2021
    “ The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Madeline Dennis-Yates as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Winter 2021 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Madeline wields an air of whimsy throughout the play - what starts out as a fun reunion of a group of young women at their childhood summer camp turns into a mystery and ghost story. Secrets from the past are revealed as the ghost of a drowned girl haunts the group. Our congratulations and thanks to Madeline. ”
  • Toby Malone:
    25 Jun. 2020
    “ A fresh, energetic take on multiple tropes - slashers, reunions, friendship - where Maddie Dennis-Yates does the reader the great service of not over-explaining, but allowing the characters and situation to coalesce gradually, resulting in a full, satisfying, creepy conclusion. A great character study for an all-female cast. ”

Character Information

  • katie
    early 20s,
    Any
    ,
    woman-identified
    a woman in her early 20s determined to own and control her life. she’s here to have a great time with all her old camp friends.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • charlie
    early 20s,
    Any
    ,
    woman-identified
    she’s full of love for herself and her friends, but honestly she’s embarrassed and anxious about how little money she’s making compared to them.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • mikki
    early 20s,
    Any
    ,
    woman-identified
    charlie’s best camp friend. doing great and pretty psyched about it. here to have fun and get away from the office.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • beth
    early 20s,
    Any
    ,
    woman-identified
    this place is important to her, and everyone knows it deeply. she’s here to plan a reunion.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • daniella
    early 20s,
    Any
    ,
    woman-identified
    a little stunned by the whiplash of being here when she’s been doing ok at adjusting to being an adult.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • sierra
    early 20s,
    Any
    ,
    woman-identified
    a ghost of a (living) good camp friend and of the things they’ve all done wrong – or loved or both.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • the drowned girl
    dead (teen),
    Any
    ,
    woman-identified
    a ghost of a girl from a camp story and an old friend of beth’s. she’s here because she’s always here [and because she can feel them leaving].
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Teens, 20s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary

Development History

  • Commission
    ,
    Stagefemmes, Kenyon College
    ,
    2020