Sheltered by Cate Wiley

I wrote Sheltered after years of volunteer work with homeless women. My purpose was to make these women visible, to allow them to voice a reality most of us would rather ignore. The play uses a Greek chorus of homeless women who shape-shift into stock characters such as cops and outreach workers. The play also tells the story of a volunteer at a homeless shelter looking for her addicted mother, their...
I wrote Sheltered after years of volunteer work with homeless women. My purpose was to make these women visible, to allow them to voice a reality most of us would rather ignore. The play uses a Greek chorus of homeless women who shape-shift into stock characters such as cops and outreach workers. The play also tells the story of a volunteer at a homeless shelter looking for her addicted mother, their reconnection and ultimate failure to reconcile.
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Sheltered

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Character Information

The cast number can vary according to how many actors play Chorus members.

  • Tiffany
    30s-50s,
    African American
    ,
    Female-identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s, 40s, 50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • Martha
    40s-50s,
    Any (but probably white)
    ,
    Female-identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      40s, 50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • Helen
    50s-70s, Array,
    Female-identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      50s, 60s, 70s+
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • Cassie
    20s-70s,
    Any
    ,
    Female-identifying
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Any adult age
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary
  • Chorus Woman One, Two, Three, Four
    teens-70s,
    Any
    ,
    Female-identifying
    The Chorus does not have a set number of actors; as few as three, as many as a dozen.
    They are all women; the actors should be female-identified, not necessarily all female-presenting.
    Their age and ethnicity should vary but they should not all be white; nor should they all be 20-30 something. Older women (over 40) would be the most authentic.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      Any adult age
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female, Non-binary

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Athena project
    ,
    2018
  • Reading
    ,
    Athena Project Plays in Progress
    ,
    2015