(a love story)

by Kelly Lusk

It starts off as a completely normal day in this small town. Then somebody falls in love. And everything falls apart. Two school friends, Greg and David slowly realize that maybe they just might be in love. Emily begins having feelings for the school bully, Richard, who has his own plants that are fawning over him. And single parents Anne and Jack commiserate their terrible lives together and hope that love can...

It starts off as a completely normal day in this small town. Then somebody falls in love. And everything falls apart. Two school friends, Greg and David slowly realize that maybe they just might be in love. Emily begins having feelings for the school bully, Richard, who has his own plants that are fawning over him. And single parents Anne and Jack commiserate their terrible lives together and hope that love can make it better.

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(a love story)

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  • Cheryl Bear: (a love story) by Kelly Lusk
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    A moving look at love reciprocated and not, the meaning of things and mortality. Well done.

    A moving look at love reciprocated and not, the meaning of things and mortality. Well done.

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  • Dave Osmundsen: (a love story) by Kelly Lusk
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    I was fortunate enough to see this play read at the Kennedy Center. Creative, passionate, engaging, devastating, and beautiful exploration of love and violence. You can’t help but get swept up in the fantastical world of these characters and their stories. I hope to see this play onstage one day soon.

    I was fortunate enough to see this play read at the Kennedy Center. Creative, passionate, engaging, devastating, and beautiful exploration of love and violence. You can’t help but get swept up in the fantastical world of these characters and their stories. I hope to see this play onstage one day soon.

    ”
  • Erika Meckauskas: (a love story) by Kelly Lusk
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    Very different and very well written. Sad, yet happy, definitely worth a read.

    Very different and very well written. Sad, yet happy, definitely worth a read.

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Development History

  • Workshop, Source Festival, 2015
  • Workshop, National New Play Network's MFA Workshop at the Kennedy Center, 2013
  • Reading, Orlando Shakes Playfest!, 2013
  • Reading, Indiana University Theatre Department, 2012

Production History

  • Professional, Source Festival Washington D.C., 2015
  • University, University of Central Florida, 2015
  • University, Indiana University, 2013