The Seer & The Witch

by Jennifer Lane

The past and present collide in the forms of Eleanor and Emily, two women living a century apart who both haunt the same corner room at the Elgin Institute of Mental Health. They are each other’s only solace in a story that explores the nature of the female experience and how it has changed over the course of a hundred years, and how it has not.

The past and present collide in the forms of Eleanor and Emily, two women living a century apart who both haunt the same corner room at the Elgin Institute of Mental Health. They are each other’s only solace in a story that explores the nature of the female experience and how it has changed over the course of a hundred years, and how it has not.

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The Seer & The Witch

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  • Cheryl Bear: The Seer & The Witch by Jennifer Lane
    “

    A deeply moving story of the shared female experience and the common struggle for mental health. Well done.

    A deeply moving story of the shared female experience and the common struggle for mental health. Well done.

    ”
  • Nicholas Thurkettle: The Seer & The Witch by Jennifer Lane
    “

    Deeply-layered and emotionally-urgent. Ms. Lane's compassion for her characters, the detail with which she's etched their individual voices, and her resistance to easy solutions to her protagonist's thorny psychology leap off the page together - a thrilling and absolutely timely play.

    Deeply-layered and emotionally-urgent. Ms. Lane's compassion for her characters, the detail with which she's etched their individual voices, and her resistance to easy solutions to her protagonist's thorny psychology leap off the page together - a thrilling and absolutely timely play.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, 2013
  • Workshop, terraNOVA Collective, 2012