CHAIR

by Michelle Kholos Brooks

After the death of their famous father – a politician who gave more to the public than to his children - Eva, Ritchie and Ronnie gather in his empty apartment to claim the only thing left: his favorite chair. But who is the most deserving? Chair is a high-stakes drama about how you quantify a father’s love and whether what he leaves behind will bring his children closer together, or tear them apart.

After the death of their famous father – a politician who gave more to the public than to his children - Eva, Ritchie and Ronnie gather in his empty apartment to claim the only thing left: his favorite chair. But who is the most deserving? Chair is a high-stakes drama about how you quantify a father’s love and whether what he leaves behind will bring his children closer together, or tear them apart.

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CHAIR

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Firehouse Theatre (Festival of New American Plays), Year 2014
  • Type Reading, Organization Pacific Resident Theatre, Year 2013

Awards

  • CapStage Playwright's Revolution
    Capital Stage
    Semi-Finalist
    2016
  • Festival of New American Plays
    Firehouse Theatre
    Finalist
    2014