Falling Slanted, Sad & Crazy

by Chelsea Sutton

A dark comedy about a kidnapping gone bad, dead crows, and Twinkies. In a feed shop in Jurupa Valley, California, somewhere along the 91 freeway, Kara is trying to find her own place in the world – which is definitely not here. Helping her brother Danny do one last job for their aunt/small-time-crime-boss Berdie, things do not go as smoothly as they should, and the sky above them seems to be literally falling...

A dark comedy about a kidnapping gone bad, dead crows, and Twinkies. In a feed shop in Jurupa Valley, California, somewhere along the 91 freeway, Kara is trying to find her own place in the world – which is definitely not here. Helping her brother Danny do one last job for their aunt/small-time-crime-boss Berdie, things do not go as smoothly as they should, and the sky above them seems to be literally falling.

Falling Slanted, Sat & Crazy was a Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference, 2015.

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  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Falling Slanted, Sad & Crazy

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Chelsea Sutton and their play "Falling Slanted, Sad & Crazy" as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 59 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, it is the value of the page that has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. At times funny, warm, and also violent and gruesome, our readers found the dialogue to be well-crafted and specific to each...

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Chelsea Sutton and their play "Falling Slanted, Sad & Crazy" as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 59 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, it is the value of the page that has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. At times funny, warm, and also violent and gruesome, our readers found the dialogue to be well-crafted and specific to each character.

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization The Blank Theatre Living Room Series, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization The Road Theatre Company, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization Coffee & Whiskey Productions, Year 2017
  • Type Reading, Organization The Vagrancy, Year 2014

Awards

  • PlayPenn Playwrights Conference
    Finalist
    2016
  • Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
    Finalist
    2015