Four Chambers

by Lisa Kenner Grissom

Finalist, The O'Neill National Playwright Conference
Finalist, The Lark Play Development Center
Finalist, WordBRIDGE
Semi-Finalist, Ashland New Play Festival
Semi-Finalist, PlayPenn

There’s no one way to grieve and Mari is determined to carve her own path. After her husband Daniel dies in a domestic terrorist incident, Mari plays cards with Daniel’s ghost, smokes pot, and shocks her fellow support groupies...

Finalist, The O'Neill National Playwright Conference
Finalist, The Lark Play Development Center
Finalist, WordBRIDGE
Semi-Finalist, Ashland New Play Festival
Semi-Finalist, PlayPenn

There’s no one way to grieve and Mari is determined to carve her own path. After her husband Daniel dies in a domestic terrorist incident, Mari plays cards with Daniel’s ghost, smokes pot, and shocks her fellow support groupies whenever possible. Mari refuses to let go of Daniel but her compartmentalized life starts to fray at the edges. What is the cost of holding on? Of letting go?

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  • Cheryl Bear: Four Chambers by Lisa Kenner Grissom
    “

    A beautiful play about the depth of loss with the complexity surrounding it, forgiveness and the love that doesn't die. Incredibly moving!

    A beautiful play about the depth of loss with the complexity surrounding it, forgiveness and the love that doesn't die. Incredibly moving!

    ”
  • Deb Hiett: Four Chambers by Lisa Kenner Grissom
    “

    What a beautiful play about life after loss. Lisa has created some heartbreaking/wonderful roles for actors, and crafted a achingly lovely story about "living in the gray," redemption, and forgiveness. Highly recommend.

    What a beautiful play about life after loss. Lisa has created some heartbreaking/wonderful roles for actors, and crafted a achingly lovely story about "living in the gray," redemption, and forgiveness. Highly recommend.

    ”
  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Four Chambers by Lisa Kenner Grissom
    “

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Lisa Kenner and their play Chambers as a finalist for our 2011 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one finalist out of hundreds of submissions, the strength of this play’s writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process.

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Lisa Kenner and their play Chambers as a finalist for our 2011 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one finalist out of hundreds of submissions, the strength of this play’s writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process.

    ”
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Development History

  • Workshop, Off-Road Workshop at The Road Theatre Company, 2017
  • Workshop, Blank Theatre Living Room Series, 2012
  • Reading, Playwrights Union First Peek Festival , 2011
  • Reading, The Road Theatre Company Summer Playwrights Festival , 2011

Production History

  • Workshop, Off-Road Workshop Production, Road Theatre Company, 2017