The plutonic ideal of a two hander. Complex and compelling female characters just ripe to showcase a couple of powerhouse performers. Will rip your heart out in the best way.

Like any Gina Femia play, THE VIOLET SISTERS goes deep, exploring the vulnerabilities and challenges between siblings with shared experiences yet on divergent paths. These characters have really been through it in their lives and we get to see them excavate their pain and find ways to nurture each other in the aftermath of tragedy. It's powerful and moving and so tightly constructed. I loved every minute of it.

I first encountered this play as the guest selector at GPTC in 2016, and this two-character play had deep emotional impact on audiences. I was thrilled to dramaturg it in a virtual reading at New Harmony in 2021, further confirmation of this play's solid storytelling of the complicated way two sisters handle grief differently in the wake of Hurricane Sandy's devastation. There are layers of muddy sediment in the relationship between the sisters, as their traumas resurface. Gina knows this neighborhood and renders it so we don't forget the tough women who survived not just Sandy, but other emotional storms.