Europa

by Sarah Saltwick

On a quiet day, in a neighborhood park, Leslie and Alma met for the first time. As their children play, the women discover they know the same man. Leslie listens. Alma tries to leave but Leslie’s the best listener she’s ever met. Fourteen years later, their children are almost grown. Bruce wants Louise. Louise wants freedom. What happens after truths are told?

On a quiet day, in a neighborhood park, Leslie and Alma met for the first time. As their children play, the women discover they know the same man. Leslie listens. Alma tries to leave but Leslie’s the best listener she’s ever met. Fourteen years later, their children are almost grown. Bruce wants Louise. Louise wants freedom. What happens after truths are told?

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  • Cheryl Bear: Europa by Sarah Saltwick
    “

    An incredibly powerful story about the strength of the female bond in the most traumatic of circumstances. Excellent.

    An incredibly powerful story about the strength of the female bond in the most traumatic of circumstances. Excellent.

    ”
  • Toby Malone: Europa by Sarah Saltwick
    “

    A thoughtful, striking play about the impact of past trauma and what happens when coincidence drags the repressed pain back to the surface. Saltwick establishes in Alma and Leslie an immediate if tenuous friendship bond and intertwines their lives with a common thread. Most excitingly, Saltwick then shifts us forward a generation to gauge the impact on their children, and the ways in which stories change with time. An important play on important themes.

    A thoughtful, striking play about the impact of past trauma and what happens when coincidence drags the repressed pain back to the surface. Saltwick establishes in Alma and Leslie an immediate if tenuous friendship bond and intertwines their lives with a common thread. Most excitingly, Saltwick then shifts us forward a generation to gauge the impact on their children, and the ways in which stories change with time. An important play on important themes.

    ”
  • Lorraine Midanik: Europa by Sarah Saltwick
    “

    This is a beautiful, sensitive play about two women who find friendship despite their pasts and current lives. The depth of their relationship is reflected and paralleled in their children. It is an engaging, sad yet heartwarming play about memories, narratives and secrets. I highly recommend it.

    This is a beautiful, sensitive play about two women who find friendship despite their pasts and current lives. The depth of their relationship is reflected and paralleled in their children. It is an engaging, sad yet heartwarming play about memories, narratives and secrets. I highly recommend it.

    ”
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Development History

  • Reading, Scottish Rite, Austin TX, 2019
  • Workshop, The Lark, 2016