A Girl Lives Alone

by Jessica Moss

A GIRL LIVES ALONE. COMEDY DRAMA WITH FOLEYING. 110 MIN. 5F, 3M.
Marion moves to New York in the wake of a break-up and a murder takes place in her walk-up apartment building. As her life starts to feel like she's trapped in a Hitchcock movie, or maybe a TV show were young girls get killed every week, Marion can't stop listening to the old-timey suspense podcasts her ex made; and the lives of the other tenants...

A GIRL LIVES ALONE. COMEDY DRAMA WITH FOLEYING. 110 MIN. 5F, 3M.
Marion moves to New York in the wake of a break-up and a murder takes place in her walk-up apartment building. As her life starts to feel like she's trapped in a Hitchcock movie, or maybe a TV show were young girls get killed every week, Marion can't stop listening to the old-timey suspense podcasts her ex made; and the lives of the other tenants, particularly the foley artist who lives upstairs, start to push in on her walls, making the dangers of being a girl living alone seem more and more prevalent. Does living close to others keep us safe, or put us in danger? And can you keep it down up there?  An ensemble comedy and a mash-up of Hitchcock, radio horror, and Law and Order SVU about murder, fear, and how well you really know your neighbours.

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  • Matthew Ivan Bennett: A Girl Lives Alone

    Just do this play. It's clever. It's real. It will draw people in.

    Just do this play. It's clever. It's real. It will draw people in.

  • Cheryl Bear: A Girl Lives Alone

    A captivating look at living in close proximity to others when Law and Order SVU is on your mind. Well done.

    A captivating look at living in close proximity to others when Law and Order SVU is on your mind. Well done.

  • Jonathan O'Neill: A Girl Lives Alone

    As an ode to old-time suspense radio, A GIRL LIVES ALONE is sparkling and heartfelt; as a meditation on our culture's attitudes towards women in danger, it's both incisive and frightening. Moss' play brings to life a New York City apartment building and its eight tenants, all with intertwining personal journeys, for an intriguing social parable -- with an awesome real-time foley component to boot!

    As an ode to old-time suspense radio, A GIRL LIVES ALONE is sparkling and heartfelt; as a meditation on our culture's attitudes towards women in danger, it's both incisive and frightening. Moss' play brings to life a New York City apartment building and its eight tenants, all with intertwining personal journeys, for an intriguing social parable -- with an awesome real-time foley component to boot!

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization The Juilliard School, Year 2016

Production History

  • Type Workshop, Organization The Juilliard School, Year 2016

Awards

  • New Play Contest
    Safe Word Theatre
    Winner
    2017