Wayfinding

by Whitney Rowland

Jane is an emotionally-numbed new widow. Harrison is an inattentive, self-sabotaging fiancé. In seeking escape, these two strangers collide – both literally and figuratively – tangling their life lines and setting them on a time-bending journey involving an intercontinental plane crash, a magical forest, and a choice that leads them both to an unexpected destination.

Jane is an emotionally-numbed new widow. Harrison is an inattentive, self-sabotaging fiancé. In seeking escape, these two strangers collide – both literally and figuratively – tangling their life lines and setting them on a time-bending journey involving an intercontinental plane crash, a magical forest, and a choice that leads them both to an unexpected destination.

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  • Gina Femia: Wayfinding by Whitney Rowland
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    One of the best plays I've ever read.

    One of the best plays I've ever read.

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  • Chandler Hubbard: Wayfinding by Whitney Rowland
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    A darkly beautiful tale filled with longing and regret, but with the warmest ray of hope peeking over the horizon.

    A darkly beautiful tale filled with longing and regret, but with the warmest ray of hope peeking over the horizon.

    ”
  • Rachael Carnes: Wayfinding by Whitney Rowland
    “

    A gripping tale, cellular and celestial, boundlessly imaginative yet so achingly *human* - Rowland's play unfolds like a mystery, each page asking questions and pulling me deeper into the world. There's a symphonic quality to what she pulls off here, the rise of tensions, the pace and reveals. It's spacious and close - The way, in the days and weeks and months (and years) after a loss, the world, the sky, the day, looks different. Just a beautiful piece.

    A gripping tale, cellular and celestial, boundlessly imaginative yet so achingly *human* - Rowland's play unfolds like a mystery, each page asking questions and pulling me deeper into the world. There's a symphonic quality to what she pulls off here, the rise of tensions, the pace and reveals. It's spacious and close - The way, in the days and weeks and months (and years) after a loss, the world, the sky, the day, looks different. Just a beautiful piece.

    ”
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Development History

  • Workshop, Great Plains Theatre Conference, 2019
  • Workshop, PlayPenn New Play Development Conference, 2019
  • Reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, 2017

Production History

  • University, Carnegie Mellon University, New Works Series, 2016
  • Professional, Synchronicity Theatre, 2020

Awards

  • The "Lost Season" List
    The Kilroys
    Selection
    2020
  • Creative Residency
    SPACE on Ryder Farm
    Semi-Finalist
    2018
  • Playwriting Award
    Theatre503 - London, UK
    Finalist
    2018
  • UMass New Play Lab
    University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Finalist
    2018
  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Playwrights Foundation
    Semi-Finalist
    2019