BUILT TO FLOAT

(FULL LENGTH; 3W, 1M) Tess quietly crusades to keep it together, working full time as a phlebotomist and caring for her ailing mother Marjorie who likes to harp on Tess’s dormant dreams of becoming a doctor. Suddenly, her sister Roz shows back up from rehab, pledging high expectations and a clean slate. When stranger William, an echo of their deceased father, arrives in town with a tempting new avenue of...

(FULL LENGTH; 3W, 1M) Tess quietly crusades to keep it together, working full time as a phlebotomist and caring for her ailing mother Marjorie who likes to harp on Tess’s dormant dreams of becoming a doctor. Suddenly, her sister Roz shows back up from rehab, pledging high expectations and a clean slate. When stranger William, an echo of their deceased father, arrives in town with a tempting new avenue of employment, Tess’s mental health disintegrates, thus forcing them all to wrestle with the meaning of blame, inheritance, and survival.

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BUILT TO FLOAT

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  • Quinn Xavier Hernandez: BUILT TO FLOAT

    BUILT TO FLOAT is an insightful examination of the long-term effects of grief and how unhealthy coping mechanisms take their toll. I saw the Essential Theatre's production this summer and it served Rachel Graf Evans' words beautifully.

    BUILT TO FLOAT is an insightful examination of the long-term effects of grief and how unhealthy coping mechanisms take their toll. I saw the Essential Theatre's production this summer and it served Rachel Graf Evans' words beautifully.

Awards

  • (under the title TAKING SO LONG) Princess Grace Award
    New Dramatists
    Semi-Finalist
    2015
  • Essential Theatre Playwriting Award for Georgia Playwrights
    Essential Theatre
    Winner
    2018