You Are What You

by Mora V. Harris

FULL LENGTH: Competitive eater Francie is desperate to find a way to help her younger sister Trisha eat. When celebrity chef Electra Sinclair arrives on their doorstep, she thinks she may have found just the thing to set Trisha on the road to recovery. Yet Trisha's illness worsens as she begins seeing visions of a talking Pot Roast, and Francie becomes distracted by an ex hell-bent on exploiting her in a cogent...

FULL LENGTH: Competitive eater Francie is desperate to find a way to help her younger sister Trisha eat. When celebrity chef Electra Sinclair arrives on their doorstep, she thinks she may have found just the thing to set Trisha on the road to recovery. Yet Trisha's illness worsens as she begins seeing visions of a talking Pot Roast, and Francie becomes distracted by an ex hell-bent on exploiting her in a cogent work of non-fiction. The sisters struggle to take care of each other and nourish themselves in this comedy about learning from the things we crave.

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  • Emily M. Shaffer: You Are What You

    You Are What You explores the impact of food and society on the minds of young people. It paints a picture of what disordered eating can look like for some and how it can tumble to be so much more, creating tense family dynamics and worsening overall quality of life. Mora V. Harris uses dark comedy with a particularly unique character, a talking pot roast, which for me was very impactful in my understanding of the character's experience. Truly a theatrical piece that opens the door for magic on stage.

    You Are What You explores the impact of food and society on the minds of young people. It paints a picture of what disordered eating can look like for some and how it can tumble to be so much more, creating tense family dynamics and worsening overall quality of life. Mora V. Harris uses dark comedy with a particularly unique character, a talking pot roast, which for me was very impactful in my understanding of the character's experience. Truly a theatrical piece that opens the door for magic on stage.

  • David A. Miller: You Are What You

    Heartfelt, funny, poignant. A story of master masticators that asks the important question, "What are you running away from?" I love the complications between the two sisters, one a competitive eater and the other just-out-of-rehab for an eating disorder. I love that Pot Roast is a character, full of mystery and magic. The play is so theatrical and so moving.

    Heartfelt, funny, poignant. A story of master masticators that asks the important question, "What are you running away from?" I love the complications between the two sisters, one a competitive eater and the other just-out-of-rehab for an eating disorder. I love that Pot Roast is a character, full of mystery and magic. The play is so theatrical and so moving.

  • Karina Cochran: You Are What You

    This script combines modern day real life struggles with a Shakesperean level of physical comedy. The juxtapositions, doubling, and contrasting characters flow so naturally, you don't realize until later what you've just encountered. You'll never look at Pot Roast the same way again.

    This script combines modern day real life struggles with a Shakesperean level of physical comedy. The juxtapositions, doubling, and contrasting characters flow so naturally, you don't realize until later what you've just encountered. You'll never look at Pot Roast the same way again.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Burning Coal Theatre Company, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Wordsmyth Theatre Company, Year 2019
  • Type Reading, Organization Weird Sisters Theatre Project, Year 2019
  • Type Workshop, Organization Sewanee Writers' Conference, Year 2018

Production History

  • Type University, Organization Adams State University, Year 2021
  • Type Professional, Organization Garden Theatre Company, Year 2019

Awards

  • Leah Ryan's FEWW Prize
    Leah Ryan's FEWW
    Finalist
    2020
  • Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
    id Theatre
    Finalist
    2019
  • Bechdel Test Festival
    The Bridge Initiative
    Semi-Finalist
    2018