Disconnected

An undocumented woman deported to her home country attempts to parent her two children via the internet.

An undocumented woman deported to her home country attempts to parent her two children via the internet.

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Disconnected

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  • Donald Loftus: Disconnected

    A poignant and timely short play, Disconnected explores family, separation, and resilience with clarity and heart. Beth Blatt crafts authentic, layered voices that capture both the humor and heartbreak of living across distance and uncertainty. The use of technology as both lifeline and barrier is especially effective, culminating in a moving portrait of love that endures despite impossible circumstances.

    A poignant and timely short play, Disconnected explores family, separation, and resilience with clarity and heart. Beth Blatt crafts authentic, layered voices that capture both the humor and heartbreak of living across distance and uncertainty. The use of technology as both lifeline and barrier is especially effective, culminating in a moving portrait of love that endures despite impossible circumstances.

  • Cheryl Bear: Disconnected

    A heartbreaking and all too real play of a mother forced to parent over the internet. However through their struggles the bonds become tighter and the family pulls through for each other. Beautiful work!

    A heartbreaking and all too real play of a mother forced to parent over the internet. However through their struggles the bonds become tighter and the family pulls through for each other. Beautiful work!

  • Sherry Bokser: Disconnected

    In Disconnected, Beth Blatt captures the pathos and ache of family separation while expertly mining the sibling relationship for humor. What are the lengths parents will go to for their children? How are immigrant family's bonds strengthened when they're never quite securely "at home"? A compelling portrait of a family affected by the current political realities.

    In Disconnected, Beth Blatt captures the pathos and ache of family separation while expertly mining the sibling relationship for humor. What are the lengths parents will go to for their children? How are immigrant family's bonds strengthened when they're never quite securely "at home"? A compelling portrait of a family affected by the current political realities.

Actors can be any nationality, though they should all be the same (a mother and her two biological children).

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization DGPG Writers Festival at the Players Club (NYC), Year 2019