Blow-out

by Kelsey Austin

The Whitakers share their cramped life in southern New Jersey. As Rick prepares for his annual hunting trip in Alaska, his wife Sheila keeps quiet about family secrets until the unforgivable happens. Daughter Missy supports the family on convenience store paychecks, and younger sister Barbara dreams of adulting with live-in boyfriend Jimmy. But all comes to a halt when narcissism breeds disaster. It’s the...

The Whitakers share their cramped life in southern New Jersey. As Rick prepares for his annual hunting trip in Alaska, his wife Sheila keeps quiet about family secrets until the unforgivable happens. Daughter Missy supports the family on convenience store paychecks, and younger sister Barbara dreams of adulting with live-in boyfriend Jimmy. But all comes to a halt when narcissism breeds disaster. It’s the hopeless situation of living among self-absorbed suburbanites where boundaries are murky, and cruelty is family fun.

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Blow-out

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Emilio Williams and Chicago Dramatists, Year 2021