ADULTS (a play for radio & stage)

by Maizy Broderick Scarpa

In the wake of their mother's death, two middle-aged sisters navigate feelings, friendship, and funeral logistics. Like anyone who has loved, lost, and/or "had it up to here" with family, this dramedy asks: "Who are you supposed to call when someone dies?" "Was it my fault?" "Are you wearing my shirt again?!"

Overachiever Maggie––who has just arrived expecting a normal visit––pivots into planning mode, making...

In the wake of their mother's death, two middle-aged sisters navigate feelings, friendship, and funeral logistics. Like anyone who has loved, lost, and/or "had it up to here" with family, this dramedy asks: "Who are you supposed to call when someone dies?" "Was it my fault?" "Are you wearing my shirt again?!"

Overachiever Maggie––who has just arrived expecting a normal visit––pivots into planning mode, making breakfast and to-do lists at breakneck speed. Her younger sister, by contrast, slows to a catatonic halt. (Bookish Jo is not afraid to feel her feelings––and as Mom's primary caretaker, she has a lot of them!) In real-time and through flashbacks, the sisters grapple with their relationship with each other, their larger-than-life mother, and themselves. Will the bond that's tethered them since childhood survive the seismic shift?

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  • Talya Kingston: ADULTS (a play for radio & stage)

    A heart-felt and truthful depiction of two sisters relationship with each other and with their mother through time taking them to the moment when she is dead upstairs and they don't know what to do next. The playwrights voice is witty and poetic in equal measures.

    A heart-felt and truthful depiction of two sisters relationship with each other and with their mother through time taking them to the moment when she is dead upstairs and they don't know what to do next. The playwrights voice is witty and poetic in equal measures.

  • Suzanne Delle: ADULTS (a play for radio & stage)

    What a great adjustment from the theatrical version of ADULTS to make it an audio experience. The playwright really understands the challenges of radio plays and how they can tell the same story in new ways.

    What a great adjustment from the theatrical version of ADULTS to make it an audio experience. The playwright really understands the challenges of radio plays and how they can tell the same story in new ways.