Lyons Den

by Andrea Kuchlewska

Aunt Colleen is rallying the neighborhood against a condo development across the street from the family pub. Little Tommy keeps moving his personal belongings into his cousin Natalie’s apartment when no one’s looking. When an old high school enemy returns to town, will he nudge Natalie onto the road not taken, or will he push Tommy to take what he really wants? A comic drama about home and belonging in a working...

Aunt Colleen is rallying the neighborhood against a condo development across the street from the family pub. Little Tommy keeps moving his personal belongings into his cousin Natalie’s apartment when no one’s looking. When an old high school enemy returns to town, will he nudge Natalie onto the road not taken, or will he push Tommy to take what he really wants? A comic drama about home and belonging in a working-class Boston community in the throes of gentrification.

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Lyons Den

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  • Kristen Palmer: Lyons Den by Andrea Kuchlewska
    “

    A play that drags you into the layers and complexities of this family and this place and you find yourself looking under the bed, going through their drawers with a giddy sense of transgression and truth seeking -as you're pulled further into their world. The sharply observed language, the wicked humor, the drama! So good.

    A play that drags you into the layers and complexities of this family and this place and you find yourself looking under the bed, going through their drawers with a giddy sense of transgression and truth seeking -as you're pulled further into their world. The sharply observed language, the wicked humor, the drama! So good.

    ”
  • Liz Duffy Adams: Lyons Den by Andrea Kuchlewska
    “

    This play just broke my heart open, in the best way. Brilliantly skillful story-telling, absolutely authentic sense of place and people and language, a very particular story about working class Boston area characters resonating out to a bigger context, reminding me of Arthur Miller and Lynn Nottage. Masterful and moving. Someone please produce this!

    This play just broke my heart open, in the best way. Brilliantly skillful story-telling, absolutely authentic sense of place and people and language, a very particular story about working class Boston area characters resonating out to a bigger context, reminding me of Arthur Miller and Lynn Nottage. Masterful and moving. Someone please produce this!

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, The Lark - Roundtable Read, 2015
  • Workshop, WP Theater (Women's Project) , 2013