I Hate Living in the Caldwells

by Alli Hartley-Kong

When a nice white PTA mom accidentally creates chaos on the town's Facebook page by creating a fundraiser to sell covid facemasks branded with the town's racist mascot, what's an unemployed ombudsman to do but call a Zoom meeting of all the offended parties? This twenty-minute one act spoofs a phenomena well-known to suburbanites: the political argument on the town's Facebook page.

When a nice white PTA mom accidentally creates chaos on the town's Facebook page by creating a fundraiser to sell covid facemasks branded with the town's racist mascot, what's an unemployed ombudsman to do but call a Zoom meeting of all the offended parties? This twenty-minute one act spoofs a phenomena well-known to suburbanites: the political argument on the town's Facebook page.

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I Hate Living in the Caldwells

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  • Selma Hazouri: I Hate Living in the Caldwells by Alli Hartley-Kong
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    Reading this play made me feel like I was eavesdropping on conversations that have gone on - and continue to - all over this country. Everyone has an opinion, everybody thinks they’re right and no one is willing to listen to another’s viewpoint, so entrenched in their own. Hartley-Kong creates realistic, knowable characters with dialogue that reflects that. An almost perfect summation of our mutual Covid nightmare. Brava!

    Reading this play made me feel like I was eavesdropping on conversations that have gone on - and continue to - all over this country. Everyone has an opinion, everybody thinks they’re right and no one is willing to listen to another’s viewpoint, so entrenched in their own. Hartley-Kong creates realistic, knowable characters with dialogue that reflects that. An almost perfect summation of our mutual Covid nightmare. Brava!

    ”
  • Chambers Stevens: I Hate Living in the Caldwells by Alli Hartley-Kong
    “

    What a wonderful play.
    Perfect for everything that is currently going on.
    Ms. Hartley-Kong really knows these characters and she is creative in her use of the Zoom format.
    This would be a perfect play for any group that has older actors.

    What a wonderful play.
    Perfect for everything that is currently going on.
    Ms. Hartley-Kong really knows these characters and she is creative in her use of the Zoom format.
    This would be a perfect play for any group that has older actors.

    ”
1 female, mid-20s to early 30s
1 white male, 60s
1 female, teens
1 female, 40s-50s