"Georgie D."

by Jessica Durdock Moreno

PRODUCTION - Chain Theatre, 2021
SEMI-FINALIST - Athena Project’s 2020 Plays in Progress Series
READING - Chain Theatre Playwriting Lab, 2021
PARTICIPANT - Workshop Theater Fall Playwriting Intensive, 2020

"The family saga in this play was relatable and heartfelt all the way through. The audience was taken on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, ranging from anger to disgust, to forgiveness and acceptance. It...

PRODUCTION - Chain Theatre, 2021
SEMI-FINALIST - Athena Project’s 2020 Plays in Progress Series
READING - Chain Theatre Playwriting Lab, 2021
PARTICIPANT - Workshop Theater Fall Playwriting Intensive, 2020

"The family saga in this play was relatable and heartfelt all the way through. The audience was taken on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, ranging from anger to disgust, to forgiveness and acceptance. It also showed us the true meaning of togetherness and the power of saying, "I love you."" - BROADWAY WORLD

“Georgie D.” is a loving tribute to the fictional Dudka family; working class folks from Pennsylvania coal country whose familial bond has been crumbling like a lump of anthracite since June 6th, 1944. Now 2011, Margaret Dudka, forty and forever going nowhere fast, reunites with her damaged-goods brother Thomas at their estranged father’s deathbed to “pull the plug,” sell the house, and settle the old man’s affairs as quickly as possible. Their efforts are complicated, however, when the chaos that has been slowly and silently tearing their family apart for generations is stirred up by their mutual longing to remember the love that might have been there all along. Georgie D. is not just Margaret and Thomas’s dad; he is the possibility on the other side of what we choose to remember and what we choose to forget in the name of family, loyalty, duty, forgiveness, and love.

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  • Juan Ramirez, Jr.: "Georgie D." by Jessica Durdock Moreno
    “

    This play received a wonderful virtual reading with The Chain Theatre part of the 2021 Play Lab. Margaret and Thomas will take you on a journey to recognize when a permanent change is underway and afterward, what parts of our past life we must acknowledge. "Dying is hard work for the living", so in the mean time, we must do everything to keep the connections we presently have. Filled with drama and comedy, this play will help you remember your own beautiful family memories.

    This play received a wonderful virtual reading with The Chain Theatre part of the 2021 Play Lab. Margaret and Thomas will take you on a journey to recognize when a permanent change is underway and afterward, what parts of our past life we must acknowledge. "Dying is hard work for the living", so in the mean time, we must do everything to keep the connections we presently have. Filled with drama and comedy, this play will help you remember your own beautiful family memories.

    ”
  • The Workshop Theater: "Georgie D." by Jessica Durdock Moreno
    “

    The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Jessica Durdock Moreno as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Georgie D examines the disconnect between siblings, as illuminated by the untimely death of a parent. The play beautifully elicits humor, and even absurdity, as it delicately navigates the wounded relationship between siblings who are trying to find an understanding of their childhood and why it left them so at...

    The Workshop Theater is pleased to recognize Jessica Durdock Moreno as a playwright selected out of a competitive pool of applicants for our Fall 2020 Writer’s Intensive. The Writer’s Intensive is an eight-week long, playwright-driven process geared towards revising an existing play. Georgie D examines the disconnect between siblings, as illuminated by the untimely death of a parent. The play beautifully elicits humor, and even absurdity, as it delicately navigates the wounded relationship between siblings who are trying to find an understanding of their childhood and why it left them so at sea. Our congratulations and thanks to Jessica.

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Development History

Production History

  • Workshop, The Chain Theatre, 2021

Awards

  • Plays in Progress
    Athena Project
    Semi-Finalist
    2020