Tea Patches

by Helen Everbach

Maddy is an American college student studying abroad in Australia, her family and support network on the other side of the world. She has one friend from home with her and meets a cute girl, another American studying abroad with a shared attraction and passion for smoking weed, but Maddy's spending a lot of time alone trying to get control over her anorexia, which only seems to be getting worse.

Maddy is an American college student studying abroad in Australia, her family and support network on the other side of the world. She has one friend from home with her and meets a cute girl, another American studying abroad with a shared attraction and passion for smoking weed, but Maddy's spending a lot of time alone trying to get control over her anorexia, which only seems to be getting worse.

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Tea Patches

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Tea Patches by Helen Everbach
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    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced TEA PATCHES as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by this story of a healing process and the questions raised of how friends can best support during recovery. We were engaged by the play's promise through quiet moments of stylized theatrical movement that felt mindful and intentional for both the character and the audience. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards...

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced TEA PATCHES as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by this story of a healing process and the questions raised of how friends can best support during recovery. We were engaged by the play's promise through quiet moments of stylized theatrical movement that felt mindful and intentional for both the character and the audience. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

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  • Lainie Vansant: Tea Patches by Helen Everbach
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    This play has a sweet, slow melancholy to it that draws the reader (and the audience, I'm sure) into its characters' pain. It also offers kind insight into intimate and life-threatening problems for its protagonist and her friends.

    This play has a sweet, slow melancholy to it that draws the reader (and the audience, I'm sure) into its characters' pain. It also offers kind insight into intimate and life-threatening problems for its protagonist and her friends.

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Production History

  • University, University of California Santa Cruz, 2021