CHERISHED

by Rachel Graf Evans

(FULL LENGTH; 3W including 1 Trans Woman, 1M)

'How much does one change over the course of a lifetime, or have we always been exactly as we always were?'

With the impending marriage of her older child, Mara Lynn wants to address the source of the tension that plagues her grieving, estranged family. Over the course of the play, she plays and replays memories in her head, and is forced to reckon with the truths...

(FULL LENGTH; 3W including 1 Trans Woman, 1M)

'How much does one change over the course of a lifetime, or have we always been exactly as we always were?'

With the impending marriage of her older child, Mara Lynn wants to address the source of the tension that plagues her grieving, estranged family. Over the course of the play, she plays and replays memories in her head, and is forced to reckon with the truths that may have been there, in front of her, all along.

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Content/Trigger Warning: This play includes misgendering and deadnaming a trans person.

Please take care of yourself and the artists in the room.

Please ensure that the actor playing Sammy is not the only transgender person in the room. The playwright strongly requests that a transgender or gender non-conforming or genderqueer director be hired to direct this play.

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  • Richie Cannaday: CHERISHED by Rachel Graf Evans
    “

    A gentle play about hard subjects, Cherished shines among the family drama stories of its ilk. Rachel Graf Evans pours love and levity into every second of this thoughtful, effective play.

    A gentle play about hard subjects, Cherished shines among the family drama stories of its ilk. Rachel Graf Evans pours love and levity into every second of this thoughtful, effective play.

    ”
MARA LYNN HARRISON, 50s, she/her
A cisgender woman of family and faith. Caro and Sammy's mom.

SAMUEL "MULE" THOMAS HARRISON III, 50s, he/him
A cisgender mustachioed "man's man." Mara Lynn's husband. Caro and Sammy's dad.

CAROLINA EVE "CARO" HARRISON, 20s, she/her
A cisgender woman. A young person who has grown up trying to translate across generational divides and lenses. Child of Mara Lynn and Mule. There are approximately four years between Mara and Sammy, Mara being the older. "Caro," short for Carolina, "care-oh".

SAMAR WELTY "SAMMY" HARRISON, 20s, she/her
A transgender woman. A young person who has grown up with a lifetime of familiarity with grief and silence. Child of Mara Lynn and Mule. If Mule is III, Sammy is ostensibly "IV." There are approximately four years between Caro and Sammy, Sammy being the younger.

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Content/Trigger Warning: This play includes misgendering and deadnaming a trans person.

Please take care of yourself and the artists in the room.

Please ensure that the actor playing Sammy is not the only transgender person in the room. The playwright strongly requests that a transgender or gender non-conforming or genderqueer director be hired to direct this play.