With compassion and insight, Kerr Lockhart navigates the conflicting responsibilities weighing on the main character Eileen Kinsella. How does one balance responsibility to society with responsibility to those at our doorstep asking for help? What if what we have sworn to uphold violates our deeply held beliefs? And how does a person of faith justify tolerating evil for the greater good? Lockhart puts us in Eileen's impossible position to understand her decision and to answer these questions for ourselves. I heard Sanctity read by American Theater Group, and that stellar reading proves this fine play deserves a production.

I had the honor of sitting in on a February 2024 reading of this play at the American Theater Group in Rahway, NJ, and I can't recommend this character drama enough. SANCTITY offers a woman over 40 the sort of meaty role she's craving to play, and offers an entire ensemble the chance to play multiple different roles in a non-traditional theatrical narrative structure. I especially appreciate throughout this play how Kerr Lockhart so beautifully draws the parallels between attorney/client privilege with a Catholic priest's duty of confidentiality in confession. Excellent work, can't wait to see a full performance!

READ THIS PLAY! Or, better yet, watch it! I saw the zoom reading and was absolutely riveted the entire time. Kerr explores complex moral and ethical choices with engaging characters we can't help but identify with. It is deeply layered with an intricate structure that serves the emotional course of the play perfectly, and seems seemless. Kerrr makes it look easy, and writes shockingly real female characters. If you're looking for a thought provoking, emotionally moving play, this is for you. I can't say enough about it.