Space Bound

by Kira Rockwell

Rapidly expanding through the farm fields of central Texas is SpaceBound’s Rocket Development and Test Facility. This tender drama follows four siblings across the span of four Sunday mornings as they navigate their proximity to the billion-dollar commercial industry.

SPACE BOUND was originally commissioned in 21/22 by The Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project...

Rapidly expanding through the farm fields of central Texas is SpaceBound’s Rocket Development and Test Facility. This tender drama follows four siblings across the span of four Sunday mornings as they navigate their proximity to the billion-dollar commercial industry.

SPACE BOUND was originally commissioned in 21/22 by The Ensemble Studio Theatre / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Space Bound

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced SPACE BOUND as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed the caring interactions and the tender moments between siblings, as they make the collective decision to sell their family farm. We appreciated the questions the play asks about the privately funded space race and the immense resources used that will never benefit working class characters like these close foster siblings. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated...

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced SPACE BOUND as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We highly enjoyed the caring interactions and the tender moments between siblings, as they make the collective decision to sell their family farm. We appreciated the questions the play asks about the privately funded space race and the immense resources used that will never benefit working class characters like these close foster siblings. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Mass Cultural Council, Artist Fellowship, Year 2022
  • Type Commission, Organization Ensemble Studio Theatre, Year 2021

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