Maddie on Her Way Home

by B.J. Burton

After caring for her mother for many years, Maddie finds herself beyond grief-stricken over her passing. Having lost her job, the rent due and facing homelessness, Maddie has no choice but to accept her sister's offer and move from her home in the Northeast to her sister and brother-in-law's house in the rural South. There, she discovers the power of sisterhood in unexpected places.

After caring for her mother for many years, Maddie finds herself beyond grief-stricken over her passing. Having lost her job, the rent due and facing homelessness, Maddie has no choice but to accept her sister's offer and move from her home in the Northeast to her sister and brother-in-law's house in the rural South. There, she discovers the power of sisterhood in unexpected places.

  • Inquire About Rights
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Reading List

Maddie on Her Way Home

Recommended by

  • Playwrights Foundation: Maddie on Her Way Home

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced MADDIE ON HER WAY HOME as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by the authentic voice writing about elder care, the health system's failure, grief, economic insecurity, false friends, and spousal abuse. We were engaged by the dramatic irony, the careful rendering of sisters and building of tension, and ultimately, the dramatic question of how to re-build trust with found friends. 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 MADDIE ON HER WAY HOME as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were compelled by the authentic voice writing about elder care, the health system's failure, grief, economic insecurity, false friends, and spousal abuse. We were engaged by the dramatic irony, the careful rendering of sisters and building of tension, and ultimately, the dramatic question of how to re-build trust with found friends. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

Awards

  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Playwrights Foundation
    Semi-Finalist
    2024