Indispensable

by Martine Sainvil

Hardworking and determined, Honor Washington expects to move up the corporate ladder primarily on merit. After a co-worker attends a high profile company event that she wasn’t invited to, Honor decides to double down efforts at the office to get ahead. But her plans are derailed when family obligations creep in, an old nemesis reappears unexpectedly and rumors of a company merger start to spread. Honor will...

Hardworking and determined, Honor Washington expects to move up the corporate ladder primarily on merit. After a co-worker attends a high profile company event that she wasn’t invited to, Honor decides to double down efforts at the office to get ahead. But her plans are derailed when family obligations creep in, an old nemesis reappears unexpectedly and rumors of a company merger start to spread. Honor will have to redefine success when her co-worker proves to be untrustworthy and her family’s dependence on her grows. As the pressure mounts from all sides, Honor may lose everything she’s worked so hard for and be forced to turn to those she underestimated to finally understand what it means to be Indispensable.

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Indispensable

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Indispensable

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced INDISPENSABLE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We appreciated the characters, especially the mom, as both adult children aim to succeed in a world with racial inequities and barriers to success in America. We saw great potential in this play as the twins Honor and Prosper ultimately learn what it means to be indispensable to each other. We hope this play of quick-paced scenes and clear reversals is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators...

    The community of National Committee readers for the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced INDISPENSABLE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We appreciated the characters, especially the mom, as both adult children aim to succeed in a world with racial inequities and barriers to success in America. We saw great potential in this play as the twins Honor and Prosper ultimately learn what it means to be indispensable to each other. We hope this play of quick-paced scenes and clear reversals is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production. #BAPF46

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Resonance Ensemble Waldman Play Development Program, Year 2020

Awards

  • Bay Area Playwrights Festival
    Playwright's Foundation
    Semi-Finalist
    2023