Julia Jennifer Rafferty Won't Come Down From the Widow's Walk

MELODRAMATIC KEENING TRAGICOMEDY
FULL-LENGTH: I mean, pretty self-explanatory, innit? She’s yearning for her husband to return. Odd thing is, her husband’s BEEN home. For some years at least. So why won’t Julia Jennifer Rafferty come down from the widow’s walk? Is she doing a bit? Or is something dreadfully wrong with her brain? Also, Ichabod really needs to shut up and go away. Sigh.

Content Warning: Violence...

MELODRAMATIC KEENING TRAGICOMEDY
FULL-LENGTH: I mean, pretty self-explanatory, innit? She’s yearning for her husband to return. Odd thing is, her husband’s BEEN home. For some years at least. So why won’t Julia Jennifer Rafferty come down from the widow’s walk? Is she doing a bit? Or is something dreadfully wrong with her brain? Also, Ichabod really needs to shut up and go away. Sigh.

Content Warning: Violence

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  • Maximillian Gill: Julia Jennifer Rafferty Won't Come Down From the Widow's Walk

    One of the many things I love about a Prillaman play is that many actions may seem absurd and some characters tangential, yet by the time you get to the end you realize that everything matters. It's almost a magic trick as you start out thinking you're reading something fun and breezy, but by the end you're hit with something profound. In this case I feel like I ended up understanding the concept of absence in this play in a very different way. A witty, exhilarating, and thoughtful ride.

    One of the many things I love about a Prillaman play is that many actions may seem absurd and some characters tangential, yet by the time you get to the end you realize that everything matters. It's almost a magic trick as you start out thinking you're reading something fun and breezy, but by the end you're hit with something profound. In this case I feel like I ended up understanding the concept of absence in this play in a very different way. A witty, exhilarating, and thoughtful ride.

  • Matthew Moore: Julia Jennifer Rafferty Won't Come Down From the Widow's Walk

    In the spirit of Jen Silverman's "The Moors," but through the lens of high camp and hilarity, Prillaman's brilliant script is laugh-out loud funny. I adore a play that asks for theater to create magic without saying how. Enough is left up to the imagination that one could envision a director having the time of their life working on this script. It begs to be produced.

    In the spirit of Jen Silverman's "The Moors," but through the lens of high camp and hilarity, Prillaman's brilliant script is laugh-out loud funny. I adore a play that asks for theater to create magic without saying how. Enough is left up to the imagination that one could envision a director having the time of their life working on this script. It begs to be produced.

  • Kim E. Ruyle: Julia Jennifer Rafferty Won't Come Down From the Widow's Walk

    I fell in love with this inventive and theatrical piece. I laughed out loud. I shook my head in wonder. I felt my mind stretched (after donning a hat) to consider the meaning behind these fascinating characters and their conversations. I was especially captivated by Fizel’s dream. All in all - brilliant!

    I fell in love with this inventive and theatrical piece. I laughed out loud. I shook my head in wonder. I felt my mind stretched (after donning a hat) to consider the meaning behind these fascinating characters and their conversations. I was especially captivated by Fizel’s dream. All in all - brilliant!

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Character Information

  • Julia Jennifer Rafferty
    A wife.
  • Niell Rafferty
    A husband.
  • Ichabod
    A crow.
  • Smythe
    A friend.
  • Darleen
    A nurse.
  • Fizel
    A rabbit.
  • Haver
    Another rabbit.