An Empty Room
by Katelin Wilcox
[FULL LENGTH] Over the course of one revelatory afternoon, two deaths bring two generations of a family together in the same kitchen – thirty years apart. In the 1950’s Agatha and Joseph return home from suffering a stillbirth, and their sister-in-law Loretta is desperate to help. In the 1980’s their adult children Connie, Hank, Patty, and Connie’s husband Stephen gather for Agatha’s funeral, but with very...
[FULL LENGTH] Over the course of one revelatory afternoon, two deaths bring two generations of a family together in the same kitchen – thirty years apart. In the 1950’s Agatha and Joseph return home from suffering a stillbirth, and their sister-in-law Loretta is desperate to help. In the 1980’s their adult children Connie, Hank, Patty, and Connie’s husband Stephen gather for Agatha’s funeral, but with very different ideas of who she was and how she should be remembered. Past and future walk amongst each other as marriages are shaken, forbidden yearnings are revealed, and the reverberations are felt through time and space. How well do we ever really know our parents, our siblings, our spouses, ourselves? A play that explores themes of identity, family, and memory - and how they can be both a prison and a refuge.
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