Erstwhile or The Birth of an Old Soul

by D. Lee Miller

Letty’s been having the most incredible dreams lately. All she wants to do is sleep. She started mudlarking to help stay awake. Mari, a stranger, comes along knowing there is someone she needs to find. Can they help each other?

Letty’s been having the most incredible dreams lately. All she wants to do is sleep. She started mudlarking to help stay awake. Mari, a stranger, comes along knowing there is someone she needs to find. Can they help each other?

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  • Nora Louise Syran: Erstwhile or The Birth of an Old Soul by D. Lee Miller
    “

    A mystically original short play for two female characters who are trapped in a "quicksand" of sorts, but who help each other "mov[e] forward." Engaging work.

    A mystically original short play for two female characters who are trapped in a "quicksand" of sorts, but who help each other "mov[e] forward." Engaging work.

    ”
  • Matthew Weaver: Erstwhile or The Birth of an Old Soul by D. Lee Miller
    “

    History blends with reality blends with dream blends with the past blends with the present. Miller delivers a strong showcase for two women in your performing troupe, open to all sorts of staging and interpretation.

    History blends with reality blends with dream blends with the past blends with the present. Miller delivers a strong showcase for two women in your performing troupe, open to all sorts of staging and interpretation.

    ”
  • Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend: Erstwhile or The Birth of an Old Soul by D. Lee Miller
    “

    I have never encountered a play like this one - what a wholly original idea! This short in which one character has absorbed some of the memories of the other character feels like a dream itself. I love how memories are held in items (isn't that how it feels in real life too?) and the idea of a collective consciousness. SO neat.

    I have never encountered a play like this one - what a wholly original idea! This short in which one character has absorbed some of the memories of the other character feels like a dream itself. I love how memories are held in items (isn't that how it feels in real life too?) and the idea of a collective consciousness. SO neat.

    ”
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LETTY – 25, a back-woods Brooklynite. She is stuck in her past though she's painfully aware there isn’t much of one.
MARI – 40-50, A shadow person who has been reincarnated into multiple generations. An old soul wanting to move on.