Terrilyn McCormick

Terrilyn McCormick is a Philadelphia-based playwright and author. Marrow Deep is her first play and is based on her own family and her cancer diagnosis. She has two other plays in development, Use as Directed: An American Opioid Story and FreeWork. She recently finished her first novel, The Line, about public schools and real estate in a gentrifying neighborhood. Terrilyn has returned to her childhood dream of being a writer after spending 20 years as a corporate management consultant.

Scripts

FreeWork

by Terrilyn McCormick

2

Cast Size

2—3

Genre

comedy

After 50 years sacrificing her life for NorthBank, Maureen can’t imagine a future without coming to the office. After three years working for a paycheck instead of pursuing her passion, Jordon can’t imagine suffering the corporate life one minute longer. Both women need an out, and a set of original Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chairs may be the key. A comedy about an unlikely work friendship, mid-century...

After 50 years sacrificing her life for NorthBank, Maureen can’t imagine a future without coming to the office. After three years working for a paycheck instead of pursuing her passion, Jordon can’t imagine suffering the corporate life one minute longer. Both women need an out, and a set of original Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chairs may be the key. A comedy about an unlikely work friendship, mid-century modern furniture and the value of work.

Use as Directed: An American Opioid Story

by Terrilyn McCormick

1

Cast Size

8—50

Genre

docudrama/historic,

political

Under development

Marrow Deep

by Terrilyn McCormick

1

Cast Size

6

Genre

drama,

tragedy

After all her cancer treatments fail, Elena Harris seeks out her estranged sister Shana as a match for a bone marrow transplant. More than years separate the two sisters whose lives have taken them far from their Protestant childhood in Missouri. A desperate Elena reluctantly visits her sister’s inner-city apartment where they play a late-night spades game haunted by their past. A month later, Shana’s arrives...

After all her cancer treatments fail, Elena Harris seeks out her estranged sister Shana as a match for a bone marrow transplant. More than years separate the two sisters whose lives have taken them far from their Protestant childhood in Missouri. A desperate Elena reluctantly visits her sister’s inner-city apartment where they play a late-night spades game haunted by their past. A month later, Shana’s arrives just in time for Shabbat dinner at her sister’s Georgetown home. Her arrival offers hope for Elena’s future and potential redemption for Shana. In the end, the price for Shana’s help will cost the entire family. Marrow Deep is inspired by the playwright’s life and family.