Chelsea Altman

Chelsea Altman is a New York-raised playwright. Full-length plays: NEBULA, Eugene O'Neill semi-finalist 2013, IN OUR SKIN, 2018, workshop reading Espa, Primary Stages. They Is, 2020. Currently: SITUATION Chelsea is an actress turned restaurateur and lives with her two children in a tiny house in Brooklyn.

Chelsea Altman is a New York-raised playwright. Full-length plays: NEBULA, Eugene O'Neill semi-finalist 2013, IN OUR SKIN, 2018, workshop reading Espa, Primary Stages. They Is, 2020. Currently: SITUATION Chelsea is an actress turned restaurateur and lives with her two children in a tiny house in Brooklyn.

Scripts

NEBULA

by Chelsea Altman

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
drama

Nebula is a fairy tale of selfhood, weaving fantastic realism with intimate grit. The play opens with a fetus speaking to the audience from the womb. While a family grapples with their child’s gender identity, the child keeps talking to anyone who will listen. She knows who she is, but how will she get what she needs? Nebula explores the pitfalls of wishing, the hard choices we make to recognize ourselves, and...

Nebula is a fairy tale of selfhood, weaving fantastic realism with intimate grit. The play opens with a fetus speaking to the audience from the womb. While a family grapples with their child’s gender identity, the child keeps talking to anyone who will listen. She knows who she is, but how will she get what she needs? Nebula explores the pitfalls of wishing, the hard choices we make to recognize ourselves, and the sacrifice that comes from being part of a family.

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