Candace Adams

Candace Adams

Candace Adams has written full length and ten minute plays. Rowin' Up Salt River had a public reading at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre Summer Playwriting Workshop, 2022. Healing Grace, a World Premiere, was produced in 2012 by Ovation Stage, Sacramento, CA, with four stars from the Sacramento News and Review. Her ten minute plays have been produced as part of ten minute play festivals.

Plays

  • Rowin' Up Salt River
    Synopsis of the Play
    ROWIN’ UP SALT RIVER by Candace Adams - Inspired by the life and legend of Charley Parkhurst, the famous California stagecoach driver during the gold rush days, and Nellie Bly, a renowned investigative journalist. In 1879, a young, very ambitious investigative journalist, Sarah, arrives at Charley’s secluded homestead in Santa Cruz, determined to learn his whole life story. As she...
    Synopsis of the Play
    ROWIN’ UP SALT RIVER by Candace Adams - Inspired by the life and legend of Charley Parkhurst, the famous California stagecoach driver during the gold rush days, and Nellie Bly, a renowned investigative journalist. In 1879, a young, very ambitious investigative journalist, Sarah, arrives at Charley’s secluded homestead in Santa Cruz, determined to learn his whole life story. As she begins to pry into his early years, his life story becomes even more remarkable. But the more Sarah seeks answers, the more Charley resists talking about himself. What does Charley need to hide from Sarah and the world? What are the consequences if Charley speaks freely?