A Surreal Romp in Eight Scenes
Set in a formal ballroom, this romp in eight scenes follows the comic and often painful adventures of Lucy, the awkward daughter of beautiful, charming and eternally young Cecelia and Edward who frequent the ballroom to pick up fleeting friends and lovers. Born onstage – brought on in a red wagon – Lucy grows up having to get her parents’ attention between dance sets. The play, which takes place during the course of one evening in the lives of Edward and Cecelia and throughout the years of Lucy’s life, is written from the point of view of a child struggling to make sense of the world of adults where incomprehensible codes of conduct and confusing rules of etiquette – decrees only they seem to understand – appear to rule over honest emotion and common sense.
Productions:
ACME Theatricks, Seattle, Washington,1988 and 1989.
Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, 1990.
Developmental Workshop: Shenandoah International Playwrights Retreat, Staunton, Virginia, 1990.
Readings: Restless Pens, San Francisco, California,1993; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington,1987.
Kennedy Center ACTF Regional Playwriting Award
Shenandoah Playwrights Retreat Fellowship
Full script available at the New Play Exchange, http://www.newplayexchange.org
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