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Healing, The

  • Samuel D. Hunter
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 2M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573705670

"A moving, beautifully acted new drama [...] Mr. Hunter writes with lively humor and grace."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Twenty-five years ago, a motley group of friends met as kids at a summer camp where the head counselor secretly taught them that their disabilities could be "cured" through the power of prayer. Today, the group has gathered to mourn the untimely passing of one of its members. Over the course of the night, old wounds are uncovered, friendships are tested, and the truth surrounding their late friend becomes troublingly clear.
REVIEWS:

"A moving, beautifully acted new drama [...] Mr. Hunter writes with lively humor and grace."

 The New York Times

"[A] thoughtful and affecting new drama [...] It's a sensitive portrait of people moving, with difficulty but also with some help, toward acceptance."

 Time Out NY

"A smart and sensitive piece about the harm done to vulnerable people in the name of religion."

 Variety

"Authors are always looking to bring something new to this dramatic territory. In his arresting new drama The Healing, playwright Samuel D. Hunter does just that, and it elevates the genre to new levels of emotional heights."

 TheatreMania

Premiere Production: The Healing premiered in a production by Theater Breaking Through Barriers at the Harold Clurman Theatre in New York City in June 2016 under the direction of Stella Powell-Jones.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 5F

  • SHARON - Thirties, female. Played by an actress who uses a wheelchair.
    DONALD - Thirties, male. Played by an actor with a disability.
    BONNIE - Thirties, female. Played by an actress with a disability.
    GREG - Thirties, male. Played by a deaf actor.
    LAURA - Thirties, female. Played by an actress with a disability.
    ZOE - Thirties, female. Played by an actress with a disability.
    JOAN - Sixties, female. Played by an actress without a disability.
    A VOICE - Male or female, the voice of a shopping channel on the television.

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    Twenty-five years ago, a motley group of friends met as kids as a summer camp where the head counselor secretly taught them that their disabilities could be "cured" through the power of prayer. Today, the group has gathered to mourn the untimely passing of one of its members. Over the course of the night, old wounds are uncovered, friendships are tested, and the truth surrounding their late friend becomes troublingly clear.

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