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That Which Isn't

  • Matthew Freeman
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 2M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573706561

"A graceful psychodrama [...] clear-eyed writing [...] savvy [...]"

The Village Voice

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 105 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Helen meets with James in a quiet field somewhere far from the city. Years later, she meets with Marcus in a crowded restaurant in Los Angeles. These two goodbyes explore the process of losing the people we love, and how we remember the people we don't.

REVIEWS:

"A graceful psychodrama [...] clear-eyed writing [...] savvy [...]"

The Village Voice

"That Which Isn't is a heartbreaking work. But when you leave I'll bet you'll want to hug someone you love and feel grateful for what you have."

Woman Around Town

Premiere Production: That Which Isn't premiered at the Brick Theater in a production by Theater Accident in Brooklyn, NY in August 2016 under the direction of Kyle Ancowitz.
  • Casting: 2M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)

  • HELEN - A woman in her early and then later thirties.
    JAMES - A man in his early thirties.
    MARCUS - A man in his early 40s.
    A WAITER
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    Helen meets with James in a quiet field somewhere far from the city. Years later, she meets with Marcus in a crowded restaurant in Los Angeles. These two goodbyes explore the process of losing the people we love, and how we remember the people we don't.

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