Haiku
- Short Play, Drama, Present Day
- 3F
- ISBN: 9780573632549
Though severely retarded, Louise is at brief intervals miraculously "normal" and sometimes so super normal that she speaks in beautiful haiku poetry.
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Description
- Short Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
This sublimely beautiful play won the Heidemann Award at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Though severely retarded, Louise is at brief intervals miraculously "normal" and sometimes so super normal that she speaks in beautiful haiku poetry. Her mother has published the poems under her own name. When an older daughter visits, she refuses to believe that her Louise composed the extraordinary poems.
Though severely retarded, Louise is at brief intervals miraculously "normal" and sometimes so super normal that she speaks in beautiful haiku poetry. Her mother has published the poems under her own name. When an older daughter visits, she refuses to believe that her Louise composed the extraordinary poems.
Premiere Production:
Haiku was first produced at Philadelphia Theatre Company's new play project STAGES on April 28 and 29, 1989.
Characters
- Casting: 3F
- Casting Attributes: All Female
LOUISE - 20s-30s, Nell's youngest daughter
BILLIE - 30s, Nell's oldest daughter
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