Blood of the Lamb
- Full Length Play, Drama, New Millennium/21st Century
- 2F
- ISBN: TRW-13416
A searing drama about bureaucratic chaos in a post-Roe America.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: New Millennium/21st Century
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! Critics Circle Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival (2024)
Nominee! Drama Desk Award for Oustanding Play (2025)
A searing drama about bureaucratic chaos in a post-Roe America. After her transcontinental flight is diverted to Dallas, a pregnant woman inexplicably finds herself trapped in a room with a female lawyer who will decide her future. Can Nessa escape this Kafkaesque world of legal precedents and constantly changing laws?
REVIEWS:
***** "The punch of a state-of-the-nation epic…with the twists of a trenchant thriller."
The Telegraph
***** "A powerhouse, thoroughly contemporary political theatre, tightly realised."
The Advertiser
***** "Blood of the Lamb isn’t a dystopian tale of warning about who we might become, but one of open-your-eyes-because-this-is-who-we-are."
In Review
**** "Acutely tense drama."
The Guardian
***** "A powerful piece of activism, an excellently-crafted play."
Fest Magazine
***** "Beautiful, suspenseful script."
British Theatre Guide
Characters
- Casting: 2F
- Casting Attributes: All Female
VAL - female, 40s to 50s.
