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Ugly Lies the Bone

  • Lindsey Ferrentino
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day, Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 2M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573704857

Newly returned and newly injured soldier, Jess, battles her physical scarring through the use of virtual reality video game therapy. As Jess advances farther in the game, she begins to restore her relationships, her life and, slowly, herself.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Large Stage, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • WINNER! Woodward/Newman Drama Award (2014)
    WINNER! Laurents/Hatcher Special Citation of Excellence (2015)
    Kilroy's List (2015)
    WINNER! Kesserling Prize for Playwriting (2016)
Newly discharged soldier Jess has finally returned to her Florida hometown. She brings with her not only vivid memories of Afghanistan, but painful burns that have left her physically and emotionally scarred. Jess soon realizes that things at home have changed even more than she has. Through the use of virtual reality video game therapy, she builds a breathtaking new world where she can escape her pain. As Jess advances farther in the game, she begins to restore her relationships, her life and, slowly, herself.
REVIEWS:

"A bracing drama that confronts an achingly topical issue with hardheaded honesty and admirable compassion. Lindsey Ferrentino is a brave playwright and a writer of dauntless conviction."

 The New York Times

"Powerful. Uncommonly compelling deception of not merely recovery but also repentance and renewal. Transformative and exhilarating."

 TheatreMania

"Raw and inescapably moving... A play of small moments that hide big emotions."

 The New York Observer

"Pain is personal in Lindsey Ferrentino's thoughtful meditation on trauma... Ferrentino reminds us that our internal landscape, like our pain, is ours alone."

 The New Yorker

"Ugly Lies the Bone is clearly the work of a young talent with plenty ahead of her. It's timely, compelling and as current as you could want; brava to a playwright who focuses on the combat experiences of a woman."

 Deadline Hollywood

Premiere Production: Ugly Lies the Bone premiered at Roundabout Underground in New York City in September 2015 under the direction of Patricia McGregor.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Multicultural casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Casting Notes: Cast can be any race and should hopefully reflect some diversity in the world.

  • JESS - Early 30s. Severly distorted by third degree burns, uses a walker. Quick-witted, intelligent, tough. Trying to have strength in her body, vulnerability in her life.

  • KACIE - Jess's older sister by a few years. Was probably beautiful once. Sweet, trying hard for positivity.

  • STEVIE - Early 30s. An inviting smile that makes you want to live in it. Life just keeps happening to him.

  • KELVIN - Kacie's boyfriend. Older than Kacie. Too comfortable in his own skin.

  • VOICE/THEIR MOM - 60s. Passionate, powerful, maternal. Strong vocal quality.

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    Newly discharged soldier Jess has finally returned to her Florida hometown. She brings with her not only vivid memories of Afghanistan, but painful burns that have left her physically and emotionally scarred. Jess soon realizes that things at home have changed even more than she has. Through the use of virtual reality video game therapy, she builds a breathtaking new world where she can escape her pain. As Jess advances farther in the game, she begins to restore her relationships, her life and, slowly, herself.

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