Alabaster
- Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day
- 4F
- ISBN: 9780573708503
A darkly comic southern drama about love, art and the power of women.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 105 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
- Cautions: Nudity/Partial Nudity, Intense Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
- Accolades:
- Winner! David Calicchio American Playwright Prize
Alabaster is about an artist who lost her entire family (and nearly died herself) in an Alabama tornado. Three years since the devastation, June has isolated herself, along with her goats Wezzy and Bib, on what remains of her family farm. June, who suffers from agoraphobia and crippling PTSD, is covered, from head to toe... with scars. She gets up every day and feeds the goats, weeds the garden, and picks up her paintbrush. Alice, a world-renowned photographer, has come to take pictures of June for a series on women with scars. But Alice, a lesbian photographer from New York, is carrying scars of her own and is desperately trying to outrun her own pain. The sexual tension between June and Alice is immediate and ever-present. But what they need from each other transcends the physical. What does it mean to be truly "seen?" How do we pick up the pieces? How do we move forward? A play about women. About art. About healing.
REVIEWS:
"It's easy to see why theaters from Oregon to Illinois to Texas are all lining up to stage this new play: it's moving, it's engaging, it's quirky in the best way."
Fort Myers Florida Weekly
"It's easy to see why theaters from Oregon to Illinois to Texas are all lining up to stage this new play. With her writing, Ms. Cefaly rips your heart out of your chest, shatters it, then mends it. She’s not afraid to give voice to our hidden fears and flaws."
Florida Weekly
"This is one of the most unique, heartbreakingly beautiful shows Florida Rep has ever done, and it was an honor to see such a new and momentous production. You'll laugh, cry, and everything in between."
BroadwayWorld
"After seeing Kitchen Dog’s Alabaster, you will have no questions as to why this script has been chosen by a record number of theaters for production. It's a play that will grab you from its first moments, and hold fast 'till its healing conclusion."
The Column
"…a nuanced, darkly comedic play … that examines how people cope with trauma and what recovery can look and feel like."
Chicago Tribune
"With her writing, Ms. Cefaly rips your heart out of your chest, shatters it, then mends it. She's not afraid to give voice to our hidden fears and flaws."
Fort Myers Florida Weekly
"It's a story that deals with pain, loss, and grief… It's a reminder of how we deal with it that ultimately defines us."
NBC2, Fort Myers
Characters
- Casting: 4F
- Casting Attributes: All Female, Flexible casting, Role(s) for Non-Binary Actor(s), Non-Traditional casting, Parts for Senior Actors, Roles for Multicultural Casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Role(s) for Trans Actor(s), Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
ALICE - a photographer (New York)
WEEZY - a goat (Alabama)
BIB - a very old goat (Alabama)
