When We Wake Up Dead
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 4M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780573709029
When a family comes together to say goodbye to an ailing patriarch, his dying sets in motion events that will change their worlds forever. When We Wake Up Dead is an exploration of grief, mental illness and the fragility of familial bonds.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
When We Wake Up Dead is an exploration of grief, mental illness and the fragility of familial bonds. In this play filled with moments of tenderness and vulnerability, we're reminded how the past can forever haunt the present.
REVIEWS:
"This is indeed the new definition for gut-wrenching drama. Bravo!"
Brooklyn Reporter
"Powerful... A cacophony of sounds, sights and emotions paradoxically assaults and charms the audience... This story is not about comfort and calm. It is about surviving or succumbing to the harshest distractions of life."
Brooklyn Reporter
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 2F
JAMES WALKER - 19, Bryant's fraternal twin, came out of the womb first, NY
EMORY HILL - 15, Bryant and James' cousin, MS
UNCLE CECIL - 60, Emory's father, Cheryl's husband of 20 years, MS
AUNT CHERYL = 41, Emory's mother, Bryant & James' maternal Aunt, MS way of MI
LYNN - 37, Cheryl's younger sister, Bryant and James' mother
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"It's always death that brings about change in the world," says the ailing patriarch Uncle Cecil, who will leave in his wake a suicidal child, a woman in deep mourning and a devastating family secret. When the family comes together to say goodbye, his dying set in motion events that will change their worlds forever. |
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