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Alabaster
After a tornado barrels through town leaving nothing but death and destruction, only June and her pet goat Weezy live to tell the tale. When a prominent photographer visits to take pictures of June's scars, both are forced to reconcile the pain of loss and recovery. This all-female, darkly comic southern drama explores the meaning and purpose of art and the struggle of the lost and tortured souls that seek to create it.
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.
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.
- GenresPlays
102 pages, Paperback
Published November 10, 2020
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
May 13, 2022
Oh my gosh Audrey, Thank you! So funny, so much darkness, so much light, so poignant, so smart. Bravo!
November 23, 2024
Read for KCDI book club, loved it!!!!
September 30, 2021
it made me ugly cry. SO GOOD.
November 8, 2021
all i can say is wow
December 27, 2023
Goat melancholy. Man I love goats. Adding to my list of dream plays. Also- Bib and Weezy are the perfect names for goats
November 22, 2024
4.5 stars!!!
November 30, 2024
Awesome play!!!
February 3, 2025
What an amazing story of pain loss sorrow..trauma..almost done but this play is reviting.
I am blown away by this play. I can imagine the staging in my head..I read it twice.. beautiful play
I am blown away by this play. I can imagine the staging in my head..I read it twice.. beautiful play
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews