This new play will be presented as a reading. Readings are an essential part of the play development process. We are proud to offer this as part of our On The Radar (OTR) New Works Program that aims to support the creation of diverse new stories by emerging U.S. playwrights. Click here to learn more about OTR.
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ABOUT THE SHOW:
Helen gave up her whole life to move to the desert and help her husband run his family’s fading fireworks business only to find out she is actually the laughing stock of the town. Her husband has been cheating — for years — and everyone knows it. Now alone and confused about who she would have been without him, Helen takes to lighting up her own sky and makes a sexy romp of an experiment to discover who she left behind. In this funny, sexy, heartbreaking romp, Helen becomes electric in a place where friction is the biggest danger and leads us to the biggest mystery of all — who burned the whole factory to the ground?
NOTE: This production contains sexual content and adult language.
ABOUT OUR 2018 CHANCE FOX FELLOW & PLAYWRIGHT:
Khanisha Foster
Khanisha Foster is the Director of Equity, Belonging, and Engagement at Center Theatre Group. Her writing, along with her life experience as being the daughter of a Black Panther father and a mother whose family invented Bubble Wrap, landed her a writing gig developing a TV series with K&L Productions (Kay Cannon & Laverne McKinnon). She and Julie Hébert (The Man in the High Castle) are adapting a Philip K. Dick novel with Electric Shepherd Productions. Foster has written video games for Probably Monsters, the company founded by the creators of Halo and Destiny, and for Episodes. She’s a recipient of the TCG Fox Foundation Grant for Actors of Extraordinary Potential. Her solo show Joy Rebel, directed by Obie Award winner Lou Bellamy, received critical acclaim and was chosen as a DC Metro Staff favorite. Her plays have been commissioned by Penumbra Theatre, 1st Stage, and 2nd Story. Foster was a featured storyteller on NPR’s The Dinner Party. American Theatre Magazine named her in their Role Call series as one of the 6 Theatre Workers You Should Know. Broadway World named her Best Director for The Bluest Eye. www.khanishafoster.com
This new play will be presented as a reading. Readings are an essential part of the play development process. We are proud to offer this as part of our On The Radar (OTR) New Works Program that aims to support the creation of diverse new stories by emerging U.S. playwrights. Click here to learn more about OTR.
