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No Exodus

The year is 1995, there’s a horrible thunderstorm outside and Wendy Symmonds and her daughter Ruth are hosting a dysfunctional Passover seder. As the play consistently flashes back to the past, we learn that Wendy was a member of a one-hit wonder 70s band. Tensions increase between Ruth and her mother as Ruth reveals that her passion is painting, and Wendy’s flashbacks become more and more difficult to differ from reality. No Exodus examines the personal and cultural stakes of holding onto and letting go of the past and the stories we tell about it.

Staged Reading at The Growing Stage in Netcong, New Jersey (dir. Dennis Connors, 2021)

Growing Stage Young Playwrights’ Festival- Winner, 2021

Jewish Plays Project- Honorable Mention, 2021

Produced for Jamesville-Dewitt High School (dir. Alethea Shirilan-Howlett, 2020)

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