Everaftering

The road to good intentions is paved with blind dates. It's Valentine's Day, and Michelle has planned a blind date for (and against the will of) her roommate Helen. As date time approaches, the evening descends into a tangle of mixed allegiances, old wounds, potent truths, and good intentions gone terribly awry.

Read a selection from the script.

Characters

  • HELEN DANIELS, a functional neurotic, 26
  • MICHELLE THORNE, Helen's best friend and roommate, 25
  • PATRICK STEVENSON, a bonds trader, 27
  • PARIS STEVENSON, Patrick's brother, 22

Productions

  • The Theatre at Acting Out (Ohio, February 2007)
  • 78th Street Theatre Lab (New York, December 2007)

Backstory

This is loosely adapted from my friendship with my college roommate. I'll let you guess who's who.


Christiania's signage suggests that visitors limit themselves to drugs that don't require injecting. The icon for this: a fist punching a syringe in half, which demonstrates a ferocity Denmark never quite mustered against Sweden. ~ Denmark, Part 1: To Jumbosnegl or Not To Jumbosnegl