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Item details

Date

June 15, 2024 10:00AM

Name

SWF: Wicked Bitter Beast(s)

Description

10:00 a.m. -- Octagon Stage

Wicked Bitter Beast(s)

Written by Kira Rockwell

Directed by Amber McGinnis

Estranged from her pastoral family, Zoey is a prodigal daughter on the run from her Evangelical past and the Hellmouth she must fight her way through. An unruly parable that reverberates through time and realms, beckoning you to face the wicked bitter beast(s) in your own life, especially the one looking back in the mirror.

About the Playwright:
Kira Rockwell (she/her) is an Atlanta-based playwright originally from the heart of Texas. Selected plays include Oh to be Pure Again (Actor’s Express, MFA Playwrights’ Workshop, O’Neill Finalist); The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Princess Grace Award Runner-Up); and Wicked Bitter Beast(s) (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Southern Writers Festival). She is a recipient of the Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award, second place recipient of the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Gene Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award, and more. Rockwell’s work has been developed with The Kennedy Center, NNPN, and Great Plains Theatre Commons, among others. Rockwell is currently under commission with Ensemble Studio Theatre, Actor's Express, and Moonbox Productions. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. Before graduate school, Rockwell worked at the intersection of mental health, youth advocacy, and arts education. Through a trauma-informed, healing-centered lens, she aims to nurture communal spaces that disrupt passivity and empower agency. www.kirarockwell.com

Seating for this reading is General Admission.

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