The Way West
Synopsis
4W, 2M. In a modern-day, falling-apart California town, Mom shares with her two squabbling daughters death-defying tales of pioneer crossings as she waits for her bankruptcy to come through. Stories are stretched, songs are broken into, and checks are forged as Mom and her grown girls scrape for survival.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
labyrinth theater company (2016)
New York City, March-April 2016. Director: Mimi O'Donnell. Set: David Meyer. Lights: Bradley King. Sound and Music: Ryan Rumery. Costumes: Ásta Hostetter. Starring: Nadia Bowers, Curran Connor, Alfredo Narciso, Didi O'Connell, Anna O'Donaghue and Portia.
World Premiere: Steppenwolf, Chicago (2014)
Chicago, March-April 2014. Director: Amy Morton. Set: Kevin Depinet. Lights: David Weiner. Projections: Mike Tutaj. Music: Michael Bodeen & Rob Milburn. Costumes: Nan Cibula Jenkins. Starring: Ira Amyx, Didi O'Connell, Martha avey, Caroline Neff, Zoe Perry and Gabe Ruiz.
Fordham University (2017)
NYC, March 2017. Directed by: Caroline Wood.
village theatre (2015)
Davenport, Iowa, May 2015. Directed by: Christina Myatt.
marin theater company (2015)
Marin, California, April-May 2015. Directed by: Hayley Finn.
EXCERPT
MOM
When will you be done paying them off?
MANDA
I don't think about that. I just keep it going! I keep it all in good standing.
MEESH
Till when?
MANDA
Indefinitely for now.
MOM
Oh my lord that sounds awful. Keep dropping money in, indefinitely?
MEESH
Shit.
MOM
I don't like that. That doesn't seem like sound financial procedure.
MEESH
Sounds depressing too.
MANDA
I'm not depressed about it!
MOM
Just keep going and going, and that's that? That's like throwing food to a pack of rats, to keep 'em in the basement. No way.
Labyrinth Theater Company
Steppenwolf theater
Fordham university
