Skin Song
100 mins: 2W, 1M, 2-6GN
A woman is brought to shore. She cannot be heard. Her name is not Undine.
In this retelling of The Little Mermaid, there is a Selkie who can dance but not speak, a Deaf woman who signs to the sea, a silent chorus, and a Lobsterman who hates being a Lobsterman. A play about being silent and voiceless and the difference between love and possession.
Skin Song is a beautiful work that centers deaf and/or disabled and queer women while using myth and folklore to talk about voicelessness and the isolation that these women experience.
History
2019: The Commission (Chicago) Workshop Reading
Awards
2022 WINNER UCROSS + The Blank Theatre – Future of Playwriting Prize
2022: Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Playwrights Foundation
2021: Finalist, National Playwriting Conference, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center
2020: Honorable Mention, Parity Commission
2020: Invited Submission, Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville
2020: Finalist, Kitchen Dog Theater New Works Festival, Kitchen Dog Theater
2019: Semi-Finalist, Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship, New Dramatists
