Twenty minutes. One room. A marriage cracking under the weight of who you used to be.
Summer of 1989, twenty one year old Debbie is a young wife and mother, desperately longing for her carefree, teenage ways after being thrust into motherhood. She is confined to a hospital exam room after her 4-year-old daughter has been in an accident. Feeling helpless to her present situation and her looming future, the only thing Debbie finds comfort in is her husband Freddie and their illustrious past. Based on the play by Edward Allan Baker.
Acting
Broccolini's silent desperation could level buildings.
Direction
Valentini traps you in that room, no escape from the dread.
Director
Adriano Valentini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edward Allan Baker's plays are staples of community theatre precisely because they demand so little production value and so much emotional violence.
Valentini expanded this from a 12-minute proof-of-concept, adding the hospital waiting room framing to justify the runtime — the original play never leaves the domestic space.
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