Lettie
by Boo Killebrew

Name: Lettie
Brand: Boo Killebrew
SKU: 9780573708695
Rating: 2.67 (3 reviews)

Highlights

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90 minsPresent DayStrong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

What readers are saying

Readers find the play to be hard-hitting and humanizing, especially appreciating the strong roles it offers for women in their 30s and 40s. The focus on relatable characters brings depth to the narrative.

Great roles for womenHard-hitting and humanizingOnly one review available

Synopsis

After her release from prison, Lettie is desperate to regain custody of her teenage children.

Training to be an iron welder, Lettie will stop at nothing to reclaim her family and start life anew.

Inspired by real Chicago stories, Lettie is a powerful, moving, and funny play by playwright Boo Killebrew.

Press Reviews

"Killebrew set out to write the untold story of working-class women in America; in doing so, she has also penned one of the great distinctly Chicago plays of our generation."
— Chicago Reader★★★★

"An extraordinary portrait of second chances amid harsh realities. Killebrew’s dialogue pops and crackles like a downed livewire."
— Chicago Sun-Times“Boo Killebrew’s airtight, blood-curdling new masterpiece uses the broken criminal justice system as a backdrop, then zooms in on what is indisputably one of the most exacting and holistic character studies onstage. Chicago Reader

"We generally go to the theater for hope, not to be told we are no good, and it is nice to leave believing that, whatever the mistakes, love will eventually mean reconciliation. But the best of these plays, and this is one, tell that story with the awareness that being away from children means those children will have changed when you return — and, in this case, will have grown up a great deal."
— Chicago Tribune