The Things She Held
by Martha Epstein

Off-Broadway

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Highlights

Female

One Act30 minsPresent DayExpandable CastingFlexible Cast SizeUnit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Synopsis

The Things She Held follows a girl as she delivers an acceptance speech – perhaps for a Lifetime Achievement Award or the Nobel Prize – to one person, or a few people, or an empty space, or a collection of memories.

It’s a play about how we hold on to the things we love.

Or maybe it’s about how we let them go.

Do they go?

Can anything really last forever?

Isn’t it all so crazy?

This short one-act comedy drama experiments with the concept of traditional storytelling.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
She 2 Second. Filled with potential, filled with determination; dashing towards the world	—	—	Second. Filled with potential, filled with determination; dashing towards the world
She 3 Third. Full of time, full of thought; replays scenes in her head and might get lost in a dream	female	—	Third. Full of time, full of thought; replays scenes in her head and might get lost in a dream
Mom	—	—	—
Love	—	—	—
Committee	—	—	—
She 1 First. Full of wonder, full of wishes; a spark might fly off her fingertip	female	—	First. Full of wonder, full of wishes; a spark might fly off her fingertip