

The Gift
Joanna Murray-smith
Allison does not accept gifts.
Not even on her birthday.
Not even from her fiancé.
So when she finds herself without her wallet and unable to pay the tab for an expensive lunch with a friend, it is with great reluctance that she accepts the generosity of a total stranger.
Determined to repay his kindness, Allison comes face-to-face with the dark secrets that drive her inability to accept even the simplest act of benevolence.
"Caisley excels at placing evocatively drawn characters in situations of social and personal conflict, all the while mixing comedy with angst, then mining the dramatic results."
— Arts Knoxville
| Character |
|---|
| Jack Her fiancé, late twenties, early thirties |
| Freya Her friend, late twenties, early thirties |
| Todd Freya’s husband, late twenties, early thirties |
| David Nathan Bright An elegant man in his fifties. |
| Allison Late twenties, early thirties |
The Open Hand is a comedy play written by Robert Caisley and published by Samuel French .
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