Twigs and Bone
by Tiffany Antone

After her estranged parents' phone line has been disconnected, Moira Lane begrudgingly returns to the home she abandoned eight years ago only to find things far worse than she could have feared.

Her father, William, has taken to peeing in coffee mugs, and her mother, Bonnie, claims to have had a miraculous birth.

Believing the "baby" to be her youngest daughter reincarnated, Bonnie is convinced that Faeries in the woods have blessed the family with a second chance.

As a terrible storm moves in, Moira must battle her family's madness and navigate the years of guilt and grief feeding the storm if she has any hope of getting out alive.

"TWIGS AND BONE is not the first play to put a make-believe baby on stage, but it may be the most hair-raising.

This particular phantom infant, conceived by playwright Tiffany Antone, figures prominently and paranormally in a gothic family drama … a gripping ghost story that explodes in your brain … We are in the childhood home of Moira, now a 30ish lawyer, who has not been back in eight years but has been paying for a landline and a succession of cleaners to help out her demented parents, Bonnie and William.

Alarmed when the phone is cut off and having no other way to reach them, Moira shows up for what will be a horrific three-day visit full of recollected resentments, delusions, and downright scary plot twists … What lifts this family's epic meltdown from excruciating to riveting is not only the astonishing storyline (which I'll not reveal) and delectably idiosyncratic characters but also Antone's exquisite writing.

Tucked among the dialog is some breathtaking poetry and imagery … What [is] indisputable is that TWIGS AND BONE is as sturdy a psychological thriller as has ever been seen in American theater."

—John Stoltenberg, DC Theater Arts

"The world premiere production of TWIGS AND BONE [offers] audiences an evening of spine-tingling suspense, hair-raising twists, and the occasional heart-stopping revelation."

—Jeannette Mulherin, MD Theatre Guide