16-year-old Steffie can’t leave the ICU where she lost her mum as her father wrestles with his grief at home. Barb is slowly losing her husband Frank as his memory dims. Frank’s doctor John can control everything in his life but his wife Jessie’s fertility. Six people are drawn together in an urban hospital in this compelling ensemble piece about sorrow, hope and the remarkable and astonishing moments of love in times of loss.
Keywords: Loss, grief, ICU, hospital, healing
Produced at Next Stage Festival, Toronto ON, 2015
New American Voices series, London UK, 2015
Acts: 1
Run time: 70 minutes
Male roles: 3
Female roles: 3
"...six sharply etched characters whose lives intersect at a hospital in this wise and moving play about grief."
- Martin Morrow, The Torontoist
"...interwoven stories take the audience on a path that includes loss, sadness and support, though the tragedy is balanced by moments of light and laughter."
"...interwoven stories take the audience on a path that includes loss, sadness and support, though the tragedy is balanced by moments of light and laughter."
- Glenn Sumi, NOW Magazine