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Fresh Takes Reading

Escaped Alone

by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven

Run Time: approx. 70 minutes

at The Mount Lenox, MA
Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 2 pm

“This is Churchill at her best.”
– The Guardian

“I’m walking down the street and there’s a door in the fence open and inside there are three women I’ve seen before… so I go in.”

Back by popular demand, Escaped Alone, by iconic feminist playwright Caryl Churchill (Top Girls, Cloud 9), brings us to a backyard where three old friends and a neighbor spend a series of summer afternoons chatting, while visions of apocalyptic horror play out inside their minds. Deemed “the most dazzlingly inventive living dramatist in the English language” by The New York Times, Churchill entwines histories, laughter, and song over tea and catastrophe.

ESCAPED ALONE will be presented at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, MA 01240.

Run Time: approx. 70 minutes, followed by a talkback with the artists.

WAM Theatre’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series presents ground-breaking stories that are imaginative and thoughtful explorations of complex issues affecting women and girls. Featuring local professional actors and directors, the Fresh Takes play readings continue WAM’s commitment to connecting Berkshire audiences to female playwrights who are contributing to national and international theatre conversations. Each reading will be followed by a brief discussion with the artists.

  • Kristen van Ginhoven

    "While written before this pandemic, ESCAPED ALONE provides a resonant opportunity to use humor and absurdity to look at it all If we can't laugh at all we are facing in our inner and outer worlds, then what do we have? I am excited to explore how one of our most esteemed contemporary female playwrights defies convention to explore how we navigate catastrophe."

    Kristen van GinhovenDirector

What they're saying about ESCAPED ALONE…

  • “The play’s combination of theatrical technique and untrammeled imagination, and of the personal and the universal, make you understand why Ms. Churchill is regarded by many (rightly, I think) as the most dazzlingly inventive living dramatist in the English language.”

    - The New York Times
  • “Caryl Churchill is a phenomenon. She remains not only prolific but also immensely inventive.”

    - The Arts Desk

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