The 7th Disorder

SYNOPSIS
As the play opens the patients at the clinic have just finished eating their dinner and are now sitting down to dessert.  This is Rebecca’s first day eating solids at the clinic with her fellow patients.  While the others manage to eat their chocolate pudding their attention is also on Rebecca, as they are not permitted to leave the table until everyone has finished their meal.  Each character shares with Rebecca, and the audience, the reasons why they are in the clinic, hoping that it will motivate Rebecca to pick up her spoon.  When their private reveals prove ineffective Rebecca is pressured to make the only choice allowed. 

PRODUCTIONS
   *Central College, Pella, Iowa, April 2006
   *Strawberry Festival, Producers Club II, NYC Feb 2006
   *Westbeth Theatre Center, NYC, March 2004

READINGS
   *SCV Space (reading), July 2011
   *FirstStage LA, CA (staged reading), May 2007
   *TADA! Youth Theater, NYC (staged reading), October 2006
  
HONORS
   *Winner, TADA! Youth Theater’s 15th Annual One-Act Playwriting Contest
   *Lincoln Center Directors Lab 2005 – Small Group Collaborations Participant
   *Semi-finalist, 10th Annual One-Act Contest, FirstStage LA
 

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