Hatching
in a Cage
LOGLINE
Jaclyn returns to the town she hates only to find the love she lost.
SYNOPSIS
Hatching in a Cage alludes to Daniel Keyes’ novel Flowers for Algernon to engage with similar themes of friendship and loneliness.
PRODUCTION
Hatching in a Cage premiered at the Newmarket National Play Festival (NNPF) at the Old Town Hall in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, directed by Tom McHale in the LOST | FOUND pod from July 22–23, 2017, starring Kathleen Welch as Jaclyn and David Hudyma as Matt.
PRODUCTION-READY SCRIPTS:
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Type: Stage play.
Length: 10 minutes.
Genre: Comedy.
Logline: News of an affair spreads like (literal!) fire in a small town.
REVIVE
Type: Stage play.
Length: 10 minutes.
Genre: Horror.
Logline: A psychic conjures the spirits of poets Plath and Sexton.
ELECTRA’S DANCE
Type: Screenplay.
Length: 10 minutes.
Genre: Tragedy.
Logline: The living death and lamentation of modern-day Electra.
CAT AND MOUSE
Type: Stage play.
Length: 10 minutes.
Genre: Romance.
Logline: A queer reading of Laclos’ novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses.