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WRITING | SCOOPING THE DARKNESS EMPTY |
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scooping the darkness empty
Two-act Drama / 4W, 4M
Ella grieves her mother’s death by breeding roses. Upon receiving the bequest of a box of rose plants, the distraught young woman seeks solace
in an untended garden on Houston Street. Under moonlight and stars, she encounters a plaque to Fred Rosenstiel, son of Dutch Jews who perished
in the Holocaust, sublimated his grief into guerilla gardening that spanned three decades. The play is a magical journey scooping into the
dirt of New York City to discover history — Weimar Germany, The Green Guerillas, Kurt Garron and Paul Celan while scooping out her own heart.
Commissioned by: The Joseph Papp Public Theater (Reading, 2004) Peter DuBois (Director);
Reading: Seattle Women’s Playwriting Festival,
Seattle Repertory Theatre (2006) Allison Narver (Director)
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