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Synopsis

A Critics’ Pick in both The New York Times and Backstage when it premiered in 2012, HOME/SICK chronicles the rise and fall of the radical Weather Underground, who bombed dozens of targets in the early 1970s in protest of the Vietnam War. The show was written collectively, with cast members Ben Beckley (Tommy), Edward Bauer (David), Kate Benson (Bernard), Anna Abhau Elliott (Kathy), Luke Harlan (Paul), and Emily Louise Perkins (Anna) basing their characters partly on themselves and partly on historical or literary models. Each actor drops character at some point to address the audience directly and to speak in a personal way to the issues of violence, political power, and social and economic injustice at the heart of the play. In addition to direct address, HOME/SICK combines improvisation, singing, naturalism, expressionism, and audience participation in a maximalist aesthetic that captures the turbulent history of America’s troubled and troubling would-be revolutionaries in the 1960s and 1970s.

Show Information

Book
Ben Beckley , Edward Bauer , Kate Benson , Anna Abhau Elliott , Luke Harlan , Emily Louise Perkins , Stephen Aubrey , Nick Benacerraf , Marianne Broome , Jess Chayes
Category
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2011
Genres
Drama, Historical/Biographical
Settings
Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
a safehouse in an undisclosed location somewhere in america, 1969-1980
Cast Size
small
Ideal For
ensemble, colleges, universities, professionals, regional, touring, Includes Adult, Young Adult, Late Teen Characters, Small Cast

Context

Plot


Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Bernard

Lead

Female

Spoken

Tommy

Lead

Male

Spoken

Kathy

Lead

Female

Spoken

Anna

Lead

Female

Spoken

Paul

Lead

Male

Spoken

David

Lead

Male

Spoken

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A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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Guide Written By:

Ben Beckley

Ben Beckley