Description

Jane doesn’t know what to do with Ophelia, Shakespeare’s character, who has taken up residence in her bathtub. Ophelia delights in singing songs about death and valentines, interrupting Jane’s carefully planned fantasy dates with an actor named Edmund. Ophelia brings up memories of a brother Jane would rather forget.

As Jane’s past intrudes dangerously on her present, it becomes clear that Ophelia is not simply a character from “Hamlet,” but a long-forgotten messenger with a question from Jane’s own troubled mind: How do you move on when reconciliation is not an option?

“Drowning Ophelia” is a dark comedy performed in one act about the long-term consequences of childhood abuse, and a love letter to those who have suffered. There is always hope.

(Appropriate for ages 11 and up. Raises issues on mental illness and mental health in relation to childhood abuse)

Publisher: Blue Moon Plays, LLC