When Joey enters puberty, his father Jake finds himself in a morally ambiguous position. Joey is severely disabled, but he still has the same sexual desires as any seventeen-year-old boy and can’t do anything to relieve the tension. Jake is a widower whose life is devoted to his son. When he suddenly develops a serious medical condition, he becomes the one to rely on the people around him, including his sister Twyla, his friend Robyn, and Joey’s best friend Rowdy. As Jake’s condition worsens, an ethical dilemma troubles the household as everyone is forced to consider the possibility of saying goodbye.
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2013, Workshops West, Edmonton
2015
Playwrights Canada Press
9781770914384
One of the characters is physically disabled and one of them is "slow". A good play to look at if working with PWD students
One of the characters is physically disabled and one of them is "slow". A good play to look at if working with PWD students
Solo Show
Dennis A. Allen II's monologue very boldly and clearly states the frustrations of everyone who recognizes the injustices done to the black community by poice officers. In solidarity the playwright asks that you raise your hands up during the monologue.
Realistic
In the years following the murder of her father by her mother, Electricidad is committed to vengeance. To get it, she’ll need her brother, Orestes, to return from Las Vegas and help her finish the job. Transporting Sophocles’ Electra to the Los Angeles barrios, Luis Alfaro investigates violence, loss, and redemption through the lens of this age-old tragedy.
