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FULL LENGTH PLAY
Dramedy
*Co-Written with Kristine Johanson*
Dramedy
*Co-Written with Kristine Johanson*
“Unions are made and unmade every day. Why is this one so bloody special?”
How do you tell the story of a secession? A rebellion? A departure?
How do you leave?
Amsterdam, 2017. Three strangers arrive from London searching for a new home when they no longer recognize their old one. Philip wants to put distance between himself and an increasingly hostile society; Annemijn returns to reconnect with her first home after 10 years abroad; and Moira arrives with a wounded heart, trying to break away from a painful past. In that search, all three are confronted by people and events who call into question what it means to belong.
Looking into the heart of Brexit, the comedy-drama The B Word stages how the desires and fears of belonging and the struggle for identity determine individual and political futures.
CHARACTER INFORMATION
PHILIP BOWLER - Male, British, 20s, Biracial (Black & Caucasian). Speaks in RP.
Philip wants to find a people and a place where he belongs, as negative reactions to his ethnicity and sexuality are driving him to seek a new life elsewhere.
Philip wants to find a people and a place where he belongs, as negative reactions to his ethnicity and sexuality are driving him to seek a new life elsewhere.
MIKE BOWLER - Male, British, 50s, Caucasian. Speaks in non-RP.
Mike is a lonely widower who has a strong sense of his (white) British identity; he also loves his son Philip deeply and has trouble expressing his love and need for him.
Mike is a lonely widower who has a strong sense of his (white) British identity; he also loves his son Philip deeply and has trouble expressing his love and need for him.
JAMES FENCHURCH - Male, British, 20s.
As a young gay man, James is searching for acceptance in his small English community; he believes that the values attached to the Leave campaign provide a strong basis for that belonging and lead him to extreme actions.
JOOST SMITS - Male, Dutch, 30s–50s.
Joost is trying to make sense of an increasingly international work environment that at times excludes him in a place where he should feel at home.
LOES BAKKER - Female, Dutch, 40s-50s.
Loes is a researcher and therapist who spends more time writing about the lives of others than living her own story.
ANNEMIJN DE BOER - Female, Dutch, 30s-40s.
Sarcastic, witty, and direct, Annemijn returns to Amsterdam after discovering London was no longer her home and realizes that what makes a home requires more than just an address.
Sarcastic, witty, and direct, Annemijn returns to Amsterdam after discovering London was no longer her home and realizes that what makes a home requires more than just an address.
ROBA HUISMAN - Female, Syrian, late 20s-40s.
Roba created a new life for herself after escaping war-torn Syria, only to discover that her status as a refugee continues to both define and separate her from the new community.
Roba created a new life for herself after escaping war-torn Syria, only to discover that her status as a refugee continues to both define and separate her from the new community.
MOIRA KENNEDY - Female, British, 30s-40s.
Having spent her life in London, the sensitive and at times anxious Moira is benefitting from Brexit in the short-term -- and must confront the long-term personal implications.
Having spent her life in London, the sensitive and at times anxious Moira is benefitting from Brexit in the short-term -- and must confront the long-term personal implications.
THEMES
Brexit, immigration, belonging, racism, homophobia
PRODUCTIONS
Orange Theatre Company, Amsterdam The Netherlands - 2018
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