Interspersed with scenes from a staged historical drama of savage conquest, a tense family drama is played out in a setting of modern desolation. Actor, Doug, on stage playing warrior leader Avenal, who seeks to build a Christian world away from the battlefield, 'off-stage' seeks his estranged and distraught daughter, Julie. Fighting mental disorder, Julie is also seeking security and solace in faith, sometimes helped by her bewildered but devoted husband's dead brother, Joe. As Sewell draws the audience into this investigation of human nature and the intimate environment of these personal relationships, the edges blur between the theatrical and the real, and big questions confront us (3 acts, 11 men, 9 women).

Author Biography

Stephen Sewell