Wake
by STEFANI KUO
directed by bobbin ramsey
Anna and Eloise are second-graders who lose their best friend and classmate Deidre in a kayaking accident that they survive. Wake begins at Deidre’s funeral and follows the friendship of these two girls played by preteen actors as their characters age from 8 to 64. Beginning with this early experience of death, the girls and their single parents, Wing and Corrie, become entangled in one another’s lives. The play explores where grief and love root in relationships, as these two families grow together and apart.
Yale School of Drama Langston Hughes Festival – November 2022
Production Photos by Suzu Sakai
