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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
Robert Caisley
"Caisley excels at placing evocatively drawn characters in situations of social and personal conflict, all the while mixing comedy with angst, then mining the dramatic results." - Arts Knoxville
Allison does not accept gifts. Not even on her birthday. Not even from her fiancé. So when she finds herself without her wallet and unable to pay the tab for an expensive lunch with a friend, it is with great reluctance that she accepts the generosity of a total stranger. Determined to repay his kindness, Allison comes face-to-face with the dark secrets that drive her inability to accept even the simplest act of benevolence.
The Open Hand premiered at the Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, TN in March 2016 under the direction of Calvin MacLean.
ALLISON – Late twenties, early thirties JACK – Her fiancé, late twenties, early thirties FREYA – Her friend, late twenties, early thirties TODD – Freya’s husband, late twenties, early thirties DAVID NATHAN BRIGHT – An elegant man in his fifties.
The city.
“You’ll laugh a lot and leave thinking about benevolence and kindness, loneliness and redemption.” – Knoxville News Sentinel
“Caisley excels at placing evocatively drawn characters in situations of social and personal conflict, all the while mixing comedy with angst, then mining the dramatic results.” – Arts Knoxville
Robert Caisley’s plays have been performed across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and translated into Italian, French, Estonian, Spanish and Czech. He is a recipient of a 2015-16 Fellowship in the Performing Arts from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and the ...