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Bellwether

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  7w, 3m

Steve Yockey

"Audacious, entertaining and chilling, Steve Yockey’s Bellwether goes where few plays dare to tread [...] Was it funny? Scary? Moving? Yes. Bellwether is, in short, fantastic. In every sense of the word." - Theatre Dogs

Bellwether

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Bellwether was a nice, safe place to live. Bad things didn’t happen there. That was until six-year-old Amy Draft went missing. As the investigation progresses, speculation in the media and the neighborhood turns on Amy’s parents, Alan and Jackie Draft. But the young girl’s disappearance is not what it seems, and is only a glimpse of what lurks below the community’s perfection.
History

Bellwether premiered at Marin Theatre Company under the direction of Ryan Rilette in October 2011.

Keywords
Performing Groups
ALAN DRAFT - a young father
JACKIE DRAFT - a young mother
MADDY SCHAFER - a single mother
NEIGHBOR 2 & REPORTER 2 - woman
NEIGHBOR 3 & REPORTER 3 - woman
NEIGHBOR 4 & REPORTER 1 - woman
NEIGHBOR 5 & DETECTIVE 1 - man
NEIGHBOR 6 & DETECTIVE 2 & "MAN IN THE DARK COAT" - man
"AMY" - an idea of a young woman
THE DOLL - a mechanical "woman"
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting The Draft living room.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS 

"Where Yockey at first seems to be probing the importance of the levels of attention we pay to our mates, children and associates, as well as satirizing the ways in which sensation-of-the-week news coverage degrades social discourse, the turn of events leads to a pointed choice between personal and social responsibilities." - SF Gate, Read More 

"Audacious, entertaining and chilling, Steve Yockey’s Bellwether goes where few plays dare to tread [...] Was it funny? Scary? Moving? Yes. Bellwether is, in short, fantastic. In every sense of the word." - Theatre Dogs, Read More 

"With Yockey, nothing is at it seems, and we quickly find ourselves sliding pell-mell from a staid suburban landscape into paranormal regions where reality is anything but." - Stage and Cinema, Read More 

"Bellwether is a compelling concoction of mystery, horror, surrealism and tragedy, with a dash of laughter." - Marinscope, Read More


Videos

  • Interview with Steve Yockey and Marin Theatre Company director Ryan Rilette youtube thumbnail

    Interview with Steve Yockey and Marin Theatre Company director Ryan Rilette

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Steve Yockey

Steve Yockey
Steve Yockey is a Los Angeles-based writer with work produced throughout the US, Europe and Asia. His plays Pluto, Bellwether, Afterlife, Octopus, Large Animal Games, CARTOON, Subculture, Very Still & Hard to See, The Fisherman’s Wife, Wolves, Disassembly, Niagara Falls and T ...
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