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Everything is Wonderful

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 3m

Chelsea Marcantel

When an Amish couple’s two sons are killed in a car accident, the family struggles to maintain their faith and cling to their way of life.

Everything is Wonderful

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
When an Amish couple’s two sons are killed in a car accident, the family struggles to maintain their faith and cling to their way of life. In an act of unfathomable forgiveness, they take in Eric, the wayward young driver of the car. But Eric’s mistake cracks open the family’s dark history and brings back their eldest daughter, excommunicated five years earlier. Miri finds her family in shambles, the man who killed her brothers living in the barn, and the man who drove her away intent upon marrying her younger sister. Without a way forward, this insular community must seek to heal the deep wounds of the past, forcing everyone into a new kind of reckoning.
History
Everything Is Wonderful premiered at the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia on 7 July 2017. Directed by Ed Herendeen, the production featured Jason Babinksy, Paul DeBoy, Lucky Gretzinger, Lexi Lapp, Hollis McCarthy and Jessica Savage.
Keywords
Performing Groups
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting In and around an Amish community. The present and the past.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“A perceptive, character-rich drama about forgiveness in an Amish community.” – Washington Post

“Thought-provoking, often beautiful, and in a quiet way, inspiring… it should not be missed.” – Broadway World

“Everything is Wonderful is challenging theatrical terrain that few plays tackle successfully. Ms. Marcantel does so, however, with beauty and grace.” – DC Metro Theater Arts

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Authors

Chelsea Marcantel

Chelsea Marcantel

Chelsea Marcantel is an LA-based writer, director and collaborator.

Reared by Cajuns in southwest Louisiana, Chelsea has lived and made theatre among the tribes of the Midwest, Appalachia, the Mid-Atlantic and now the West Coast. In 2016, she completed a Lila Acheson Wallace A ...

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