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Lettie

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  4w, 2m

Boo Killebrew

After her release from prison, Lettie is desperate to regain custody of her teenage children. A powerful, moving, and funny play, inspired by real Chicago stories.

Lettie

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary
After her release from prison, Lettie is desperate to regain custody of her teenage children. Training to be an iron welder, Lettie will stop at nothing to reclaim her family and start life anew. Inspired by real Chicago stories, Lettie is a powerful, moving, and funny play by playwright Boo Killebrew.
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  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Chicago and then Wisconsin; the present
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes

Media

"Killebrew set out to write the untold story of working-class women in America; in doing so..., she has also penned one of the great distinctly Chicago plays of our generation." – Chicago Reader

"We generally go to the theater for hope, not to be told we are no good, and it is nice to leave believing that, whatever the mistakes, love will eventually mean reconciliation. But the best of these plays, and this is one, tell that story with the awareness that being away from children means those children will have changed when you return — and, in this case, will have grown up a great deal." – Chicago Tribune

"★★★★. An extraordinary portrait of second chances amid harsh realities. Killebrew's dialogue pops and crackles like a downed livewire." – Chicago Sun-Times

"Boo Killebrew's airtight, blood-curdling new masterpiece uses the broken criminal justice system as a backdrop, then zooms in on what is indisputably one of the most exacting and holistic character studies onstage." – Chicago Reader

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Boo Killebrew

Boo Killebrew
Boo Killebrew is a playwright, actress, and co-founder of CollaborationTown Theatre Company. Boo was a Lila Acheson Playwriting Fellow at The Juilliard School and the recipient of The Paula Vogel Award at The Vineyard Theater. She is a resident of The SPACE Working Farm, an ...
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