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How The Light Gets In
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 2m
E.M. Lewis' richly human play is a heartfelt and poignant look at four grieving individuals who understand that personal connection, though messy, may be their best path to healing.
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Cast Size
2w, 2m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Winner! 2020 Harold and Mimi Steinberg / American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
- Setting A hospital, Grace’s house, a tattoo parlor, a highway overpass. The present.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Alcohol
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
“Nuanced... earns its optimism through hard-won human connection.” – Los Angeles Times
“There’s nothing sentimental or facile... about this nuanced new play... effectively plays to the playwright’s emphasis on emotional authenticity in all its messy contradictions, rather than analytical judgment... Lewis’ play earns its optimism through hard-won human connection.” – Los Angeles Times
“Poetical... Each of these people is uniquely damaged — rather like a one-of-a-kind worn or cracked piece of pottery which can be mended kintsugi-style, so that its imperfections come to define its beauty and its value. This parallel, between a person and something we treasure, is what makes this play so special.” – StageRaw
“Thoughtful and embracing... a study in inward emotions... With great economy of words, everything spoken here is a reaching out from a shy, ascetic darkness that grips each of these four people, toward the light of more peaceful, open and joyous encounters.” – Cultural Daily
Videos
How the Light Gets In - Boston Court Pasadena Trailer
Developing How the Light Gets In with E.M. Lewis
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.