Nina Shengold

Full Length, Drama

2m, 3f

Comb. int./ext.

It is 1979 on an island in southeast Alaska. Fisherman Neal Raftery returns from a week long stay in town with his deck hand, a New Yorker who calls herself Jake. In Alaska for summer adventure, Jake soon discovers she has joined a complicated household. Over the course of the eventful summer, its five troubled inhabitants struggle to come to terms with themselves, each other, and the past.

"Striking new playwright and play. . . . What an extraordinary debut." L.A. Herald Examiner .

"Remarkable for eviscerating honesty." L.A. Times .

"Fine new play with a view of an unusual world. . . . Each character is a fully developed real human being and all are colorful. . . . There is humor and tragedy in this always absorbing and suspenseful drama." New Haven Journal Courier .

"Landmark American drama." Fairpress .

FEE: $75 per performance.