The Gulf (play)

The Gulf is a play by American playwright Audrey Cefaly.^[1] It is a recipient of the 2016 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award. The world premiere is scheduled for September 2016 at Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA) and will be directed by Joe Calarco.^[2] The play was adapted from a one-act version, which won the 40th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (2015). The play takes place on a fishing boat in the author's home state of Alabama.^[3]

Synopsis

The divide between Kendra and Betty mimics the very world that devours them: a vast and polarizing abyss. On a quiet summer evening, somewhere down in the Alabama Delta, Kendra and Betty troll the flats looking for red fish. After Betty begins diagnosing Kendra’s dead-end life with career picks from What Color is Your Parachute, their routine fishing excursion takes a violent turn.^[4]

Themes

love, betrayal, apathy, lgbt

Characters

• Kendra: A loner. Scrappy, dark, brutish and volatile.
• Betty: An optimist. A thinker. Restless and tender Hearted.

Awards

• Recipient of the 2016 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award^[5]
• Winner of the 2015 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival.^[6]

Publications

• Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series (Samuel French)
• Love is a Blue Tick Hound (Samuel French)^[7]
• Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 (Hal Leonard Corporation)^[8]

References

1. "audrey-cefaly-writer". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
2. "The Gulf". Signature Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
3. "audrey-cefaly-writer". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
4. "audrey-cefaly-writer". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
5. "New Plays in Production". www.tcg.org. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
6. "Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series". Samuel French. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
7. "Love is a Blue Tick Hound | Samuel French". samuelfrench.com. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
8. "The Best American Short Plays 2014-2015 - Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group". www.halleonardbooks.com. Retrieved 2016-08-26.