burn for You

Synopsis

3f, 2m

A blistering August in upstate New York. No rain in 3 months. And the little daughter of Lila, a young worship leader at a charismatic church, doesn’t wake up one morning. Lila’s estranged sister Franny, a lesbian who fled the church seven years prior, returns home for the first time for what she thinks is a funeral; only to find that her sister and the church she left behind are determined to pray for the toddler’s resurrection—no matter how long it takes. A play about incongruous faith, sisters, and what happens when we pray for something dead to come back. 

Development History

*NYC Industry Reading directed by Danya Taymor, 2024

*Finalist, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference, 2024

*Reading, Great Plains Theatre Commons New Play Conference, 2024

*Reading, The Road Theatre Company’s Summer Playwrights Festival, 2024

*Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival, 2024

*Finalist, The Workshop Theatre’s Spring Intensive, 2024

*Semifinalist, Ars Nova Playgroup, 2023

*Semifinalist, New Roots Residency, 2023

*Reading, Primary Stages, 2023