BEFORE, I TALKED TO SHOES
Theatre, 70 minutes
Rose lives with Danny who rarely speaks, but her conversations with objects nearly make up for it. She is too afraid to leave the house, and when she does, she gets arrested. She also gets her first hug in a long long while, and winds up making friends with her madness.
Cast: Alexandra Varriano, Caleb Ryden, Chloe Delsuc, and Heather Ward
Playwright: Alina Rios
AWARDS
Quarterfinalist in Screencraft Stage Play Writing Competition
“This is a witty and original stage play with some great dialogue and a great sense of pace. There are some really clever and hilarious moments throughout the play and these moments stem from the concept itself; the prolonged argument with the self-checkout machine, the fridge’s inability to say what it’s seeing with, the wall’s declaration that ‘that child will never be the same’, it’s fantastic writing.”
DEVELOPMENT
Barons Court Theatre workshop, London UK 2022
Workshop and staged reading, Seattle 2022
Barons Court Theatre, shorter version, London UK 2021
Footage from the development workshop and staged reading for "Before, I Talked To Shoes" in Seattle, WA April 2022