sara ilyse jacobson

    Playwright

Shadows Dark and Deep

3 males/4 females

 

Teenaged Malcolm meets Bianca in the nursing home where he is a reluctant volunteer. After a rocky start, a friendship develops between the pair as Bianca shares stories from her past, and Malcolm divulges the details of a family dispute. Meanwhile, Malcolm's mother Audra struggles to hold on to the ideals of the Black Panther Party to which she once belonged, while her marriage to a fellow member falls apart.

Hook, Line, & Sinker

3 males/3 females

 

It's 1951 and Hadicol is all the rage. The wildly popular elixer is promoted as a remedy for everything from asthma to impotence to gout. Part-carnival, part-burlesque show, the Hadacol Caravan Medicine Show has come to the small town that Charlotte and her son Henry call home. Behind the scenes, dancers Sadie and Oliver try to blend in and forget the botched plan that led them to join the Caravan. In 2011, Felicia comes to terms with her new diagnosis while her ex-husband Sebastian encourages her to pursue alternate treatment. 

Shining Somewhere

2 males/2 females

 

Callie, an academic researching a story about women of the Irish Republican Army, has loved Julian since they were kids. Since she can't have him, Callie settles into a relationship with his lovelorn brother Aiden. Past, present, and Celtic myth intertwine as Callie's source material hits uncomfortably close to home.  

The Heart is Hollow

1 male/1 female

 

Roxanne tries online dating after moving to Hawai`i in 2004. She begins communicating with Logan, an infantry soldier serving in Afghanistan. The pair develop an intense relationship, despite - or because of - the distance between them.