INTO THE VIOLET
An absurdist dark comedy
by Tara Meddaugh
When two fairies find themselves trapped in a jar in the woods, they must struggle through hope and despair to create the escape they desperately need.
DETAILS
Genre: Dark comedy, absurdist
Cast: 2 females (could be any gender if desired)
Age: teen-adult
Running time: around 15-20 minutes
Setting: A glass jar behind a waterfall
Lola and Nadine had lived a blessed and carefree fairy life, until a child trapped them in a glass jar in the woods and never returned. While Lola gives in to this life of despondency, Nadine tries to give her hope that they might, someday, fly outside their glass prison once again. But as the gravity of their situation becomes unbearable, and the line between reality and fantasy becomes malleable, they must find some way to create the escape they desperately need. "Into the Violet" is a dark comedy about hope and despair, deception and reality, and how connection to others may be the only way to survive the unthinkable.
Click here for a free excerpt and click below for the complete play, Into the Violet.
Photos from premier production at Westchester Collaborative Theater, May 2023, starring Missy Flower and Julie Griffin; directed by Missy Flower. Gregory Perry Photography
Photos from Aery Festival, September 2023, directed by Nathan Flower, starring Emily Aronoff and Missy Flower. Photos by JCP Images.
