Written and Directed by Eliya Smith
Penny and Polly are best friends and gymnastics rivals. They like to make up stories and eat donuts in the car. They get in a big fight, grow up, get religious. They’re lonely and in love and still competing over something neither of them can name. Penny gets sad and Polly gets sick. So does a king living elsewhere. Have you read Uncle Vanya? This isn't like that. This is a play about getting lost at sea and seduced by power; about two friends and how each informs the other; and about beauty, grief, love, and ambition.
Then We'll Rest will be presented as a reading as part of UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2025.
Reading Dates
March 9 at 11:00 a.m.
Learn more about UTNT (UT New Theatre) 2025 here.
About the Playwright
Eliya Smith is a writer from Ohio. Plays: Ice Factory Festival, HERE Arts Center, the American Repertory Theater, the Tank, ISLE Theater Company. Support: Foundation for Contemporary Arts and the Phyllis Anderson Foundation. M.F.A. candidate, The University of Texas at Austin.
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