By Andrew Morton.
Product Code: BL7000
Full-length Play
Comedy | Drama
Cast size: 2m., 3w.
Awards: Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award
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Following the death of his father, 15-year-old Daniel and his mother, Lisa, are forced to move to unfamiliar Flint, Michigan. After a violent outburst at his new school, Daniel's social worker, Michelle, suggests he spend a week working with her father, Bobby, an urban gardener of several abandoned lots in the middle of the city. A week soon turns into a few months, and, as the two men spend the summer tending the gardens, they begin to plant some much-needed hope in a neighborhood plagued by blight and help each other heal some old wounds. A finalist at the Write Now Festival and a winner of the Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award, Bloom is a coming-of-age story about grief, gardening and growing up.
As a director, I felt I needed a couple of stage hands for scene changes. Lots of props, but well worth it.
Maria Sanchez, Impromptu Players, DeRidder, La.