BOXCAR

by Else C. Went, 2017 Annual Parity Commission winner

Thank you to everyone who attended our reading.

Boxcar by Else C. Went

Runaways Ida and Firefly have built a world on the ideals of liberty and respect. As train-hopping vagabonds, they travel the American landscape on a neverending pilgrimage. When a troubled teen calling herself Polly hops on in the night, Ida sizes the opportunity to share her experience and vision with the young girl. As this passionate mentorship grows complicated, as fabric of the world wears thin, the travelers must confront the truth beneath the romance, and contend with the things that set them running.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:

Else C. Went (they/them) is a non-binary playwright whose work has been developed by The Public, WP, Playwrights Realm, Parity Productions, The Tank, The Flea, The Brick, Florida Studio Theatre, ISC Santa Fe, Barn Arts Collective, and others. Else is a founding member of The Renovationists, a former Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow, and an alum of Trans Theatre Lab @ WP and The Public.

Else C. Went is a 2017 winner of our Annual Parity Commission.

Excerpts of Boxcar at our Annual Parity Gala, October 25, 2017 at The Cutting Room
Pictured (Left to Right): Emily Batsford as "Ida", Emily Skeggs as "Alexis"
Photography by Demetra Demetriades (Left) and Carlotta Brentan (Right)