radio island

by Liza Birkenmeier

Ellen is a crisis negotiator. When she takes her work back to her childhood home, conflicts with her injured mother bend and blur with an international hostage situation. In this stark-strange space, what begins as manageable grows to superhuman scope; who controls whom in this house, in this town, in this ocean, on this earth?

Ellen is a crisis negotiator. When she takes her work back to her childhood home, conflicts with her injured mother bend and blur with an international hostage situation. In this stark-strange space, what begins as manageable grows to superhuman scope; who controls whom in this house, in this town, in this ocean, on this earth?

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  • Gina Femia: radio island by Liza Birkenmeier
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    Saw this play a Powerhouse and so glad I did - intense, terrifying and some of the smartest writing I've seen. This play is ready to make an explosion.

    Saw this play a Powerhouse and so glad I did - intense, terrifying and some of the smartest writing I've seen. This play is ready to make an explosion.

    ”
  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: radio island by Liza Birkenmeier
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    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Liza Birkenmeier and their play radio island as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers were struck by the taut, rhythmic tone, as well as the revelatory juxtaposition of epic political themes with domestic drama.

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Liza Birkenmeier and their play radio island as a finalist for our 2017 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 55 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers were struck by the taut, rhythmic tone, as well as the revelatory juxtaposition of epic political themes with domestic drama.

    ”

Development History

  • Workshop, Playwrights Realm Fellowship Program , 2017
  • Reading, San Francisco Playhouse, 2016
  • Reading, City Theatre Company, 2016
  • Reading, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 2016
  • Reading, New Georges, 2015

Production History

  • Professional, NYSAF Powerhouse , 2018

Awards

  • Relentless Award
    American Playwriting Foundation
    Finalist
    2015