Light & Živý

by Miriam BC Tobin

Inspired by folklore from different cultures around the world, this is a play about the stories we tell ourselves when we're at our most vulnerable. River, Lilith, and Dino are strangers in a hospital, brought together by Sunny, a dying patient. They struggle to connect with the world around them, but Sunny’s death brings them closer to not only one another but their own understandings of themselves.

** This...

Inspired by folklore from different cultures around the world, this is a play about the stories we tell ourselves when we're at our most vulnerable. River, Lilith, and Dino are strangers in a hospital, brought together by Sunny, a dying patient. They struggle to connect with the world around them, but Sunny’s death brings them closer to not only one another but their own understandings of themselves.

** This play is a companion to Dark & Černý: same hospital, same central event - but four different characters and written with a completely different style, structure, and form.

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Light & Živý

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Light & Živý by Miriam BC Tobin
    “

    The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Light & Živý as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We found the ambition of this multilingual and multicultural script to be compelling. Readers felt the play demonstrated deep insight into how people communicate across difference. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

    The community of National Committee readers for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival advanced Light & Živý as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We found the ambition of this multilingual and multicultural script to be compelling. Readers felt the play demonstrated deep insight into how people communicate across difference. We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in this play’s journey towards production.

    ”
  • David Farkas: Light & Živý by Miriam BC Tobin
    “

    This is quite a remarkable play. It is absurdist, but there is strong internal logic. It’s also fully engaging with dramatic situations, humor, sex, a blending of multi-cultural perspectives, and very poignant moments.

    This is quite a remarkable play. It is absurdist, but there is strong internal logic. It’s also fully engaging with dramatic situations, humor, sex, a blending of multi-cultural perspectives, and very poignant moments.

    ”

Character Information

  • Sunniva Hugson
    dementia patient, Norwegian immigrant; as soft as a
    rose, as sharp as a thorn
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      70s+
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • River Wash
    daughter of chief physician, descended from the
    Klamath people of SW Oregon; a trickster and a lover
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • Dr. Lilith Himlfarb
    attending physician, of Ashkenazic Jewry; seducer of
    the dawn, seducer of the night
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • Dino Diamandis
    hospital volunteer, of Greek heritage; a beast and a
    beauty
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man