The Playwrights Foundation literary council readers advanced PIONEER as a finalist for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival.

This script explores the lives (and afterlives) of a fascinating and sadly underappreciated group of activists. Our readers leaned in to this history, and to the fundamental dramatic questions at the core of this script.

We hope this play is considered for further development and investigation, and finds dedicated collaborators in its journey towards production.

A brilliant framing device, unforgettable theatrical imagery, a stunning command of poetry, and the making and breaking of patterns all make this profoundly original historical play unforgettable. I love the way the play underscores itself, and how each character speaks in her own language, offering her own perspective on the nature and importance of memory. Simultaneously simple and impossible, this piece would be a dream for designers who are eager for a challenge.