Homebody
A warm invocation of hope
Written by Tony Kushner
Holding only an outdated guidebook of Kabul, an eccentric and agoraphobic British housewife proclaims her unconsummated passion for the world. She grapples with the rich and turbulent history of Afghanistan, muses about living in the Middle East, confides to us her desire to divorce herself from the complacency of her safe life in London.
“Oh, I love the world!’’ The Homebody
2017 Production
September 23-24, 2017
Originally Produced by Central Square Theater, Boston, MA
Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner
Set Design for Black Box Lab by Myriam Cyr
Lighting Design for Black Box Lab by Kevin Dunn
The Black Box Lab at Stage284, Hamilton, MA
Premiering shortly after 9/11, Tony Kushner’s prescience was praised, as was Homebody’s warm invocation of hope in an increasingly chilling, negative world.
It’s a small gem of expressive portraiture by Wise.
—Boston Globe
CAST
Homebody: Debra Wise*(AEA)
* Member of AEA
