Semi-documentary oral history play

Text: Based on oral history of Carla Howard Horowtiz, a WWII pilot. Interview done in 2016 at her apartment. The interviews were framed by a fictional story of the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced in New York City in 2020.

Play Summary: Summer 2020. Two roommates, Kaitlyn and Frances, stuck inside their NYC apartment, avoid talking about coronavirus, BLM, unemployment, and Frances’ move by reenacting the story of Carla Howard Horowitz, a WWII women airforce service pilot. Chairs become planes, resistance bands, weapons. Using the whimsy of Hook and Pinter-like pauses, Can We Talk? playfully and tragically examines the inescapable cycle of history. Born out of the shelter-in-place order in New York City in March 2020, Can We Talk? is a story about isolation, imagination, and moving forward into an unknown and uncertain future.

Productions/Workshops:

• Filmed at the Kraine Theater, NYC for an upcoming short, set to premiere Fall 2022. June 2021.

• Workshopped Production - The Kraine Theater, NYC. December 2021.