IN DEVELOPMENT
2F, 3M
Hairy and Sherri (Sharon) are an “adorkable” interracial couple living in gentrified East Austin. When they very graciously and publicly open their home to Ryshi, a 12-year-old former foster care youth with special needs, Hairy and Sherri are confronted with the ugly realities of their marriage and “good” intentions.
“Hairy & Sherri” is a dark comedy that exposes the limitations of the Texas foster care system and the evils of very well-intentioned people.
“Hairy & Sherri” was developed in PlySpace’s artist-in-residence program (supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts).
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2020 - The Fire This Time Festival (NYC), reading
2019 - TheatreSquared (Fayetteville, AR), reading
2019 - PlySpace (Muncie, IN), reading
AWARDS/HONORS:
Finalist, 2020 New American Voices Playwriting Festival
PRESS:
Featured in the NYTimes article "Retreating for the Summer, but Not Heading Backwards"
