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THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE by Emily McClain
THE ROCK AND THE HARD PLACE by Emily McClain
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A Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy by Emily McClain
2024 Winner of Essential Theatre's New Play Award
Alan Tully was convicted of the murder of Janice Beck in 1996 and has been on death row for 23 years, during which time he has maintained his innocence. His daughter Elsie receives a letter from the man who claims to have committed the crime and she attempts to use the information to exonerate her father. The insurmountable challenges of exonerating a wrongly convicted person drive her to the desperate position of threatening a man she believes could help free her father, with disastrous results.
- Cast Size: 4M, 3W
- Genre: Modern Tragedy
- Approx runtime: 120 mins
- $100 per performance
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About the Writer
Emily McClain is an award winning playwright, theatre maker, and educator, as well as a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. Born in Oxford, Mississippi, she now resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where she teaches theatre at the School of the Arts @ Central Gwinnett. She is an education associate with Essential Theatre and spearheads their playwriting courses each year.
She was named ArtsATL “Ones to Watch” for 2024 and will be one of the playwrights-in-residence with Theatrical Outfit through their “Made In Atlanta” program. Several of her plays are published through Next Stage Press, and more of her work is available on New Play Exchange