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  Melissa Bell Playwright Theatre Maker

ZOE COMES HOME

A dark comedy about depression, backyard "art" and one errant pooch
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A four-hander, mother-daughter story, with a set literally made from garbage!
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Susan Mendoza and Jess Beveridge
Zoe arrives home for a rare visit and finds her estranged mother Gloria, once a respected sculptress, creating new monuments from discarded objects in her backyard, distressing the new neighbor who harbors a different opinion of her "work."  Buried deep in the strange menagerie lies a trauma that must be recognized if Zoe and Gloria are ever to heal. WATCH A SCENE
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Jess Beveridge and Susan Mendoza
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Jess Beveridge and R. Scott Porter
**Photos by Jonathan Charles Fox, The River Reporter**
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R. Scott Porter
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Thomas Cambridge
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Susan Mendoza and Jess Beveridge, statue by Ace Thomas
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Talk back: R. Scott Porter, Thomas Cambridge, Jess Beveridge, Susan Mendoza, Laurie Guzda, Director, Melissa Bell, Ariel Shanberg, Executive Director, DVAA
 Stage Manager/Tech: Amber Schmidt; Tech: Matt Smith (Oct)
Tech: Sean Harrington;  Sound: Alan Kehoe (May)
Local visual artists were invited to contribute works created from found or recycled materials under an open submission called "A Piece of Garbage." These pieces were incorporated into the set. Contributing artists include Willow Baum, Melissa Bell, Cara Enteles, Laurie A. Guzda, Lois Gallagher, Liza Phillips, Rosie Starr and Naomi Teppich.
Special thanks to Matt Carpenter, who championed the play,
Evan Francis for music, Ariel Shanberg and the staff and board of DVAA.
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  • LATEST NEWS
  • LADY CAPULET
  • ZOE COMES HOME
  • Productions and Plays
    • DREAM ON THE FARM
    • COURAGE
    • FINDING MADAME CURIE
    • DEVIL & THE DEEP
    • GAME BOY
    • ICEBOX PLACENTA
    • LOST IN LOVE at the Triad
    • LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY
    • STAGED READINGS & FESTIVALS
    • Farm Arts Collective
  • BIO / Resume
  • About
  • Home
  • Music & Past Lives
  • Get in Touch
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • Journal