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What’s the worst thing that can happen to a marriage on the edge? Ethan and Liz find out when they become stuck in a car one winter on a deserted highway.
Forced to cooperate until help arrives, they confront the issues that have undermined their marriage: his long hours at work, her history of depression, their emotional and physical estrangement, and the recent death of their son and who, ultimately, is to blame for it. At times droll, at times savage, Couldn't Say shows two characters in a battle for their lives, trying to survive until help arrives.
Two actors, two chairs, two jackets, 1:30 without intermission.
Developed at Abingdon Theatre Company in New York and the Playwrights' Forum in DC. Produced at Charter Theatre, DC, 2001; Washington Theatre Festival, Source Theatre Company, DC, 2001. |
Excerpts published in Audition Arsenal: Monologues for Women In Their 30s and Audition Arsenal: Monologues for Men In Their 30s, by Smith and Kraus.
ETHAN Wind’s gone. Moon’s out. Snow, sleeping on the banks. Like the truck swept the air. And wind. And everything away. Everything but us ...
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