UNDO

“Everybody’s a failure, Joe. That’s life. The choice is, fail with honor, or don’t.”

Full length
CAST: 7 women, 3 men, 1 child (non-speaking)

Undo takes place in a universe that is exactly like our own with one important difference: in order to get a divorce, you must go through a backwards version of your own wedding ceremony.

We meet Rachel, the "bride," and Joe, the "groom," on the morning of their undoing. As their families gather, it becomes clear that the burden of the occasion is weighing on them all, drawing old wounds and secrets to the surface. A religious proscription that, though alcohol is allowed, food is not, further fuels the group unraveling. While Joe resorts to extreme measures to halt the proceedings and Rachel doubles down on questionable choices, the matriarch enlists the best man as her reluctant confessor, a long-deferred romance is rekindled, and the youngest sister emerges as the family’s moral backbone.

Undo premiered at Annex Theatre in Seattle, Washington, January 18 - February 16, 2013. Director: Erin Kraft. Cast: Sydney Andrews de Salinas, Zoey Belyea, Nick Edwards, Tom Fraser, Amy Hill, Ashton Hyman, Samantha Leeds, Barbara Lindsay, Marty Mukhalian, Ian O’Malley, Jillian Vashro, and Mark Waldstein. 

AWARDS

RECIPIENT: 2013 Theatre Puget Sound Gregory Award for Outstanding New Play

RECIPIENT: 2013 Seattle Theater Writers Gypsy Rose Lee Award for Excellence in Local Playwriting

SHORT-LIST NOMINEE: 2014 American Theatre Critics Association New Play Awards

SEMI-FINALIST: 2014 Princess Grace Award

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