Saturday, June 11, 2011

Who Is Susan Price?

What’s In A Name, my play opening June 17th at the Bococa Arts Festival, tells the story of a mysterious and troubled woman named Susan Price.  But who is she really? 

The story of Susan Price is loosely based on the true-life tale of Katherine Ann Power, who turned herself into the authorities after living for twenty years underground.  She obtained a stillborn’s birth certificate, moved to another coast, had a son, married a man, and set up what was for all appearances a normal, fine life.  

And it nearly killed her. 

The struggles of Power show just how much of our sanity is tethered to our identity, how the verbs and nouns that make up all of us work together… or don’t work together.  They also show very clearly how, at the end of the day, we are nothing more than the sum of our choices, good or bad.

Check out these links about Power’s story, and be sure to check out What’s In A Name at the Bococa Arts Festival, opening June 17th.