Bone Sorrow: The Elder Tree, Cleave, and A Circle of Stones - A Trio of Original Surrealist Dramas

Surrealist Playwright and Ghost Whisperer Nina Monique Kelly of "Whisper Skin Theatre" presents her newest Raw and Original Works!

The Elder Tree - A feminist retelling of the witch trials of 1500s Europe, this play follows the harrowing infestation of religious fanaticism in a once peaceful and harmonious village, through the eyes of an elderly Midwife. We witness the womenfolk resist the onslaught of perverse and erroneous accusations and embrace their attempts at reclaiming their power.

Cleave* - A girl child, intrigued by a shadowed figure that looms outside her window, desperately seeks her place in the outside world. Her mother, a cloaked figure nestled in the corner, is an entity of the undead. Having transcended her own death, she gathers herself to nurture her living child. A surrealist poem of myth, we sojourn with a poverty-struck mother and her child through tragedy, unwavering love, and ghosts.
(*Cleave: To sever from; to cling to).

A Circle of Stones - An expression of the playwright's family strife with profound, generational mental illness. We traverse through a haunting tale of three generations of women desperately seeking nurturance, love, and self realization against the bondage of mental torment.

This performance is part of the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works. Information and tickets to the festival can be found at fertilegroundpdx.org