A dark comedy set in modern South Africa as three people, of different backgrounds, find themselves tied to shack in Soweto. A dying woman in exile builds herself a coffin using supplies the government provided her for a new home. Her plans are interrupted when a surprise visit from her best friend and a government official bring the outside world into her tiny shack. An unexpected story of dreams and loss, while they explore who is to blame for their present circumstances, and how to claim their lives in the future.
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Zoey Martinson
(Playwright)
Zoey Martinson, Co-Artistic Director of Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative. Directed Breakfast by Yusef Miller for The Fire This Time Festival in 2011. Was last seen in Shakespeare in the Park's Alls Well That Ends Well. She founded Bright Future Arts International at National Theatre of Ghana West Africa, and her play Ndebele Funeral has toured South Africa. Her last production with Smoke & Mirrors Collaborative, Skype Duet (co-creator/director), won the 100 Grand award at the HAU2 Theater in Berlin. As an actress, she has performed at the Guthrie, Shakespeare On The Sound, 365 PLAYS/DAYS at The Public, Purchase Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, Penobscot Theatre, The Flea Theatre, Broom Street Theatre, Theatre in the Muz, South Africa, the National Theatre of Ghana, and the Diorama theatre in London. Film/TV: "Are We There Yet", "Restless City", "Law & Order." Training: SUNY Purchase College, NYU Grad Acting.
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