ROUGHLY SPEAKING
by Shara Ashley Zeiger
One cold Sunday afternoon in 2015, Lightning.Bolt, a wheelchair using rapper, navigates a not so but very typical soup kitchen meal service in New York City. Roughly Speaking is a verbal orchestra about being stuck, the struggle for survival, connection, and making it through one more day. The play highlights the existential juxtaposition between finding a way out, and finding a way in. Roughly Speaking is a gritty drama with rap interludes based on the interviews of over 200 homeless guests at one of NYC’s biggest soup kitchens. There is 1 unit set.
- Cast Size: 9M 3W 1NB or TransW /3W 6M/FLEXIBLE
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Shara Ashley Zeiger is an award winning actor/filmmaker/theatremaker from Philadelphia residing in NYC. Shara’s played roles on “The Plot Against America” (HBO), “BULL” (CBS), “The Last OG” (TBS), various indie films, Off Broadway, Regional Theatre, and National Tours. Shara has screened her work at over 150 film festivals on the circuit, and has been nominated and won awards around the world. Her films include I Mustache You, JOE, The Red Lotus, Secret Feminism, and Faustess. Shara’s digital pandemic sketch comedy series The Homemade Sketch Show ran on TUBI. Shara is the playwright behind Roughly Speaking, her critically acclaimed play with rap about the homeless (she was also in) that ran in NYC. It was hailed by Broadwaybox as one of the top 6 plays to see after the election, and one of the top 6 shows to see with a limited run by Playbill. Shara’s devised dozens of new works with students through various residencies, and adapted Alice in Wonderland for English language learners she then directed in Chengdu, China. Shara is alum of Ithaca College, The O’Neill Center’s National Theater Institute, and UCB. She is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, NYWIFT, and The Dramatist Guild. www.SharaAshleyZeiger.com @SharaAshleyZ
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