Audrey Cefaly’s Alabaster

Directed by Ann Filmer for 16th Street, Alabaster is a darkly comic southern drama about love, art and the power of women. After a tornado barrels through North Alabama leaving nothing but death and destruction, only June and her wisecracking pet goat Weezy live to tell the tale. When Alice, a prominent photographer, arrives to take pictures of June’s scars, all are tipped to the breaking point in this beautiful story of life after death. A National New Play Network rolling world premiere with eleven theatres across the USA!

Alabaster is JEFF Recommended!

“The beauty of Cefaly’s writing is the graceful way she reveals the details of her characters’ lives, one piece at a time, the way we reveal ourselves in real life. Slowly the walls come down, and slowly we show the flawed human beings behind our carefully constructed personae… Ann Filmer’s elegant production mines everything wonderful about Cefaly’s play, and you couldn’t ask for four better actors than the ones who grace Filmer’s ensemble.” — Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader

“Alabaster is a city in northern Alabama… It’s also a soft stone, a form of gypsum, that’s translucent, easily carved and often used for decorative objects. After seeing a moving production of Audrey Cefaly’s Alabaster, a story about two women scarred both literally and figuratively by disasters, at 16th Street Theater, my friend and I were transfixed with the meaning of alabaster and its significance in the play.” — Nancy Bishop, Third Coast Review

“Berwyn’s 16th Street Theater has become known for its edgy, top-notch dramas, which often feature intense contemporary social issues. Their current production, a dark comedy, is no exception… Alabaster is engaging and bittersweet… fascinating” — Doug Deuchler, Oak Park Wednesday Journal