by Rachel Bykowski
dir. Elliott Puckette
Br!nk New Play Festival
Renaissance Theaterworks 2020

Time travel is possible when there are stars and regrets. In 1942, Josie and Fran meet at their secret rendezvous point to talk of the stars, love, and their future together. However, their love is tested when Fran reveals that she is leaving to help the War effort with the WAAC (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps). Josie, unable to move past her family’s painful history with war, deserts Fran and they never speak again until Josie hears of Fran’s death in the War. 28 years later, Josie, now a mother, receives a letter from a woman in London who found an old photo of her recently deceased mother and Josie together. The woman is Fran’s grown daughter, Annabelle. Josie sets off on a journey, leaving her daughter, life, and the present behind to revisit the past one more time as she attempts to fix her broken heart from 28 years ago.

CAST

Josie – Libby Amato
Maddie/Young Josie – Rayne Kleinofen
Annabelle/Fran – Ashley Rodriguez
Stage Directions – Shayne Steglia

CREW

Stage Manager – Bailey Wegner
Dramaturg – Bridget Anderson