Elemeno Pea

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Elemeno Pea is a play written in 2011 by Molly Smith Metzler. It premiered on March 8, 2011 as part of the 35th anniversary of the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky. [1]

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Summer is almost over when blue collar social worker Devon visits her sister Simone at the wealthy estate where she works on Martha's Vineyard. Simone is the personal assistant to the wife of a billionaire. The owners are supposed to be away, but trouble ensues when the trophy wife Michaela unexpectedly returns. The story plays out in the luxurious guest house of the estate and includes an eccentric boyfriend and a put upon servant. Unexpected depths of character emerge as wise cracking Devon, ambitious aspiring author Simone, and universally despised Michaela interact with alternately comic and touching effect!

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References

  1. "Actors Theatre of Louisville: to produce Elemeno Pea". Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  2. Review by Sherry R. Deatrick: Elemeno Pea, Theatre Louisville, March 24, 2011
  3. Theater review: 'Elemeno Pea' at South Coast Repertory, Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2012
  4. The reviews are in for ‘Elemeno Pea’ at Mixed Blood, by Marianne Combs, Minnesota Public Radio, February 27, 2013
  5. Toppman, Lawrence (August 30, 2013) “‘Elemeno Pea’ attacks the self-absorbed rich and the gullible poor in equal measure” Archived September 30, 2013, at archive.today , Charlotte Observer
  6. Announcement of Fall 2013 season lineup, August, 2013