To Fall in Love

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To Fall in Love
Written byJennifer Lane
Based on New York Times article To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This
Characters
  • Merryn Thomas
  • Wyatt Grimes
Date premiered2017
Place premiered San Diego International Fringe Festival
Original languageEnglish
SubjectLove and grief
GenreDrama

To Fall in Love is a 2017 American drama play written by Jennifer Lane that was based on an article she read in the New York Times . The play premiered at San Diego International Fringe Festival in 2017 and won Outstanding Drama and Outstanding Writing. It was later adapted into a 2023 film that premiered at Heartland International Film Festival.

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Production history

Lane was inspired from The New York Times article "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This". [1]

YearVenueLocationRef.
2017 San Diego International Fringe Festival San Diego, California [2] [3]
2019Private residence Pacific Beach, San Diego
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Edinburgh, Scotland [4]
The Constructivists Milwaukee, Wisconsin [5]
2021FAU Theatre Lab Florida Atlantic University [6] [7]
2022Cold Comfort Theatre Belfast, Maine [8]
Nu Sass Washington, D.C. [4]

Accolades

LocationYearAwardResultRef.
San Diego International Fringe Festival 2017Outstanding DramaWon [2]
Outstanding WritingWon
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival 2017Tennessee Williams One-Act Play CompetitionWon
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center 2018National Playwrights ContestSemi-finalist [9]

Film adaptation

The play was initially adapted for a feature film in 2018 by Michael Lewis Foster. [2] Foster remade the film in 2023, which went on to screen at Heartland International Film Festival, [10] San Diego International Film Festival [3] and won awards at Oceanside International Film Festival. [11]

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