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Some Mothers Eat Their Young

written by Paige Esterly

directed by Kristan Seemel

7pm curtain, Open Jar Studios
1601 Broadway - 11th floor (entrance is on 48th Street, just west of B'way)

A waitress experiences an immaculate pregnancy. Dead deer turn up in the driveway. A woman returns to a small town to settle the affairs of her estranged mother. This play is, first and foremost, a ghost story.


Paige Esterly is an NYC based playwright, producer, and director. Her full length plays include The Torso (Theater for the New City), Whittier, Alaska (American Lore Theater), The Great Lesbian Love of Eve Adams (The Space at Irondale; The Tank), and C. Lingus, Independent Journalist (SERIALS @ the Fled), among others. She is the creator and producer of Fucked-Up Play Fest, a recurring theatrical festival showcasing new work by local playwrights, performed as a drinking game for the audience! Member of The Road Theater's Under Construction 5 Playwriting Group, administrative director for @serialsnyc. Paige works as a script editor for Complexly, helping college professors adapt their courses into accessible YouTube series. BFA: New York University Goldberg Dept. of Dramatic Writing, playwriting concentration. Instagram: @poutywriter. Check out her work on NPX!

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