Off the Page Reading: Coastal Disturbances

  • May 20, 2019 - 12:00 PM
  • Sierra Madre Playhouse

by Tina Howe

Directed by Stasha Surdyke

Holly, who is escaping her troubled life in New York, has come to stay with her aunt, artist M.J. Adams, whose home is on a private beach on the north shore of Massachusetts. She meets Leo, the beach lifeguard, who is getting over a failed romance. Just as their romance begins, Holly's estranged boyfriend arrives. This charming ensemble play follows four generations of vacationers on a Massachusetts beach. 'Coastal Disturbances' is a meditation on love, but with sharp-edged shards.

"Whosoever's heart this play does not break, whosoever's soul it does not enthrall, may just lack those organs." - New York Magazine


About

Holly, who is escaping her troubled life in New York, has come to stay with her aunt, whose home is on a private beach on the north shore of Massachusetts. She meets the beach lifeguard, but just as their romance begins, Holly's estranged boyfriend arrives. This charming ensemble play follows four generations of vacationers on a Massachusetts beach.