Skull Against the Sky
a short play about Georgia O'Keeffe in 1933
After suffering a nervous breakdown, Georgia O’Keeffe hasn’t done any painting in over a year. While recuperating at her husband Alfred Stieglitz’s family home at Lake George, she finds love and laughter in the company of an old friend, Jean Toomer. But is this enough for her?
CHARACTERS
Female
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE artist, aged 46
Male
JEAN TOOMER writer, mixed race, aged 38
ALFRED STIEGLITZ photographer and art promoter, aged 69
SETTING
Oaklawn, Lake George, New York
TIME
Saturday night, December 23, 1933
CHARACTERS
Female
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE artist, aged 46
Male
JEAN TOOMER writer, mixed race, aged 38
ALFRED STIEGLITZ photographer and art promoter, aged 69
SETTING
Oaklawn, Lake George, New York
TIME
Saturday night, December 23, 1933
New Play Festival
Jersey City Theater Center
Jersey City, New Jersey
May 20, 2021
Cast: Marguerite Stimpson (Georgia), Sturgis Warner (Alfred), Ruffin Prentiss III (Jean)
Directed by Mark Cirnigliaro
Jersey City Theater Center
Jersey City, New Jersey
May 20, 2021
Cast: Marguerite Stimpson (Georgia), Sturgis Warner (Alfred), Ruffin Prentiss III (Jean)
Directed by Mark Cirnigliaro
Thyson Halley (sign language interpreter), Ruffin Prentiss III (Jean), Sturgis Warner (Alfred) and Marguerite Stimpson (Georgia)