Synopsis
Voices
Published by Samuel French Inc
0 Male 4 Female
A play in poetry about the lives of five women who don't know one another, nor speak to each other rather they're telling their life stories to the audience
Each is facing some crisis in life. Erin speaks bitterly of suicide. Kate, near the end of a life in which she always overcame circumstances, is fearful of death
All the voices speak in counterpoint to one another, leaving an unspoken dialogue as they echo one another
The play moves in counterpoint and resonance until the women speak in chorus their voices exchanging scenes from a common history
Then each sees where her life has moved her. In the end these women's voices are no longer isolated, nor are their lives separate