Dead Dog’s Bone: A Birthday Play is a one-act tragicomedy about the awkwardness of birthdays, letting go of things you love, and the horror of plastic Christmas trees.
Juniper, a pensive twenty-something, struggles with an inherited inability to commit—a quality passed on to her from Iris, her free-spirited but absent mother. Juniper and her good-hearted fisherman father, Atlas, and love-stricken corduroy-wearing boyfriend, Timothy, must come to terms with the fate of the family dog which, as the title implies, is less than promising. The play transcends time and space, weaving in and out of the present, guided by a boisterous, omnipotent, cut-the-shit reimagining of the Virgin Mary. Upbeat and clever, touching and silly, “Dead Dog’s Bone” asks questions about growing up, the quest for happiness, and how not to lose sight of silliness in life’s most trying moments.
