J. Ravenscroft believes playwriting is about sharing what you know, and centers art-making that speaks to the present and serves the future. Theatre embraces the beautiful intersection of community healing and individual catharsis. This transformative power give us the opportunity to share moments, ask questions, and find answers about life and truth.
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Ravenscroft’s play ‘STOP.’ was published as part of RENAISSANCE, a short-play anthology, in 2023, and later in 2026 was featured inthe Adams Theatre Company’s New Year New Works Festival (available to watch here).
A staged reading of ‘Red Glare’ is in production to premiere before the summer of 2027 with the Chicago Dramatists.
Red Glare
2 acts, 98 pages, 6 actors
A look into an American family of five in 2009 and 2019.
How do we decide what is inevitable, and what we have the power to change?
Characters
PROMISE (she/her) – Mother, 40s, then 50s
HONOR (he/him) – Father, 40s, then 50s
BRIGHT (she/her) – First born, 18, not in Act 2
BRAVE (he/him) – Middle child, 16, then 26
(FIRST) DAWN (she/her) – Youngest, 8, only in Act 1
(SECOND) DAWN (she/her) – Youngest, 18, only in Act 2
RADIO* – same actor as BRAVE
NURSE – same actor as BRIGHT
SHADOW 1
SHADOW 2
ANCHOR* – same actor as PROMISE
WEATHERMAN* – same actor as HONOR
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