Boxed In
A journey of love, regret and unexpected friendship.

Premiering an original work by Stephen Faria Directed by Stephen Haley

Thur-Sun, November 4-7
Thur-Sun, November 11-14
Thur-Sat at 8pm and 3pm Sun Matinees

Reception on Saturday, November 6 following the performance.

Peter Sousa is an eighty-year-old man who is trying to
come to terms with the fact that his life is at its
ending. We find him in a self-imposed isolation, sorting
through a life’s worth of photos, letters, and other
memorabilia as he tries to edit the essence of his life
and determine what will be left behind for others to find.

He spends his days going through all the things in his home, either destroying them, or saving them, in an attempt to create a picture of who he is. He is helped in this effort by a middle-aged woman, Rebecca, who has been hired on for a few weeks to help him and who wants to keep her life as private as Peter's.

The two carry on, each sequestered in their own lives yet occupying the same few rooms, for several hours each day; and this works well enough for both of them until Rebecca’s teenage daughter, Jenna, and Peter’s young nephew, David, enter the scene and sufficiently stir things up to cause each person to undergo a little self-examination and a lot of self-discovery.

At first glimpse this play is about loss. Each generation finds a different reason to close their hearts, to protect themselves from the pain of loss. But discovery and loss, like birth and death are the inevitable bookends to what comes in between: living. We must open ourselves to the pain of loss in order to discover the joys of friendship, trust, and love.

About Stephen Faria: Steve has been writing and producing original works for over twenty years, as a play write, composer/ lyricist, sketch writer and comedian. Steve is the founder, writer, and director, of “Little City Comedy Company”, a sketch comedy troupe, and has written and produced over seventy five comedy sketches. Other full-length plays include “Sense,” “Things That Matter,” and “Quicksand”. Many of his plays, have been featured at the New Works Festival at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport Ma. In 2009 “Inheriting Cleo” was accepted into “The Boston Theater Marathon,” and “The Source Festival”, a national new works festival in Washington DC. “Inheriting Cleo” was also selected as part of an anthology of new works (Smith & Kraus Publishers) from the Boston Theater Marathon and will be produced on the stage in September 2010 at The Cork Arts Center in Cork Ireland. Steve is currently working on two musicals, “Missing you” and “Futures”, a collaboration with his wife and fellow writer Deirdre Girard.

This event is presented by the Firehouse.

This play has strong language and may not be suitable for young children.

Tickets: Adults $18; Students&Seniors $16;
Members $14