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Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl
Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl
by Bess Wohl
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AUTHOR’S NOTE
This play was inspired by a silent spiritual retreat I participated in at the Omega Institute in
upstate New York. Like that retreat, much of the action of the play happens without words.
Because of that, I have provided extensive character descriptions. This is to help the actors and
director navigate the play and to provide texture and depth to what they do.
Much of what is in these descriptions will obviously remain a mystery to the audience — that’s
okay by me. The audience should always be able to follow the main story lines but should also
have a little bit of room to make — and revise — their own assumptions about who the
characters are.
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CHARACTERS
Note: Everyone in this play is in some kind of agony. In this way, they are not unlike the rest of
us. They have come to this retreat in the hope of finding some kind of relief. This desire should
feel very immediate and present throughout the action of the play.
The TEACHER is played by a disembodied, androgynous voice with a strange, slightly
accented way of talking. The androgynous tone might be the result of some kind of sickness, or
might just be just the way the teacher sounds. Either way, it sounds throaty and scratchy. The
accent is some
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EVA PRICE is an NYCLU/ACLU honoree and a three-time Tony award-winning, and two-time Olivier award-winning producer. Her productions have garnered 6 Olivier Awards, 2 Grammy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, and 19 Tony Awards. Current: & Juliet (Broadway, 9 Tony nominations); Jagged Little Pill (National Tour); Titanique (Off-Broadway, Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical) The Hip Hop Nutcracker (Touring Live Show, Disney +). Upcoming: Redwood (La Jolla Playhouse). Selected credits: A Transparent Musical (Center Theatre Group); Jagged Little Pill (2 Tony Awards); Oklahoma! (2 Tony Awards, 2 Olivier Awards, Best Musical Revival, National Tour, West End); Tina - The Tina Turner Musical; What the Constitution Means to Me; Angels in America (Tony-winning Broadway Revival starring Nathan Lane and Andrew Garfield); Dear Evan Hansen (6 Tony Awards, 3 Olivier Awards); On Your Feet!; Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway!; Peter and the Starcatcher (5 Tony Awards); Colin Quinn Long Story Short (directed by Jerry Seinfeld); Mindplay (Geffen Playhouse); Annie; The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino; Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking; The Addams