Play Synopsis: Ellise is a queer upper middle-class cooking show host struggling to maintain relationships with her domineering mother, her perfect sister Vivian, and her doll-obsessed husband Rupert — all while having an affair with Raine, her mother’s oncologist. Cooking with Ellise is a theatrical, comedic, and heart-warming exploration of the intimate bonds between mothers, daughters, sisters and lovers – the heart finding its path in the abstract world of life, death, and the beyond. Script available upon request.
Place
Minneapolis. Multiple locations, but primarily a kitchen, a television studio, and a therapist’s office.
Time
The present. The past. The afterlife.
Genre: comedy, drama
Length: 90 minutes to two hours
Age Appropriateness: 13+
Cast:
Requires 5 actors. Multi-racial, gender non-conforming casting encouraged.