STUFF

Widowed Edith is a hoarder. She doesn’t think there’s a problem, but when the city of Boston sends her an order to clean-up or vacate, she is forced to come to terms with some harsh realizations. Unfortunately, that includes the well-intentioned, but meddling, Dr. Meredith who drags Edith’s estranged children into the situation: Beth, a volatile self-abuser, and David, a socially awkward germaphobe. She’s got a weekend and all the odds are against her.

2014 Papatango Playwriting Prize Short List

Cast

EDITH - 50s, a matriarch, a widow, a compulsive hoarder. Tough as nails and no-nonsense. An expert manipulator. DR. MEREDITH - late 20s, an OCD therapist specializing in hoarding. She may be new but she has bite. BETH - early 30s, Edith’s daughter, anxious, neurotic, self-abusive when emotionally distraught. DAVID - late 20s, Edith’s son, socially awkward, kooky, germaphobic, and OCD. But the most human of the lot.