Drive the Speed Limit

Drive the Speed Limit is a play about Eve, a chronically ill and fat teenager struggling to understand her body while navigating her artist mother and wacky grandmother’s opposing views of what it looks and feels like to be healthy. Moving between the doctor’s office, school, and home in the passenger seat, Eve sifts through her days while in pain. Shadow puppets animate what is going on in her body, making this battle visible. Everyone responds to  Eve’s sickness in their own way. Her mother is unable to find her artistic spark. Her grandmother dives deeper into her faith. The doctors don’t accept her insurance.

Olivia Grace as EVE
Jessamyn Fitzpatrick as LAURA
Arlene A. McGruder as MARNIE

Penelope Gould, Playwright
Marina Carlstroem, Director
CJ Donohoe, Choreographer
Thomas Jenkeleit, Environment Designer
Andrew Wang, Lighting Designer
Calvin Osorio and Sammy Rivas, Puppet Designers
Ray Cunningham, Marketing Manager
Tori Oatway, Stage Manager
Emma Richmond & Ian Reid, Producers

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