Out of the Scorpion's Nest (formerly Queen of Sad Mischance)
by John Minigan
2022 Judith Royer Award for Excellence in Playwriting, ATHE/Kennedy Center
A play about academia, race, power and belonging.
Intense bi-racial college senior Kym thinks she’s lucked into the perfect resume-builder: a research assistantship helping white feminist scholar Beverly Norden finish her ground-breaking book on Shakespeare’s Queen Margaret before Alzheimer’s makes the task impossible. As Kym learns...
2022 Judith Royer Award for Excellence in Playwriting, ATHE/Kennedy Center
A play about academia, race, power and belonging.
Intense bi-racial college senior Kym thinks she’s lucked into the perfect resume-builder: a research assistantship helping white feminist scholar Beverly Norden finish her ground-breaking book on Shakespeare’s Queen Margaret before Alzheimer’s makes the task impossible. As Kym learns that more than Beverly’s failing memory stands in the way of both the book and the carefully-planned trajectory of her own future career, she has to use her own understanding of the Margaret story to find a new path forward.
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