Hope’s Arbor (a full length comedy/drama)
Cast: 3m, 3f, wide age range
		Hope is 17 and a student at Thwaite Academy. She’s been placed on the fast track to success and wants out. She’s got a bunch of online friends and some clueless parents and has no idea who she really is...but she’s going to find out!
Hope’s Arbor opened August 11, 2006 at the Audrey Herman Spotlighter’s Theatre in Baltimore.Jayme Kilburn directed a cast led by Courtney Krimmel, Alison Buckley, Mark Scharf, Eric Berryman, Dina Epshteyn and Madonna Refugia.
The Baltimore Sun wrote, “writing that’s impressive...breathe(s) drama into the play’s wireless universe.” Read the full review.
The Baltimore City Paper wrote, “What happens next had the audience laughing and clapping before intermission....it’s the epitome of modern...” Read the full review.
Broadway World wrote, “Brilliant, highly effective and alarming... The extremely high quality of the script is testimony to its inclusion in this year’s Baltimore Playwrights Festival, and this nearly perfect presentation of it speaks volumes for Spotlighters’ increasingly consistent, professional quality theatre...don’t miss this one!” Read the full review.
The Towson Times wrote, “...one of the best entries in this summer’s Baltimore Playwright’s Festival, because Espey skillfully develops the emotional ramifications of being an insecure teen in our technology-driven culture...Espey’s up-to-date sensibility makes the most of the intriguing technological twists...Espey’s taut writing keeps the psychological dynamics flowing.”
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