Theodosia Redux
Synopsis. Theodosia Burr Alston (1783-1813) was known for her many virtues and achievements, but she made history by vanishing at sea. Erudite, beautiful, loyal, and wise, this daughter of a vice president and wife of a governor left a legacy of lore—Pirates! Indians! Tempest! Escape?!—that reduced her to two dimensions, the Amelia Earhart of her time. Theodosia Redux satirizes an array of possibilities while celebrating the woman behind the fame.
Theodosia Redux has been a semifinalist for the 2022 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, a semifinalist for the 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, a semifinalist for the 2021 New American Voices Playwriting Festival, and a finalist for 2021 Judith Royer Award for Excellence in Playwriting.
Theodosia Redux was developed at The Salon, hosted by Pipeline-Collective and Studio Tenn, in Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee, 2019-20.
Theodosia Redux had a staged reading at In Process: A Creative Writing Event Series, Middle Tennessee State University, November 12, 2020. Directed by Lauren Shouse.
Theodosia Redux had a Zoom reading at Offstage Left, Stage Left Theatre, Chicago, February 21, 2022. Directed by Scott Bishop.
