A hot-shot fighter pilot’s career in the skies, “alone in the blue,” is ended by an unexpected pregnancy. Reassigned to a windowless trailer in the desert outside Las Vegas, by day, she hunts down terrorists, her face lit by the dull grey glow of a drone’s monitor. At night, she returns to her domestic life with husband and daughter. As she tracks a high-profile target half a world away, the pressure mounts. Named a Top 10 Play of 2013 by The Guardian and the London Evening Standard, Grounded was nominated for the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award.
Reviews
“Best theatre of 2013”— The Guardian
“Best London theatre of 2013”— London Evening Standard
“An essential story for our times.”— The Scotsman
“A must see.”— The Guardian
“Five Stars. Outstanding.”— London Evening Standard
“A powerful, hallucinogenic experience.”— What's On Stage
“Gripping.”— The New York Times
“Critic’s Pick. A scorching sharp-eyed, timely script.”— Time Out New York
“I was blown away.”— The Nation
“Pulses with the rhythms of an epic war poem.”— TheaterMania
“Throws a new stone at America's War on Terror”— The Village Voice
“Hot Ticket of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.”— BBC News
Writer
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George Brant
playwright
Director
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Lee Mikeska Gardner*
director
Cast
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Celeste Oliva
The Pilot
Production
- Caitlin Lowans assistant director
- Alexander Pablo Roy assistant to the director
- Dominique D. Burford stage manager
- Katherine Humbert assistant stage manager
- Zach Tucker assistant stage manager
- Steven Royal scenic design
- Wen-Ling Liao lighting designer
- Dewey Dellay sound design