Michael & Edie

A boy. A girl. A bookstore. Michael and Edie meet in a mysterious, mixed-up bookstore, where they bury themselves amongst stacks of books in an attempt to flee from the rest of their lives.  Aisles turn into secret passages, snow falls from holes in the ceiling, desperate phone calls ring from tin cans, and tea kettles turn into crickets.  It's a world full of illusions; illusions that give way to the poignant poetry of being young and a little bit lost in the world."

"Critic's Pick! Rachel Bonds seems to know something about loss. Her play “Anniversary,” about a woman trying to find herself again after the death of a loved one, was a standout of the Ensemble Studio Theater’s one-act festival last June, and now “Michael & Edie” is proving that Ms. Bonds can sustain the sublime tone of the earlier play in a full-length piece."

The New York Times

Michael & Edie

Premiere at Access Theatre, 2010

Directed by Robbie Saenz de Viteri
with Stephanie Wright Thompson, Matthew Micucci, Gabel Eiben, Jacob Wilhelmi and Jocelyn Kuritsky