Origin Story
(cast size: 7)
Margaret is working two jobs to pay down her debt. During the day she’s wading through office triviality at The Services Corporation, and by night she’s working the drive through of The Burg, a 24/7 fast food restaurant. Overtired and ungrounded, and abandoned by her parents at birth, Margaret doesn’t know who she is or what she’s aiming for. But through co-workers and friends, this existential crisis begins to turn around as connections are found in the most unsuspecting of places. Funny and heartfelt, Origin Story is a contemporary look at the quarter-life crisis and how to connect in an impersonal world.
Margaret is working two jobs to pay down her debt. During the day she’s wading through office triviality at The Services Corporation, and by night she’s working the drive through of The Burg, a 24/7 fast food restaurant. Overtired and ungrounded, and abandoned by her parents at birth, Margaret doesn’t know who she is or what she’s aiming for. But through co-workers and friends, this existential crisis begins to turn around as connections are found in the most unsuspecting of places. Funny and heartfelt, Origin Story is a contemporary look at the quarter-life crisis and how to connect in an impersonal world.
Development History
Roundtable Reading, The Lark, 2016
Staged Reading, Mondays @ 3 Reading Series, NYTW, 2017
Staged Reading, Detour Festival, WaterTower Theatre, 2018
Staged Reading, NewSCRipts Reading Series, South Coast Rep., 2018
Workshop Production, Sonoma State University, 2019