Michele Forsten, writer

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AWARDS
Be My Baby!

  • Semi-finalist, The London Borough of Newham’s 2002 LESBIAN AND GAY Stage Play Competition (one of 12 semi-finalists out of 140 submissions worldwide.)

  • Semi-finalist and staged reading, Playwrights' Circle's National Playwriting Festival, 2001

  • Finalist, Pittsburgh New Play Festival, 2000

  • Semi-Finalist, Moondance New Play Competition, 2000
  • Be My Baby!
    Five years into their relationship, Clair and Susie have a problem: Clair wants a baby, Susie is against it. Susie's sister, technologically-obsessed Renee, is looking for marriage and motherhood. The three women encounter unexpected alliances among themselves as well as long-standing tensions. Clair's best friend Adam stirs things up further. And Susie's dead Jewish mother and grandmother appear, still nagging her but also giving her a chance to come to terms with her own homophobia.

    2 acts, 100 minutes. Comedy w/drama
    five women (3 in their 30s, one in her 50s and one in her 70s)
    one man (early 40s)

    Spare set evoking a kitchen, bedroom/living room. Subtle changes to these to signify a shift to another character's kitchen, bedroom/living room.