Out of Grief Comes Art
November 16, 2023
I am not an academic or someone with advanced degrees. I’m not a researcher in the clinical sense. What I am is a playwright and an observer — an observer of life.
Play
Honoring Choices
Originally commissioned for Honoring Choices PNW
Honoring Choices (17 mins) presents a dying elderly father and his adult daughters who, along with his own doctor, encourage him to prepare his end-of-life plan But he is not having any part of it.
Themes: Family dynamics, disagreements and resentments and the difficulty of discussing end of-life wishes on any level with someone who is not yet ready to accept the concept of their own mortality.
This play is available in culturally appropriate formats including English/Spanish language scripts and a script adapted for African-American cast/audiences.
(Adapted with COVID references)