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5 Female, 2 Male • Two-Act/Full Length • ~120 Mins
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Craig Houk
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Synopsis

Pete, a well-meaning but misguided working-class schmuck, is desperate to comfort his wife, Peggy Lynn, a strong-willed beautician quietly breaking under the weight of infertility. In a last-ditch effort to heal what’s slipping between them, Pete makes a devastating choice: he fathers a child with another woman, intending to present that baby to Peggy as a gift. What Pete believes to be an act of love instead sets off a chain of tragic events, leaving lasting damage in its wake and pulling everyone around them into the fallout.

Production History

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Development History

THE RELUCTANT HEN received a public development reading in New York, New York on Mon, Jan 20th, 2025 as part of New Ambassadors Theatre Company's Play Development Lab. The cast featured Carole Monferdini as Nancy Jo Anderson, Marie Eléna O'Brien as Peggy Lynn Kenney-Anderson, and Todd Butera as Pete Anderson.
THE RELUCTANT HEN is being actively developed as part of a monthly group of established playwrights, monitored/led by Eric Webb, Dramaturg and Director of Creative Development at The TheaterMakers Studio.

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