“[A] wonderful little historical play that takes a chance encounter between a nun, a bereft mother, and a famous artist and turns it into life-affirming art. .”—City Theatre
Synopsis
New York during World War II. A nun, eagerly collecting scrap metal for the war effort, and Alexander Calder, desperate for raw material for a new sculpture, plead with a grieving mother, clutching a crushed tin airplane tightly to her chest. Will she let go? And for what?
Publication
Vertical Constellation with Bomb was anthologized in the Best American Short Plays 2014-2015.
Learn More
You can learn more about Vertical Constellation with Bomb on the New Play Exchange.
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