Elizabeth Heffron » JAW http://elizabethheffron.com Playwright, Seattle Sat, 01 Aug 2015 03:21:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Tickets Selling Fast for Bo-Nita in Portland http://elizabethheffron.com/bo-nita-in-portland/ http://elizabethheffron.com/bo-nita-in-portland/#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:43:48 +0000 http://elizabethheffron.com/?p=277 Continue reading →]]> Bonita by Elizabeth Heffron Portland Center Stage Feb 1 - March 16 2014After a triumphant opening run at Seattle Rep, Bon-Nita comes to the Ellyn Bye Studio at Portland Center Stage, February 1 – March 16, 2014. Previews don’t begin for more than 60 days but four shows are already sold out and several more have a few tickets remaining. See  pcs.org/bonita for details and tickets.

Portland may have a special affection for Bo-Nita. The single actor / many character play was developed at the JAW Playwrights Festival in Portland, July, 2012.

The Oregonian said of Bo-Nita: “… this madcap comedy of mid-American family dysfunction carries dark undertones about the effects of poverty and sexual abuse on a resourceful 13-year-old.  Bo-Nita handles such issues with sensitivity — even amid the outlandish characters and situations that had the JAW audience howling with laughter.”

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]]> http://elizabethheffron.com/bo-nita-in-portland/feed/ 0 Bo-Nita at JAW Playwrights Festival, Portland, Oregon http://elizabethheffron.com/bo-nita/ http://elizabethheffron.com/bo-nita/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:56:00 +0000 http://elizabethheffron.com/?p=40 Continue reading →]]> JAW is Portland Center Stage’s developmental festival of new work for the stage.

JAW is Portland Center Stage’s developmental festival of new work for the stage. Friday, July 27 at 4pm, JAW will present Bo-Nita by Elizabeth Heffron. The performance is free.

 Thirteen year old Bo-Nita waits outside school for her ride. Seemingly to pass the time, she begins telling us about an experience she had which she believes was the only miracle she’s ever seen: her ex-stepfather having a heart attack while trying to molest her. Bo-Nita’s experiences as she navigates a decidedly sketchy family life—a belly-dancing grandmother, a mother who is less than discreet with her sex life, the predatory step-father—are alternately hilarious and heart-breaking, slapstick and searing. Under Heffron’s skillful hand, Bo-Nita is given a genuine and devastatingly engaging voice in this play performed by a single actor.

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