In The Ebb

An evening of one-acts that premiered at the NYC International Fringe Festival, written by Camilla Ammirati and directed by Jessica Ammirati

No matter what you do, your demons are with you. Alicia loses her center and fears losing more. Emily has everything but fears losing it all. One can’t move, one can’t stand still, but both are stuck In The Ebb.

Two short plays exploring themes of loss, love, fear, and strength.

In the Ebb was actually two One-Acts, both written by Camilla Ammirati.

Act 1 - St. James in the Field of Stars - When her father dies suddenly, Alicia flees her grief by traveling the world and never settling long enough in any one place to face it. Until Joel, her best friend from childhood, calls and invites her to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Alicia risks seeing someone from her old life and discoveres that the grief she thought she had left behind, still waits to pounce, just out of sight. Complicating matters are her feelings for Joel, her “Never” (as in never dated, never kissed, never more than friends) all of which may be changing with her visit to Spain.

Act 2 - The Ebb - Emily has everything she could possibly desire - the perfect husband, the perfect house, the perfect job…and the perfect hallucination. She’s so afraid of losing the gifts life has given her, that she pulls away from everyone and retreats into a relationship with a (perhaps imaginary) woman who literally crawled out of the sea. Is fear of losing everything she’s always wanted actually driving Emily crazy? And will she be able to give in and enjoy the happiness that is hers for the taking before she drives it away?

In the Ebb ran for 5 performances at HERE Arts Mainstage as part of the 2012 NY International Fringe Festival, between August 10-26th. The play featured (in alphabetical order) Crawford M. Collins, Leah Gabriel, Mary Goggin, Michael Komala, Stewart Steinberg, Montgomery Sutton and Lisa Crosby Wipperling.