Adult Child/Dead Child by Claire Dowie

Kansas City Public Theatre presents Adult Child/Dead Child by Claire Dowie

April 1st 7:30 pm at Capsule and April 4th 7:30 pm Prospero’s Books

How do we cope without love? The need for love and care, and the trauma that’s brought about by its absence is at the heart of Claire Dowie’s Adult Child/Dead Child, directed by Emily Lange.

The unnamed protagonist (played by Kaitlin Gould) of this one-person show is confronted throughout her life with excessive discipline and punishment from her parents. Whether it’s the eye-for-an-eye punishment her father insists upon, or the hours of claustrophobia and inactivity spent corralled in the cupboard under the stairs, throughout the play we see the building tension that comes from living with parents who would rather chastise than show love.

Her only comfort comes in the shape of her imaginary friend, Benji, who becomes company of sorts at first, only to turn into something more troubling and sinister as her condition worsens.

As always, admission is FREE
Adult Child/Dead Child is a part of Kansas City Public Theatre‘s Theatre Lab Series and is supported in part by the Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund.